Summer Camp FAQs

Food

Butte Creek: All meals are served cafeteria-style in the dining hall. Participants sit with others from their campsite. The dining hall includes a salad & cereal bar at all meals. Scouts and adults take turns participating in meal setup, service, and cleanup.

Baldwin: Camp-wide meals are served open-air pinic-style. Participants generally sit at picnic benches with their unit and staffers. Some of the meals (typically one breakfast, lunch, and dinner) are prepared in our campsite by Scouts and adults. Scouts are involved in every step (cooking, cleaning, getting additional supplies from the commissary, etc.). Storage boxes are provided in each campsite for additional snacks & food.

Special diets: Both camps will make accommodations for special diets (vegetarian/vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, etc.). However, this must be indicated on your registration well in advance. At Butte Creek, participants with special diets go directly to the kitchen rather than the regular service line. Butte Creek staff will also store special food items in their refrigerator at your request. At Camp Baldwin, during camp-wide meals, participants with special diets indicate their needs when arriving in the service line. For campsite meals, special ingredients are included in the campsite's food delivery.

Accommodations

Butte Creek: Lodging at Butte Creek is in "mini-adirondack" cabins (a.k.a. "daks" or "mini-daks"). Mini-daks are wooden cabins with a canvas flap door, measuring approximately 8'x8'. Each mini-dak has single bunks to accomodate two people.

Baldwin: Lodging at Camp Baldwin is in heavy canvas tents on a wooden platform, each measuring approximately 8'x8'.  There are no bunks. Typically, these accomodate two people.

Activities

Cub Scout summer camp is packed full of activities. A typical day at camp will consist of:

While it is busy, there is some free time between activities where campers can: have a chance to stop by the trading post for souvenirs, snacks, and slushies; play games around camp; and, oh yeah, do their camp chores.

Typical stations:

Medical

All summer camp participants (both children and adults) must turn in their own completed medical forms. Immunization history should be typed/written on the form; camps will not accept attached printouts or photocopies.

Butte Creek: For camps <72 hours, only medical form Parts A & B are required. This only needs to be signed by a parent/guardian (or adult participant).

Camp Baldwin: For camps >72 hours, medcial form Parts A, B, & C are required. Part C requires a medical provider's signature.

The forms can be found on our Docs/Forms page. 

Campers should bring all their medication in the original, labeled containers. Other than rescue medications (e.g. inhalers, epi-pens, etc.), all medications will be locked up at our campsite during our stay.

Swimming

Butte Creek: There is no aquatic program at Butte Creek. However, you may want to bring closed-toe water shoes for gold panning in the creek.

Baldwin: Camp Baldwin has a full waterfront with swimming, canoes, rowboats, and kayaks. To participate in boating activities, Scouts and their buddy must pass the "swimmer" test or go with an adult who has. Swimming areas are divided by ability (non-swimmer, beginner, and swimmer). Scouts can only be in a swim area at or below their tested level. Swim tests are administered right after arrival, so it's a good idea to have your towel and swimwear in your day pack.

BSA swim tests:

Beginner:

Swimmer:

Electronics

Scouts should not bring or expect to use any electronic devices at camp. Adults should limit their electronic device usage as much as possible.

Campsites do not have electrical power. There are opportunities to charge electronics in the dining hall at Butte Creek and the adult-only Program Center at Camp Baldwin.

There is very limited cell phone coverage at both camps. Wifi is available for adults on and near Butte Creek's Main Street and in and around Camp Baldwin's Program Center.

Horses

Both Butte Creek and Camp Baldwin have a horsemanship program. Scouts will have opportunities to feed, groom, and ride the horses.

The camps' wranglers have an excellent history of getting even the most reluctant Scout comfortably on a horse.

Scouts are required to wear long pants for horseback riding--this maximizes your child's comfort while riding.