Information for Camp Ockanickon (Scout-owned)


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5787 State Park Rd
Pipersville, PA 18947

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    Comments for Camp Ockanickon


    This is a very good camp!!!! They have a lot of merit badges and great food! There is a lot of stuff to do there and I highly reccomend it! My troop is going for our 3rd year in August !


    (posted on Jul 22,2001)

    Our Troop has gone out of our council for four years to Ockanickon. It is an excellent resource, especially for younger scouts as their Dan Beard program is high quality.

    We may split our troop next year, to allow our older scouts a new camp experience, but plan to allow a week for the younger scouts and our "two-weekers" to participate at OSR



    (posted on Sep 16,2001)

    Just finished a week at Camp Ockanickon (out of National Capitol Area Council). Tried based on recommendations by other scouters. WOW! Great food (air-conditioned dining hall), stellar staff, great organization, and a lot of fun. Focus on building patrols is a real plus. Will be hard to persuade scouts to try anywhere else next year.


    (posted on Jul 9,2003)

    Ockanickon has the first scout Science (and Technology) Center in the country offering eight hard to find merit badges. Combined with a great staff in all program areas and professionally prepared food in an air-conditioned dining hall makes OSR hard to beat.


    (posted on Aug 12,2003)

    The camp has excellent facillites, the boat front, shooting sports, and COPE leaves a bit to be desired. The camp is very merit badge oriented almost to the point of being a merit badge factory. The camp changes requirments and gives badges for handing in a blue card.


    (posted on Aug 15,2004)

    Our Troop stayed week 2 at Ockanickon this year. I would like to say what a great time we had. The staff was the best, the food was wonderful. Thier Dan Beard program is one of the best around. Keep up the great work, I can't wait to go back.


    (posted on Nov 11,2006)

    Our troop has been to Ockanickon for summer camp for the past several years, the boys like it but we have noticed a steady decline over the past few years ... they are getting very crowded, the quality of equipment in some areas leaves lots to be desired. We were ESPECIALLY disappointed that the scouts get merit badges for not doing anything. We are looking at other camps for 2008.


    (posted on Oct 21,2008)

    Very well organized camp with excellent staff and outstanding programs. Yes, it can get crowded but they know how to handle it. You also have to ask yourself why most weeks are sold old and few camps offer 8 full weeks of camping - it's because troops keep coming back year after year.


    (posted on Jan 10,2011)

    The camp is truly beautiful with all of its nature and historic background. I can not wait to go back, as this year I will serve on staff with them. One week was not enough!


    (posted on Nov 24,2012)

    Just camped there. Food was absolutely outstanding. They use Aramark as an outside contractor and apparently pay big bucks for it. Even has a professional baker comes in from 11pm to 6am each day. First time leaders did not drive outside of a camp once to have a "real" meal.


    (posted on Oct 5,2013)

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