| Camp Steiner | |||
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| Location | Uinta Mountains of Utah | ||
| Coordinates | 40°43′9.68″N 110°53′5.9″W / 40.7193556°N 110.884972°W / 40.7193556; -110.884972 | ||
| Founded | 1930 | ||
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| Website http://www.gslc-bsa.org/camps/c-steiner/ |
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At 10,400 feet (3,200 m), Camp Steiner is the highest Boy Scout camp in the United States and the second highest in the world. It was founded in 1930 in the Uinta Mountains. The camp is located about 30 miles (48 km) outside of Kamas, Utah. The camp lies on the shores of Scout Lake with several other lakes nearby, such as Lofty Lake, Kamas Lake, Castle Lake, Picturesque Lake and Pearl Lake. It has views of Bald Mountain, Reids Peak, Hayden Peak and Mount Agassiz. Between 1,500 and 2,500 people attend the camp every year.
Camp Steiner is considered the flagship camp for the Great Salt Lake Council. The camp's motto is "Designed to serve the many, but dedicated to embrace and serve the one."
Read more about this topic: Great Salt Lake Council
Famous quotes containing the words camp and/or steiner:
“Killers, huh? I’d trade the pair of you for a good Camp Fire Girl.”
—Daniel Taradash (b. 1913)
“To many men ... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war.”
—George Steiner (b. 1929)