Owasippe Scout Reservation - Facilities

Facilities

Administration Center

The Administration Center, or "Ad Center", houses the support services for the reservation's section camps. It includes the administration building itself, a softball field, the maintenance building, the food preparation building, the main trading post, warehouse, E. Urner Goodman Scout Museum, and Health Lodge. While summer camp is in session, all units staying at Owasippe arrive at the Ad Center first before proceeding to their respective camps for the week.

Quaking Bogs

The wetland known as the Quaking Bogs is an area of great environmental importance. The bogs, which are actually a fen, are an area where vegetation and soil a few feet deep have covered over a small lake. As such, the ground bounces slightly as one walks upon it. Also near the bogs is an area of natural quicksand. The Bogs are located East of Camp Reneker.

E. Urner Goodman Scout Museum

Owasippe is home to the E. Urner Goodman Scout Museum, which is housed in the old Blue Lake Township hall. It contains many artifacts and memorabilia from the history of Owasippe and Scouting. The museum is part of the Administration Center complex.

As of the 2008 season the museum now features a dedicated art section featuring many works of art in almost all media. This was done to allow Scouts to complete Art merit badge.

Paradise Valley

One of the few locations on the Owasippe property that has never been clear-cut, Paradise Valley is home to the most-visited of the reservation's freshwater springs. The Red Trail, which starts in nearby Camp Blackhawk (Go!), travels the length of the valley alongside its spring-fed stream. The stream itself empties into Cleveland Creek at the Western end of the valley.