Goshen Scout Reservation
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| Owner | National Capital Area Council | ||
| Location | 340 Millard Burke Memorial Highway (VA Route 601) Goshen, Virginia 22439 |
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 Lake Merriweather
Camp PMI
Camp Bowman
Goshen Dam
Camp Post
Camp Olmsted
Camp Ross
Camp Baird
Camp Marriott
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| Coordinates | 37°58′01″N 79°28′10″W / 37.967°N 79.4695°W | ||
| Camp size | 4,000-acre (16 km2) | ||
| Founded | 1967 | ||
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| Owner | National Capital Area Council | ||
| Location | 340 Millard Burke Memorial Hwy Goshen, VA 24439 |
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Camp Bowman
Camp Bowman
Camp Bowman
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| Country | United States | ||
| Coordinates | 37°57′38″N 79°27′07″W / 37.960439°N 79.451875°W | ||
| Camp size | 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) | ||
| Founded | 1967 | ||
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Goshen Scout Reservation is a Boy Scout reservation designated to camping, swimming, hiking and other various activities. Goshen is home to six Boy Scouts of America resident summer camps located near Goshen, Virginia, and is owned and operated by the National Capital Area Council. The camps are all built around Lake Merriweather. First opened to Scouts in the summer of 1967, today it has six different camps covering over 4,000 acres (16 km2) of land. Within Goshen there are three Boy Scout camps, two Cub Scout camps, and one high adventure camp.
In 1960, the National Capital Area Council purchased land that bordered the Goshen and Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area and Little Calfpasture River outside of Goshen, Virginia for $300,000.U.S. Steel public relations executive William G. Whyte helped acquire this tract of more than 4,000 acres (16 km2) for the Scouts. The 425 acres (1,720,000 m2) Lake Merriweather was created by damming the Little Calfpasture River in 1966, before it joins with the Calfpasture to become the Maury, with a structure 38 feet (12 m) high and 1,300 feet (400 m) long. Lake Merriweather was named for Marjorie Merriweather Post, an ardent supporter of Scouting in the Washington, DC area. The individual camps bear the names of other significant individuals or corporations who supported National Capital Scouting as well. Camp Marriott owes its name to the Marriott International hospitality corporation while Camp PMI refers to Parking Management Incorporated (better known as PMI), a large parking company in the DC Metro region.
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