So you need to pull together a camping trip or outing at the last minute, eh?  Well, organizing a trip 72 hours before you are supposed to leave can be a hairy venture, but we'll do what we can to give you a hand. Listed below are the facilities we still have available as of two and three weeks out from the dates shown. You can view the sites or lodges here on this website and, if you find a place you like, give our Council Camping Secretary Jan Shoener a call at (570) 207-1227. She can confirm that the site is still available and help you get all your paperwork in order. Tour permits from your own council are still required (Jan's a miracle worker, but her powers extend only so far! You still have to get your local council to sign off on one...) and you still need to pay your fees, but she'll tell you what you need to do.

If you have any questions about the camp or site / lodge itself, or need last minute help with what items to bring, etc. feel free to contact our Ranger, Tim Bongard, at (570) 335-0283 or email him at tbongard@nepabsa.org .

Sites and Lodges still available for...

The weekend of September 21 - 23

Both camps are wide open at this time with the following exceptions:

 

At Goose Pond:

• Dickson Lodge

 

The weekend of September 28 - 30

Both camps are wide open at this time with the following exceptions:

 

At Goose Pond:

• Dining Hall
• Niagara

 

At Acahela:

•  Large Pines
• Small Pines

 

 

The weekend of October 5 - 7

 

Both camps are wide open at this time.

 

 

The weekend of October 12 - 14

 

Acahela is booked for solid for the Two Mountains District Fall Camporee.

 

Goose Pond is wide open except for the following sites:

• Beaver
• Niagara
• Pioneer

 

 

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Wonderful Differences, Same High Standards

The Northeastern Pennsylvania Council is blessed with two wonderful camps that together provide Scouts with nearly 800 acres of wilderness.

Camp Acahela in Blakeslee, PA sits on a peninsula formed by the joining of two world-class fishing rivers, the Lehigh River and the Tobyhanna Creek. Acahela boasts 242 acres of variety from heavily wooded ridges and cliffs, to wide open parade fields, to shady groves of ancient fir trees that provide a wide variety of camping opportunities year-round for every type of Scouting unit and a dynamite Cub Scout Resident camping program during the summer months. In the winter we are just minutes from Jack Frost, Big Boulder, Split Rock and all the other ski resorts that the Poconos are famous for. If you want to know more about camping opportunities at Camp Acahela, click here for more information.

Goose Pond Scout Reservation is renowned for its Summer Resident Boy Scout program and is one of the best examples of a classic Scout Camp anywhere.  Located near Hamlin, PA and Lake Wallenpaupack, Goose Pond is a 200-plus acre glacial lake surrounded by hillsides of  forests rich in evergreens, hardwoods, and other fauna. In addition to the Pond's traditional setting your find one of the region's best C.O.P.E. courses, an unbelievable campfire circle, and more challenges for any type of Scout unit. Staying at the Pond places you close to many of the sites on the northern end of the Pocono Plateau, Scranton, and the tri-state region. If you want to know more about camping opportunities at Goose Pond, click here for more information.

Summer Camps:

If Summer Camp information is what you're looking for, click on the following links:

• Click here for Goose Pond Summer Resident Camp information.

This link will take you to our council website and provide you with an index for all the Goose Pond web links.

 

 

• Click here for Camp Acahela Cub Scout Resident and Adventure Camp info

This link will take you to our council website and provide you with an index for all the Camp Acahela web links.

Free area maps and activity guides available...

The entire Pocono Plateau is rich with things to do and see - that is if you really want to leave camp (which we doubt!). If you would like a free area map and activity guide, call Jan Shoener at our office at (570) 207-1227 or e-mail her at jshoener@nepabsa.org. These maps cover the entire Pocono region and include the areas around Camp Acahela and Goose Pond Scout reservation.