YMCA Camping

Campouts are a high point of our Adventure Guide program and are our best-attended events. Every member may enjoy three campouts a year -- fall, winter, spring.

Our Congress schedules the campouts, and each settlement works to make the events FUN! We camp at YMCA facilities in nearby regions (recent camps are listed below). We do not"rough it". Meals are served family-style in a mess hall; the food is plentiful and good (it is not gourmet).

All the camps we use provide heated cabins with bunk beds. The physical facilities vary by camp. Some camps have plumbing in the cabins, and others have separate lavatory facilities. All have running water and showers (hot water is generally available, but don't bet your happiness on it). Depending on the season and the particular camp, activities provided by the camp might include hiking, archery, fishing, boating, horseback riding (age limits vary and are subject to change), BB guns or rifle range, climbing tower, crafts, hay-ride, sledding, and a campfire.

Camping List

Clothes:
_ Boots
_ Hiking shoes
_ Adventure Guide vest/hat
_ Mittens or gloves
_ Pants
_ Raincoat or poncho
_ Rain hat or hood
_ Shirts
_ Socks
_ Sweater or jacket
_ Swimsuit
_ Underwear

Sleep:
_ Pajamas
_ Pillow
_ Sleeping bag or blankets and sheets
_ Teddybears

Stuff:
_ Bikes
_ Camera & film/ video
_ Camp chair
_ Cell phone
_ Comb/ brush
_ Compass
_ Fishing gear / bait
_ First aid kit
_ Flashlight
_ Glasses
_ Insect repellent
_ Jackknife
_ Map to camp
_ Medications
_ Money for souvenirs
_ Plastic bags
_ Razor
_ Rope / clothespins
_ Shampoo & soap
_ Sunblock
_ Telephone number --leave for spouse
_ Toothbrush/ paste
_ Towel && washcloth
_ Watch

Group items:
_ Books-Adventure, Indian, nature
_ Craft
_ Electric lantern
_ Food (if picky)
_ Games-indoor (board, card, electronic)
_ Games-outdoor (bats, balls, frisbee)
_ Marshmallow/ smores
_ Props for your story/ skit

Do Not Bring:
_ Firewood (Aspen Borer problem)
_ Worries
_ Alcoholic beverages

Campground Links

Camp Fitch - located in North Springfield, PA on the shores of Lake Erie. Follow I - 90 to exit 6 in PA., go North on Rte 215 to the campsite. Follow signs to camp. Telephone (814) 922-3219.
Camp Y-Noah - located at 815 Mount Pleasant Rd, Clinton, OH 44216, Telephone (330) 896-1964, Toll Free (800) 944-9705, Emergeny Number (330) 513-0553. Take I-77 South to Exit 120--Arlington Road. Go right (South) on Arlington Road for 6 miles. (Three miles south on Arlington, the road will fork into Greenburg and Arlington. Take the right fork and stay on Arlington for another three miles. ) Turn right onto Mount Pleasant Road. Camp Y Noah is 1/2 mile up on the right.
Camp Tippecanoe--81300 YMCA Road Tippecanoe, OH 44699, Phone: 800-922-0679. Take I77 South to Exit 81. Take US-250 East for 11.2 miles. Take OH 800 South for 11.4 miles to the town of Tippecanoe. Almost immediately upon entering the town of Tippecanoe there will be a YMCA Camp sign on the left, directing you to turn left onto Norris Road. Follow Norris Road for 2 miles. You will see another sign “YMCA Camp” on a tree. Just after the sign, turn right onto YMCA Road. Follow YMCA Road for another 2 miles until you reach the camp entrance. Take a right turn into the camp. And follow the camp lane another mile to the main lodge.

Secret Challenge
Now that plotted your way through the maps, our Adventure Guides ask you to navigate these questions:

Questions:
Q1. Why are maps like fish?

Q2. Why do paper maps never win at poker?

Q3. Why didn't true north date magnetic north?

Q4. Why weren't there any parallels on the map?

Answers:
A1. Both have scales.
A2. Because they always fold.
A3. She didn't like his bearing.
A4. Because the cartographer didn't have any latitude in her map design.