scout camps

Youth wilderness retreats

Scout camps are outdoor facilities where youth organizations like the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts hold camping programs, often for a week or more during summer.

The camps typically offer wilderness skills training, hiking, swimming, and merit badge activities: He spent two weeks at scout camp learning archery and canoeing.

The term also refers to the programs themselves.

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s'mores making · nature hikes · orienteering · wilderness survival · tents · tent pitching · reveille · flag ceremony · knot tying · latrines · leadership · forests · neckerchiefs · lakesides · first aid training · archery · bunks · camaraderie

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institutional purpose

scout campsconcentration camps

Facilities for mass detention

military bases · army barracks · internment camps · labor camps · military installations

youth experience type

scout campsjuvenile detention centers

Facilities confining minor offenders

reform schools · juvenile halls

setting and environment

scout campsurban centers

Densely populated municipal areas

shopping malls · office buildings · metropolitan areas · concrete jungles

Family

camp, scout

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G