Description of Camp Elk River
1,200 acres of fun! Camp Elk River is located 30 miles northwest of Minneapolis. From woods to wetlands, prairie to rolling hills, this is a beautiful setting for troop/group camping.
Camp Elk River's features include:
- Gray Koch Building: modern, heated facilities with large kitchen and dining hall, four indoor activity rooms, bathrooms and showers, dorm wing which sleeps 28 people. Indoor activity rooms each have refrigerators, microwaves and 22 mattresses for sleeping on the floor.
- Pines: Modern, heated dormitory with two wings that each sleeps 30 people, showers and bathrooms in each wing.
- Lake Barbara: sand-bottom pool with filtration system for swimmers at all skill levels. Open mid-June through mid-August.
- Timber Meade: modern, heated cabin with kitchen, bathrooms and showers. 28 mattresses for sleeping on the floor.
- Popp, Pickering Cabins: modern, heated cabins with fireplace, kitchen, bathroom and shower. Each cabin has 20 mattresses for sleeping on the floor.
- Red Barn and Equestrienne Center: rustic, heated buildings with kitchens. Heated shower/bath house nearby. Red Barn has 15 mattresses for sleeping on the floor, Equestrienne Center has 14.
- Morgan and Pinto Cabins: heated cabins with 10 bunks and inside picnic table. Heated shower/bath house nearby.
- Tree House Cabins: rustic screened cabins with electric lights, ceiling fan and bunks for 6-10 people.
- Timber Meade Tent Units: nine primitive tent units with open shelter, fire ring, latrine, cold running water. Tents available for rent.
Many areas of Camp Elk River are accessible. Please contact the site register at siteregistrar@girlscoutsmpls.org for specific details.
For Summer Resident Campers:
Camp Elk River is ACA-accredited which is a program that has a fifty-year history and is continually evaluated and updated to reflect current best practice in camps. ACA collaborates with experts from many fields such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Red Cross, and other youth-serving agencies to be sure required practices are current and sound. ACA standards are revised based on research in the public, legal, youth development, and camp arenas.
Camp Elk River recognizes that ACA camps set the standard for the industry. For us, it is a regular, independent health and safety audit of camp operations. For parents, the ACA-accredited camp sign symbolizes excellence and our accountability and ongoing commitment to the children we serve.
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