Florida Girl Scout Camps

Girl Scout Camps - Florida

Beaches Little House
Jarboe Park
510 Florida Boulevard, Neptune Beach, FL

Camp Caloosa
19931 State Road 31, Ft. Meyers, FL
1971
80 acres

Camp For All Seasons
CFAS
Lake Talquin, 1600 Julow Rd., Tallahassee, FL
65 acres
Dedicated Dec. 6, 1975

Celia Lane Little House
119 North Celia Lane
Orlando, FL
1940

Beatrice the Butterfly is for the Environmental Program at Celia Lane Little House.

Note the "G" & "S" on the fireplace!
Google Maps

Camp Chanyatah
"Home in the woods"
5673 NW Scout Lane, Arcadia, FL
165 acres
1962

Google Maps

Camp Choee Howlette
11300 SW 162nd St., Miami Lakes, FL (no longer there)
11347 SW 160th St, Miami, FL (current)

Camp Chowenwaw
Chowenwaw Program Center
"Camp of the Little Sisters"
1517 Ball Road, Green Cove Springs, FL
July 1, 1933 - Dec 5 2005
150 acres
Now a county park

The Big Cabin There is an effort underway to have this recognized as a historical place.
	As it is today

Coral Gables Little House
Granada Blvd., Coral Gables, FL

Building is a designated historical landmark.

Camp Dorothy Thomas
Riverview, FL
220 acres
1948
Property was donated to the local Girl Scouts by Wayne and Dorothy Thomas. Dorothy was a local Girl Scout board member and died soon after the camp was named for her.
They also purchased 1,500 acres of land in Standing Indian, NC for the Florida Girl Scouts.
A Lou Henry Hoover Wildlife Sanctuary

Collage of Camp Dorothy Thomas patches
And an update below!
Miss Elizabeth "Sammy" Sampson's 78th birthday was celebrated at Camp Dorothy Thomas in 1980.

Camp Deer Lake
Deer Lake Camp
Ocala National Forest
1945-1975

Camp Eleanor
Camp Eleanor Lewis
Girl Scout Camp at Magnolia Beach, behind Point Royal, FL
3.5 acres
Named after Eleanor Watson Lewis, devoted Girl Scout

Camp Fowler
16 miles north of Tampa
1925
25 acres
Land donated by Mrs. Maude Fowler

Girl Scout Camp at Fort Pierce Community Center Campsite
Fort Pierce, FL

Camp Honi Hanta
Camp Honi-Hanta
"Home on the River"
4825 51st St, Bradenton, FL
1955


	Annual Fundraiser for Camp Honi Hanta

Hickory Hill Wildlife Reserve
100 acres
1973

Camp Indian Echo
11004 Hudson Ave, Hudson, FL
160 acres
1957
Lou Henry Hoover Memorial Sanctuary (1993)

Camp Indian Head
Pasco, FL

Camp Inky
Camp Isabella Ingraham
Naval Live Oak Reservation, FL
Named for Isabella Ingraham (1890-1934), noted Girl Scout who's camp name was "Inky"
1920s era - 1971


A Florida Anthropology report that included Camp Isabella Ingraham, 2000

Camp Kateri
Orange Springs, FL
550 acres
Officially dedicated Oct. 13, 1963
Named in memory of Kathryn Harms, Council President

Camp Kegan
Dundee, FL
Kiwanis property
Named after Tom Kegan
Local Girl Scouts did not renew lease with campsite in 1985.

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Camp Kolomoki
2546 Girl Scout Road, DeFuniak Springs, FL
1650 acres
purchased 1968
Officially dedicated Oct. 8, 1972
First resident camp 1973

Camp Mahachee
9950 Old Cutler Rd. Coral Gables, FL
11.7 acres
1948

Camp Mah-Kah-Wee
Mah-Kah-Wee Program Center
MKW
"Earth Maiden"
1700 S. County Rd 419, Oviedo, FL
250 acres
Property donated by Howard & Peggy Rybolt

Camp Margery Daniels (1929-1956)
Camp Margery Daniel
Camp Shaumahatchee (1928)
Loxahatchee River, West Palm Beach, FL
Property was donated to local Girl Scouts in 1928, (2.5 acres)
Named after the daughter of Mrs. Margery Daniel Durant Cooper, Margery Daniel
When new property became available through the state, the camp moved and was renamed Camp Welaka

Camp Mary Prince
Mary Prince Program Center
2728 Lake Worth Rd, Lake Worth, FL

Melbourne Scout House

Camp Nocatee
Nocatee means "What Is It?"
4009 Flaghole Road,. Clewiston, FL
640 acres

North Fork Leadership Center
April 2002

Camp Pine Haven
Indian Rocks Beach, FL
1st GS camp in the county

Riverpoint Program Center
24 acres

Camp Scoutcrest
Crescent Lake, FL
24 acres
1955

Camp Seminole Springs
Grotto of Seminole Springs

Camp Telogia
6501 Holmberg Rd, Parkland, FL
13 acres
1962

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Camp Ticochee
near Barberville, FL
Opened mid-1950s - sold 1982
First resident camp 1961

Camp Timberford
Airport Rd, Naples, FL
Home of the "Tinkle House of the August Moon"
1958
Named after Mrs. Alice Timberlake and Mrs. Marguerite Ford
The property was leased from the city for $1 a year. In 1975 the city raised it's rate to $500 a year. Although the Girl Scouts got a waiver for the next year or so, I can't find any news about the camp after 1977.

Camp Wai Lani
500 Wai Lani Road, Palm Harbor, FL
48 acres
Opened October 1970

Camp Welaka
"Chain of Lakes"
Jonathan Dickinson State Park
640 acres
First camp 1958
The local GS council's first camp was Shumahatchee (1928, destroyed by hurricane), then on the same location Camp Margery Daniels. When a better site opened up nearby the camp moved and was renamed Welaka.

Camp Wesumkee
34200 Overseas Hwy, Big Pine Key, FL
11 acres

Camp Wildwood
near Wildwood, FL
589 acres
1960

Camp Withlacoochee
Withlacoochee Wilderness Camp
Withlachoochee State Forest, near Brooksville, FL
72 acres