Ten Mile River Scout Camps is a 12,000-acre Scout Reservation that is home to three traditional Scout summer camps and one Family Camp. TMR is located in the Sullivan County Catskills in New York State, near Monticello and Narrowsburg. It is about a two-hour drive from the George Washington Bridge.
What are the different camps at TMR?
As indicated above, TMR is home to three traditional Scout Summer Camps: Camp Aquehonga, Camp Keowa and Camp Ranachqua. TMR is also home to Family Camp. All of the Scout Camps offer the typical Scout program areas, such as Archery, Rifle Shooting, Field Sports, Swimming, Canoeing, Small Boat Sailing, Kayaking, Nature Center/trail, Scout Skills and more.
What is unique about TMR?
TMR offers programs similar to most Scout camps, but there are many things that make TMR the most exciting adventure for Scouts and Venturers in the Northeast. Each camp operates independently with their own Director and staff; they benefit from sharing each others' program facilities (COPE courses, climbing towers, natural cliffs, motor-boating, ATVs, and horseback riding) In addition, all camps operate under the umbrella of one central commissary, Trading Post system, Facilities Director, etc. These centralized operations all work together to deliver a great summer camp experience for the Scouts and leaders who visit each year.
In addition, each camp has a special features of its own:
Camp Aquehonga is a patrol cooking camp that boasts a swimming pool with water slide, trade skills workshop, COPE Course. with zip-line, activity center with computer lab, and leaders lounge.
Camp Keowa, a dining hall camp is the largest camp on the reservation. Its location on Crystal Lake allows the camp to offer motor-boating, water-skiing., and an expansive aquatics program. Keowa also has a communications center and COPE course that overlooks the lake.
Camp Ranachqua is a dining hall camp that offers a diverse Merit Badge schedule. The rustic campus is set the deepest into the woods facilitating an old-school and traditional Scout Camp experience. The camp offers a STEM Center for hands-on trades and technology learning, as well as a Performing Arts Center for Theater, Music, Public Speaking, and Movie Making.