Resident Camp - Camp Conowingo

Camp Conowingo is 600 acres of forest and fields adjacent to the Susquehanna River in Conowingo, Cecil County, Maryland. The property is composed of nine parcels acquired by Girl Scouts of Central Maryland between 1955 and 1973, including Bell Manor, a historic Victorian home from the 1860’s which is currently being renovated to return it to its original 1867 charm.

Camp Conowingo is the home of Girl Scouts of Central Maryland’s summer Resident Camp program.

Facilities include:

Four year around lodges and seven seasonal units
Caitlin Dunbar Nature Center
Conowingo Creek and small pond for fishing and ecology study
Tennis/all-purpose court
Hiking and nature trails
Swimming pool (available during Resident Camp)
Horse stables (riding on weekends May 15-Sept 15)
High ropes and low ropes courses
Bell Manor (currently under renovations)

Click to the right to view our full list of amenities at Camp Conowingo, or download this printable version.

Click here for images of the buildings, the list of amenities seen above, and a map of the property.

Accreditation
The American Camping Association (ACA) accredits Girl Scouts of Central Maryland’s Camp Conowingo. Accreditation means that the camp undergoes a thorough review process by outside camping professionals every three years. Conowingo consistently achieves the highest standard in the areas of personnel, program, site administration, and health care. Camp Conowingo also conforms to the Maryland Youth Camp regulations.

Facilities
While the camp is primitive in some aspects, it allows campers to reconnect with their natural surroundings. Campers live in yurts, glen shelters, platform tents, tipis, covered wagons, or lodges. Within each unit are sleeping facilities, kitchen shelters, latrines, cold-water hand washing stations, and a campfire area. Most units do not have electricity. The air conditioned dining hall, bathhouse and swimming pool areas boast modern facilities. In addition, the camp has a horse stable area, fields, health care center and a fresh water stream.

Note: Staff members sleep in separate areas within the unit, but are centrally located within the unit to which they are assigned.

Bald Eagle Cabins	Friendship Circle
Whispering Glen/Rocky Ridge Shelters	Trailing Pines Yurts
Staff House	Pax Tu
Lafayette Tents	Laughing Water
Conowingo Pond	Bell Manor Mansion
Trailing Pines Kitchen Shelter