Scout Camps & Parks

Camp Mitigwa

Camp Mitigwa is a Boy Scout camp operated by the Mid-Iowa Council and is located northeast of Woodward, Iowa. It has over 700 acres of rolling valleys and ridges and is situated along the Des Moines River valley. For more information about Camp Mitigwa including directions and maps, please visit the Mid-Iowa Council website

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Jester Park

This 1,834-acre park on the western shore of Saylorville Lake offers camping, picnicking, and golfing in a quiet country setting just a half-hour from downtown Des Moines.For more information about Jester Park, please visit the Polk County Conservation website. Please click here for a detailed map or click here to see Jester Park on the map. To go directly to the directions, please click here.

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Other Camps

This is a listing of just some of the Scout camps located around the state of Iowa.

• Howard H. Cherry Scout Reservation – |
• Camp Cedars – |
• Camp Eagle – |
• Little Sioux Scout Ranch – |
• Camp Wa-kon-da – |
• Ingawanis Adventure Base – |
• Camp Loud Thunder – |
• Camp Eastman – |
• Saukenauk Scout Reservation – |
• Camp Iyataka – |
• Camp Shetek – |
• Newton Hills Scout Camp – |
• Lewis & Clark Scout Camp – |
• Philmont Scout Ranch – |

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Camping Resources

• Scout Camp Reviews
• Cub Scout Songbook (#33222)
• The Book of Cub Scout Games
• Suggested Equipment List for Campout
• The MacScouter’s Big Book of Skits
• Little George’s Cub Scout Songbook
• Cub Scout SKITS for you and me
• Camp Fire Song Book
• Camp-Lore and Woodcraft (1920)
• The MacScouter (skits, ceremonies, clip art, etc…)
• Campfire Dude (campfire magic)