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The Chester County Council, Boy Scouts of America offers a variety of year round camping opportunities for Scouts of all ages.
Click on the appropriate icon below to be directed one of Council's other camping related websites for information on camping opportunities as well as how to register for the experience of your choice.
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Weekend Camping For more information on the facilities at the Horseshoe Scout Reservation, as well as maps and instructions on how to make reservations during Winter Camping season, please visit http://hsr-bsa.org/
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 Camp John H. Ware III
Camp John H. Ware, III, located in Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, is used for both Cub Scout and Boy Scout summer camp programs during the months of June, July and August. Weekend camping opportunities exist in cabins, adirondacks and campsites most of the remainder of the year.
Cub Scout Resident Camp
V-Week at Camp Ware
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 Camp Horseshoe
Camp Horseshoe, located in Rising Sun, Maryland, is used year round with week-long Boy Scout camp programs during June, July and August. Weekend camping opportunties exist in cabins, adirondacks, stockades and campsites most of the remainder of the year.
Boy Scout Resident Camp
Science Camp at Camp Ware
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Cub Scout Family Weekend at Camp Ware
Upon check-in between 2:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., campers will receive more information
about the open program areas, as well as a map of camp. Camp staff will then escort them to their campsite, where they can unpack. Nature hikes and tours of camp are offered, a sign-up sheet will be available in Headquarters.
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Saturday
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Sunday
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8:00 AM
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Breakfast
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9:00 - 10:00
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Open Program Area
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Handicraft & Pool
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11:00
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Checkout
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Noon
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1:00
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2:00
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Check-In
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2:30
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3:00
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Meet at Headquarters
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Swim-Checks & Tours
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Free swims after swim checks
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3:30
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Nature Hike
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4:00
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Open Program Areas
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Camp Fire Cooking
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4:30
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Whittle N Chip
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5:00
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Fishing
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5:45
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Retreat - Meet at flagpole
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6:00
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Dinner
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7:00
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Staff organized sports/
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Pool
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8:00
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Campfire
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9:00
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10:00
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Lights Out - Taps
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HORSESHOE SCOUT RESERVATION
Camp John H. Ware III and Camp Horseshoe make up the Horseshoe Scout Reservation. Host to numerous camping programs year round, the Reservation is steeped in history.
In 1926, after numerous searches for a suitable camp for summer programs, the Chester County Council came upon a property owned by the Reynolds family of Maryland. The camp opened in 1927 with staff working on the first facilities, and it was originally named Camp Horseshoe for the shape that the Octoraro Creek makes as it winds around the property. Today, the Horseshoe Scout Reservation, covers 1200 acres of wilderness area that straddles the Mason-Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland.
The history of the camp reaches much further into the past. Native Americans from the Lenni-Lenape tribe once lived on what is today the Horseshoe Scout Reservation, as evidenced by an archeological dig conducted in 1988, that unearthed numerous artifacts and relics.
In recent years, Camp Horseshoe has undergone numerous changes. From the original farmland and the handful of campsites to follow, Horseshoe grew its program, expanded to fourteen campsites and built other excellent facilities to support the scouting movement in Chester County and beyond.
2007 marked the 80th Anniversary celebration of Camp Horseshoe's service to the youth of the east coast, having accommodated units from not only all of Pennsylvania, but troops from Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Connecticut, North Carolina, Florida and Virginia.
One of the few remaining seven day camps (Sunday to Sunday), Camp Horseshoe’s Boy Scout resident camp has a much heralded legacy of offering one of the finest traditional Boy Scout programs in the United States.
At the same time, Camp Ware’s innovative Venturing, Boy Scout and Cub Scout resident camps have positioned it as being one of the most diverse and progressive scouting facilities in the Northeast Region.
Directions, along with additional information about both Camp Horseshoe and Camp Ware, are available on the www.hsr-bsa.org site. During summer camp, you can reach our camps at these phone numbers: Horseshoe 717-548-2525 Ware 717-548-2786.
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