God’s country, Camp Cherokee, was originally established as the outpost camp and still maintains many of those qualities. Units here still enjoy the village-like atmosphere and rugged nature of the Ozarks in eleven unique campsites situated around John A. Cooper Lake.
The main element that sets Cherokee apart from Osage is that units cook their own food in their campsites. Camp Cherokee offers the same traditional camp program as Camp Osage, but with smaller merit badge session sizes, so that Scouts receive more individualized instruction. As the smaller of the two camps, Scouts get to know the staff and other units very well and form inter-troop friendships and healthy rivalries. The Cherokee Waterfront is on a 18.8-acre lake where Scouts can swim, paddle, and sail. Cherokee is also the home to the Blob, from which Scouts can get launched into the water, and to the Iceberg, on which Scouts can test their climbing abilities on the lake. |
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