1 Mar 2025 — Registration is now open for summer 2025 Cub Scout programs! Information on Scouts BSA programs is coming soon.
14 Dec 2024 — Camp Workcoeman has a variety of programs taking place this winter and spring for both Scouts BSA and Cub Scouts. In addition, training opportunities and campsite/facility rentals are available. We hope to you at camp!
Now is the time to register your son or daughter for exciting Scouting adventures outdoors at Camp Workcoeman! We’ll be offering two weeks of Cub Scout Day Camp (July 14–18 and August 4–8, 2025), two Cub Scout Summer Adventure Weekends (July 18–20 and August 1–3, 2025), and unit camping opportunities all summer.
The Cub Blizzard has been posted one week from February 22 to March 1, 2025 due to icy conditions.
The Scouts BSA Winter Adventure Merit Badge Day will still take place as scheduled, and the Trading Post will still be open normal Satueday hours (9 AM – 4 PM).
The Camp Workcoeman Trading Post has updated Scout Shop winter hours. For January and February, we’ll be open Saturdays 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
The trading post is a satellite Scout Shop, offering uniform parts and patches, as well as advancement items! While we don’t stock everything, we can order it for you, and purchases can be charged directly to unit accounts. Unit leaders looking to obtain advancement items such as merit badges, rank patches, Eagle memorabilia, or Cub Scout belt loops/pins are encouraged to pre-order items with us so that we can ensure we have everything you need! Pre-orders, or inquiries of any kind, can be submitted directly to [email protected].
A variety of day and weekend Scouting programs are planned for this winter and spring at Camp Workcoeman. These activities include Scouts BSA, Cub Scout, and training events.
More information and registration links are available here for Scouts BSA opportunities, here for Cub Scout opportunities, and here for training opportunities.
After the success of the spring weekend, the Citizens of Shawtown are planning a fall weekend event for work and fellowship to wrap up camp’s centennial season. The event runs from Friday evening (10/25/2024) through lunch on Sunday (10/27/2024), but volunteers are welcome for whatever portion of the weekend they’re able to attend. See the Shawtown webpage for the event flier with additional information and the RSVP link (please respond by October 22, 2024).
Camp Workcoeman is located in the hills of northwest Connecticut in scenic New Hartford and Barkhamsted. The camp consists of approximately 427 acres on the shore of beautiful West Hill Pond, possibly the cleanest in Connecticut.
Established in 1924, it is one of the oldest continuously operated Scout camps in the country. For 101 years, thousands of Scouts and Scouters have had unforgettable Scouting experiences at Camp Workcoeman. This fine tradition of Scouting continues today.