Location: New Dorp, Staten Island.
Size: 26 acres.
Terrain: Heavily wooded.
Start Date: Acquired 1929-31.
End Date: Closed 1948.
Acquisition: Purchased for use by Staten Island Scouts by the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York 1929-30. Announced Oct. 17. 1929 by Staten Island Council Executive Joseph D. Carstang following approval of the project by the Executive Board of the Boy
Scour Foundation of Grecier New York
How Disposed: In 1952, the property was dedicated as the 50-acre Camp High Rock Girl Scout Camp. $200,000 for the property was donated by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and the Rockefellers Brothers Fund in 1949. On July 7. 1965, the 70-acre High Rock Nature
conservation center opened on This siren
Weekend Facilities: Tent sites, three 8-person lean-tos.
Weekend Staff: Caretaker.
Summer Operations: Swimming in nearby Flagg's Pond (later Lake Ohrbach) during summer.
Showers tor summer use.
Landmarks: Dr. William C. Buntin Memorial Lodge - central recreation and administration building. Dreyfus Amphitheater. George S. Parsons Indian Council Ring. The Fireplace of the States [Butin Lodge] - the Lodge's fireplace was constructed of stones from each of the forty-eight states. Mony of the stones were sclvaged when the Lodge burnt down and the fireplace was reconsinucted in the Pouch Ronger's office and when the office was subdivided. This fireplace can now be seen in the Scout Shop located at Pouch.
Additional Info: "Highest Scout Camp on the Atlantic seaboard."