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MTC - Camp MinsiWeekend CampingWeekend Camping Facilities

Weekend Camping Facilities at Camp Minsi

Are you looking for a great weekend campout destination? Centrally and conveniently located in the heart of the Poconos, Camp Minsi has a variety of year-round camping options for your unit. To make a reservation, use our online Weekend Camping & Facilities Rental reservation system. For assistance, or more information on camping facilities at Camp Minsi, please call the Minsi Trails Council's help desk at 610-465-8568 or email Bonnie Keller.


Weytrex Cabin

Weytrex Cabin is a dual-sided cabin facility (with a separate side "A" and a side "B"). Each side sleeps 18 people with bunkbeds and includes a bathroom with a shower. The cabin has wood heat stoves in addition to gas heat and electric lights and receptacles. Kitchen areas include refrigerator/freezer, sinks, stoves, and countertops. Outdoor areas contain fire pits, picnic tables and parking area.

Wilcox Lodge

The Wilcox Lodge (also known as the summer camp Handicraft building) provides space for 26 people with bunkbeds and picnic tables. The building includes a large wood heat stove and electric lights and receptacles. Kitchen area includes countertops for camp stoves and chuck boxes. Outdoor area contains fire pits, charcoal grill, and a covered pavilion.

All-season Tabins

Camp Minsi's tabins (tent/cabins) provide a unique camping experience. These hard-wall shelters, with dual-layer canvas roofs sleep 8 Scouts with built-in bunks. Each tabin is equipped with wood stoves that make them warm cozy even in the coldest weather. The Winter Meal Lodge (the summer camp nature lodge) is available as a cooking and dining space for units using the tabins.

Adirondack Shelters

Camp Minsi's Adirondack shelters provide a rustic camping experience for Scouts. The four shelters can hold approximately four Scouts each. The site includes reflector fireplaces, picnic tables, and a nearby latrine facility.

Weygadt Group Tenting Sites

Camp Minsi has four beautiful lakeside tenting sites. Bring and pitch your own tents in the clear and grassy tenting area. The sites include fire rings, picnic tables, and a nearby latrine facility. Site names include: Arrow Island, Indian Head, Mt. Tammany, and Kittatinny Ridge.

Summer Camp Troop Campsites

Camp Minsi has 13 large summer camp troop sites located in central camp. Bring and pitch your own tents; each site includes fire rings, picnic tables, and latrine facilities (water is available year-round, but it is turned off in the sites from mid-October through mid-April). Due to the rocky terrain of many of the sites, you may need to pitch your tents on, or near, the tent platforms. Site names include: Mohican, Tuscarora, Iroquois, Mohawk, Onondoga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, Lenape, Shawnee, Sacagawea, Tatamy and the Staff Site.

Backcountry Outpost Sites

Camp Minsi has several small backcountry outpost sites for a more rustic camping experiences. There are over 20 miles of hiking trails throughout the camp that give great opportunities for a beginner backpacking events or shakedown hikes. Outpost sites include a clearing for pitching tents and an established fire ring. Sites can be up to 2 miles from central camp facilities, roads and water.


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PROFESSIONAL OFFICE HOURS OF OPERATIONS:
(610) 264-8551
10 AM – 5 PM (Monday  – Friday)
Closed Saturday & Sunday

 

SCOUT SHOP HOURS OF OPERATIONS:
(610) 264-8551
10 AM - 5 PM  (Monday-Friday)
10 AM - 2 PM (Saturday)
Closed Sunday

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ADDRESS
991 Postal Road, Allentown, PA 18109