Help us get ready for Spring and Summer Camp! Our Property team is working hard and could use some helping hands to get ready for girl arrival. Interested in volunteering for any of the tasks below? Email property@gsofct.org.
From hiking, camping, or seeking adventure, Girl Scouts of Connecticut properties are an affordable way to connect with the outdoors. Whether you're a troop, school, family, corporate, or religious group, GSOFCT properties are a great choice for your next event.
GSOFCT has 12 camp properties across the state of Connecticut! Each site has different facilities and outdoor opportunities to explore. Accommodations at each camp range from modern buildings with heat and running water to primitive sites with tents and latrines. Most camps are open year-round. Using these properties will build great experiences, lasting memories, and skills for your girls!
Our service centers are a great place for troop meetings! Click here to check availability.
Keep an eye out here for more activities!
Our Properties
Please contact Ben Benoit benb@pcwmanagement.com if interested in using the Candlewood property.
For everyone's health, please maintain social distancing when possible. When it's not possible to social distance from others, wear a mask. Some people will choose to continue to wear a mask and that's okay!
All Beds/Mats/Sleeping bags must be 6 feet apart at all times. All indoor sleeping must use cross ventilation including opening of all windows and doors if possible. Cabins or A Frames should have window and screen doors opened. Platform Tents should keep sides rolled up to offer a cross breeze. Same households can sleep in one unit with the usual capacity limitations. Masks can be removed when sleeping but must be worn when moving about buildings, tents, cabins & A frames.
Sleeping spaces – Sleeping outside of the platform tent!
Consider using this opportunity to think of additional overnight sleeping options. For many Girl Scouts this is an exciting opportunity.
Porches- as long as you aren’t blocking exits, stairs, or ramp, use the covered porches as sleeping areas.
Tents – Put small tents in and among the established platform tents/cabins or create a field unit on a flag or play field (be sure to pick up all your stakes). Keep in mind that you’ll want to be near a porto or sharable bathroom.
Ask families in your Service unit or troop if they have a tent to be borrowed. Even if it is an older tent, a tarp can be placed over it, to make it rain-ready.
Places like REI rent camping equipment, including tents.
Tarps – Run a line between trees and place a tarp over it. Stake out the tarp to secure your sides, creating a “tarp tent”
Screen house or shade tent with sides – place an old tent underneath or set up your sleeping area underneath the pop-up. Remember to stake out your shelter.
Hammocks – be sure to be kind to the trees as you securely attach your hammock. Create a sleeping space that is cozy and off the ground. In our camping units, there are usually trees on the edge that will accommodate this.
Empty Tent Platforms – Use this flat space to put up a few one or two-person tents. In case of wind, be sure to weight your tent down with gear or lash it down.
Sleep under the Stars – Head for the field with a sleeping pad or yoga mat and sleeping bag.
Please contact the Property
Department for more information.
