Howard H. Cherry Scout Reservation | |||
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Owner | Hawkeye Area Council | ||
Headquarters | Hawkeye Are Council Scout Office (Main), Troop Service Building (during the summer), ranger house (year round on-camp office) | ||
Location | Central City, Iowa | ||
Country | United States | ||
Coordinates | 42°11′20″N91°27′40″W / 42.189°N 91.461°W | ||
Founded | 1931 (Camp Waubeek), 1965 (Camp Wakonda) | ||
Founder | Howard H Cherry | ||
Website Hawkeyebsa.org/camping/hhscr | |||
Howard H. Cherry Scout Reservation is a Boy Scouts of America reservation in the Hawkeye Area Council near Waubeek, Iowa. The reservation was made up of two camps, Camp Waubeek and Camp Wakonda until the majority of Camp Waubeek was auctioned off on 27 April 2023 to raise funds to pay its portion of the BSA sexual abuse lawsuit. The reservation primarily serves the Hawkeye Area Council and the Winnebago Council. [1]
Camp Waubeek was the originally used area within the reservation. The camp had been minimally used for some time. Some of the facilities include a dining hall, a medics quarters, and various other small shelters. During the summer, the camp was used for a week youth training program call NYLT. For the off season the camp is used for wildness survival training and other programs.
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