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Camp Namanu is a Camp Fire camp, operating since 1924 at 10300 SE Camp Namanu Road in Sandy, Oregon, 97055-9517 -- Map.

Namanu covers more than 552 acres, and is in the Bull Run Watershed.

Until about the 1970s, Camp Namanu was a girls-only camp.

Contents 1 Units 1.1 Blue Wing 1.2 Sherwood 1.3 Robin Hill 1.4 Kiwanis 1.5 Pioneer 1.6 Balagan 1.7 Ranch 1.8 Outpost 2 Other References 3 External Links

[edit] Units

Each of the camper units have their own regions of cabins in different parts of the camp.

[edit] Blue Wing

Blue Wing has two parts to the unit. The mini-Blue Wingers are children younger than 2nd grade, and come for ½ week. Regular Blue Wing campers are students going into the 3rd grade in the fall.

[edit] Sherwood

Campers in Sherwood usually are going into the 4th grade.

[edit] Robin Hill

Campers in Robin Hill usually are going into the 5th grade.

[edit] Kiwanis

Campers in Kiwanis usually are going into the 6th grade.

[edit] Pioneer

Campers in Pioneer usually are going into the 7th grade.

[edit] Balagan

Campers in Balagan are going into grade 8 or better.

Balagan was best known for the Russian-style unit lodge and the treehouses overlooking the Sandy River.

[edit] Ranch

Campers in Ranch are usually in high school (grade 9 or better).

[edit] Outpost

Campers in Outpost are usually in at least the 8th grade.

This unit camps in tipis, and is often part of blazing new trails and campgrounds.

[edit] Other References

• The site is used by the Multnomah Education Service District for part of their Outdoor School program.

• During World War II, while Namanu was a girls-only camp, and while women often worked as Rosie the Riveter, many T2 tankers were made in nearby Portland. One T2 tanker was named the SS Camp Namanu.

[edit] External Links

• Camp Fire's official Camp Namanu website
• Camp Namanu Alumni