Camp Ockanickon

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Ockanickon Scout Reservation

Ockanickon Scout Reservation is located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and is part of the Bucks County Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Ockanickon is a weekend camp during spring, fall, and winter. During the summer, Ockanickon acts as a resident summer camp.

1 Overview
2 GE Betz Science Center
3 See also
4 External links
5 Notes

[edit] Overview

Camp Ockanickon contains 15 camp sites: Lenape, Mohawk, Ajapeu, Neshaminy, Campways, Tohickon, Hopi, Tamanend, Quabosco, Bischewi, Shagbark, Wakoda, Algonquin, Ottawa, and Seneca. The camp was founded in 1941 and was named after a Lenape chief who assisted William Penn in the exploration of the Bucks Country area. Camp Ockanickon contains an air-conditioned dining hall, a Science Center, Eagle Department, Ecology Lodge, Swimming Pool, Lake, Cope Course, Handicraft Lodge, Dan Beard program (for first year Scouts), a trading post, and Spoke N' Rope.

[edit] GE Betz Science Center

The GE Betz Science Center ^[1] is located behind four water towers near the parking lot. The Science Center offers Electricity, Space Exploration, Weather, Nuclear Science, Chemistry, and Electronics, and Astronomy merit badges.

In addition, the Science Center is home to Air Conditioning, a $7,000 12in telescope, $10,000 inflatable Planetarium, $10,000 worth of K'Nex, a K'Nex tower, a Chemistry Lab, a Computer Lab for Merit Badge Support, a Weather Room, a Weather Station, a Van da Graph generator, a Jacob's ladder, and plenty of liquid nitrogen. Currently, the Science Center is raising money to build an observatory to house a 20' telescope for Astronomy merit badge and night time observations.