Camp Cherry Valley

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Camp Cherry Valley is a summer camp on the leeward side of Catalina Island, California, operated by the San Gabriel Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America. It is located two coves north of Two Harbors at Cherry Cove. The camp, valley and cove get their name from the catalina cherry trees native to the island. ^[1] It also offers non-Scouting programs on a year round basis.

1 Program
2 Hikes
3 History
4 See also
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Program

Camp Cherry Vally has operated as a Boy Scout camp since the 1920's, but other groups use it as well. The camp is on the ocean allowing snorkling and scuba diving (and there is no swimming pool). Scouts sleep in walled, two person canvas tents set on wooden platforms located up the canyon under the cherry trees.

To reach the camp, Scouts must take a two-hour chartered ferry across the 26 mile distance from San Pedro to Two Harbors^[2] and then hike two-miles to the camp. The camp promotes itself to scouts with the Tribe of Torqua. The "Tribe" was instituted by Council Executive, H. Benjamin "Skipper" Robinson as a special group of honor campers.^[3]

[edit] Hikes

As of 2007, four main hikes were available for scouts

Emerald Bay: 4-mile hike with a 2-mile canoe/kayak trip. 33°27′57.46″N 118°31′35.69″W / 33.4659611, -118.5265806
Parson's Landing: 8-mile hike with a 2-mile canoe/kayak trip. 33°28′24.13″N 118°32′58.81″W / 33.4733694, -118.5496694
Shark Harbor: 16-mile hike to a sand beach on the windward side of the island. 33°27′28″N 118°33′57″W / 33.45778, -118.56583
Silver Peak: 21-Mile hike to the highest point on the West end of Catalina. 33°27′28″N 118°33′57″W / 33.45778, -118.56583

[edit] History

There is a small silver mine^[4] located in the cove left from the time the western part of Catalina Island was full of such mines. The 1935 film Mutiny on the Bounty used the cove as part of its filming.^[5]