Camp Babcock Hovey is one of the 3 camps owned by Seneca Waterways Council. Located on Seneca Lake in Ovid, NY, just south of Geneva in the heart of the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. It is a great location for summer camp, off season camping and camporees. Hovey puts on summer camps for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts where they are not just earning merit badges but showing the scouts all the fun that camp has to offer.
Hovey is set on 283 acres with facilities including cabins, tent sites and lean-tos. One of their newest buildings, Eagle Lodge, has a kitchen, bunk rooms, bathrooms and a conference room, great for year round activities. Waterfront options cater to all age ranges and level of scout and include a large man-made pond, swimming pool and lakefront on Seneca Lake, one of the largest Finger Lakes. The lakefront offers activities including; swimming, boating, motorboating, kayaking, sailing and more.
Specialty camps include: First Responders Camp (Law Enforcement, Firefighting & EMS/ Medical), Aquatics Expedition Camp, Shooting Sports Expedition Camp, Sci-Tech Expedition Camp, Venturing Expedition Camp, Cross Country Camp and Eagle Flight Week.
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Booking is done through Seneca Waterways Council
https://www.senecawaterways.org/cbh
Buildings on camp property:
- Eagle Lodge and Conference Center
- Sleeping capacity 32
- Winterized
- Heated
- Kitchen
- Conference Room (75 Capacity)
- Five Bathrooms
- Showers
- Main Bunkroom -14 Beds
- Six additional rooms 3 beds each
- Memorial Lodge
- Sleeping Capacity 10 inside plus 4 in lean-to
- Heated Cabin
- Kitchenette
- Bathroom
- Pedersen Lodge
- Sleeping Capaicity 24
- Wood Fired Heat
- Covered Deck
- Patrol Cabins (4)
- Total Capacity 32
- Wood Heated
- Lean-To Campsites
- Cayuga
- Capacity – 32 Capacity
- Cherokee – 16 Capacity
- Seneca – 32 Capacity
- Tuscarora – 28 Capacity – Only one able to drive to during off season
- Cayuga
- Tent Camp Sites
- Algonquin – 40 Capacity
- Baden Powell Outpost Camps – 25 Capacity
- Camporee Field – 4,000 Capacity
- Dan Beard Outpost Campsite – 25 Capacity
- Delaware – 40 Capacity
- Ernest T Seton Outpost Campsite – 20 Capacity
- James E West JLT Area Primitive Site – 25 Capacity
- Lamoka Staff Area – 50 Capacity
- Mohawk Tent Site – 40 Capacity
- Mohican – 40 Capacity
- Oneida – 40 Capacity
- Dining Hall – 300 capacity
- Health Lodge
- Swimming Pool
- South Shower House
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Boy Scout Summer Camp runs in the month of July into early August.
Cub Summer Camp program runs in August.
Onsite programs include:
- Shooting Sports
- Archery
- BB Gun
- Rifle
- Shotgun
- Scoutcraft – Including a tomahawk range and a bull whip area.
- Waterfront
- Pool
- Large man-made pond
- Lakefront
- Swimming
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Merit Badges
- First Year Campers Program
- First Responders Camp (Law Enforcement, Firefighting & EMS/ Medical)
- Aquatics Expedition Camp
- Shooting Sports Expedition Camp
- Sci-Tech Expedition Camp
- Venturing Expedition Camp
- Cross Country Camp
- Eagle Flight Week
