Camp Kootaga Registration Open

What will your kids remember when they reflect on Summer 2025? Will they talk about scaling the new Camp Kootaga climbing wall? Cooling off in the Camp pool? Mastering the hiking trails? Merit Badges earned? Kayaking on the Hughes River? Mastering the new Camp Kootaga bouldering grotto? Shooting sports? Rappelling off the 45-foot drop at Wind Caves? Lifelong friendships made at Scouting America Camp Kootaga? The journey begins this summer at Camp Kootaga.
Scouting America Camp Kootaga is located on 500 acres along the Hughes River just 20 minutes outside of Parkersburg, West Virginia in Walker, WV. This is the camps 103rd camping season. Open all year long for camping and hiking, Camp Kootaga is the residential summer Scout Camp for the Buckskin Council. All Scouting units, all Scouting Districts and all Scouting Councils are welcome at Camp Kootaga. Come camp with us and embrace the magic that is Camp Kootaga. Contact Camp Director Billy Bryant at the Buckskin Council for more information.
Want to get registered for summer camp at Camp Kootaga? Go to the Buckskin Council website at www.buckskin.org. Follow the Camp Kootaga Facebook and Instagram pages to see pictures of the new climbing tower and bouldering grotto and all the great things at Camp Kootaga.
Don B. Lowe purchased the property known as Camp Kootaga in 1922 The first long-term summer camp was held that year on the banks of the Hughes River. This camp consisted of one or two Troops from the Parkersburg area with Don B. Lowe as the Camp Director. In 1929 Col. R. L. Cole brought a Kiowa Indian named J. Dougannah to help with the camp program. He named the Boy Scout camp “Kootaga” which means “Good Friends”.
Through the years, Camp Kootaga has gone through many changes, but one thing has remained constant: helping develop young people into upstanding citizens and outstanding individuals.