Yawgoog Scout Reservation

Yawgoog Scout Reservation
The main entrance to Camp Yawgoog
OwnerRhode Island Boy Scouts
Location61 Camp Yawgoog Rd.
Rockville, Rhode Island 02873
CountryUnited States
Coordinates41°31′15″N 71°46′37″W / 41.52083°N 71.77694°W / 41.52083; -71.77694
Founded1916
FounderDonald North
Reservation DirectorJonathan DiLuglio
Website
Official website
 Scouting portal

Yawgoog Scout Reservation (Camp Yawgoog) (pronounced YAH-goo[1]) is a 1,800-acre (7 km2) reservation for scouting located in Rockville, Rhode Island and operated by the Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Founded in 1916, Yawgoog is the fifth oldest Boy Scout camp in the United States.[2] At the camp is run an eight-week camping program every summer where Boy Scouts stay for a week with their troops. The reservation is divided into three camps: Three Point, Medicine Bow, and Sandy Beach.

  1. ^ Farzan, Antonia Noori. "Rhode Island pronunciation guide: 35 names that visitors and even some locals get wrong". The Providence Journal. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Eby, David L. (December 31, 2014). "America's Oldest Boy Scout Camps". Retrieved April 6, 2022.