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Amahami Outdoor Center
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Year-Round Facilities

Fletcher Dining Hall

Has a large main room suitable for indoor troop and group activities. Additional features: commercial kitchen, fireplace, and wrap-around deck with a view. Overnight sleeping not allowed in the Dining Hall. Wheelchair accessible.

 

Fletcher Troop Wing

The Troop Wing of Fletcher Lodge is comprised of several rooms. It includes a family-size kitchen with a refrigerator, stove, and microwave oven; showers, and bathrooms. Sleeping accommodations are mattresses on the floor with capacity for 30 people. Wheelchair accessible.

 

Rowe Troop House

Rowe Troop House is a large winterized building that features two large bunk rooms, flush toilets, two large bunk rooms, showers, a large multipurpose room, and a kitchen with a refrigerator, stove, and microwave oven. Bunk room sleeping capacity is 38. Wheelchair accessible.

 

Gladstone Pines

Gladstone Pines is located away from the lake, near the riding ring and stable. Horses are in residence only during the summer resident camp season. The bunkhouse is a winterized building available year-round. It has two bunk rooms, flush toilets, showers, a large multipurpose room and a kitchen with a refrigerator, stove, and microwave oven. Sleeping capacity is 28. Wheelchair accessible.

 

Variable Capacity Units

Viking Troop House

This is a one-room building with a wood stove and a handicap-accessible covered outdoor cooking facility. From the end of April to the beginning of October, there are an additional six platform tents in this unit. Winter sleeping capacity: 20 in the form of mattresses on the floor; summer sleeping capacity: 44 including cots in the tents. Latrines.

 

Explorer Troop House

Explorer is a newly built one-room building with heat and electricity. From the end of April to the beginning of October, there are an additional five tents with cots. Sleeping capacity is 20 using mattresses on the floor; with the tents the capacity increases to 40. Latrines.

 

Summer Season Units

Robin Hood

This is a grouping of three eight-person cabins, one six-person cabin, and between the end of April and the beginning of October, one platform tent. There is no heat or electricity. There is a pavilion, a fire circle, and latrines.

 

Lorelei

Lorelei is located along the lake's edge across from the waterfront. It features six platform tents that sleep four persons each, a fire circle, and a newly rebuilt outdoor cooking pavilion. Latrines.

 

Mountaineer

Mountaineer sits atop a hill. Three platform tents, two dome tents, and a pavilion form a ring around a sunny open space with a fire circle in the center. All tent areas are set up for special needs. No heat or electricity. Sleeping capacity is 22. Latrines.

 

Pioneer

This unit has two eight-person cabins, one six-person cabin, and between the end of April and the beginning of October, one platform tent. There is no heat or electricity. There is a pavilion, a fire circle, and latrines.

 

Outpost

This unit features four Adirondack-style wooden roofed lean-tos, running water, a firepit, and a pavilion. There is no heat or electricity. Latrines.

 

Cozy Cabin

The name describes this unit well. It is a four-person cabin with a wood stove. It has water and a toilet only during the warm months.

 

Other Features

Waterfront: Swimming and Boating

We have rowboats, funyaks, and canoes. To use any of the boats, a troop/group must provide a person certified in small craft safety and an additional watcher. To use the swimming area, a troop/group must provide a certified lifeguard for every ten persons in the water.

 

Fire Tower

Built in 1935–1936 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Page Pond Fire Tower was operated by New York State through 1988 for the detection of forest and brush fires. Funding reductions have caused New York State to abandon the statewide tower system of fire detection. In 1992, New York State transferred ownership of the Fire Tower and the Observer's Cabin to Girl Scouts–Indian Hills Council. Ask the Camp Ranger about climbing to the observation cabin from which you can see for many miles.

 

 
Features

Amahami Outdoor Center encompasses 450 acres of forested land, a 12-acre lake, and an historic fire tower. Amahami's beautiful setting includes fields, woods, and several miles of hiking trails. The facilities include a variety of camping facilities that range from modern heated buildings with all the comforts of home to rustic shelters.

 

Activities

Year-round activities: Nature study, hiking, orienteering. There's a large grassy field for games and activities.


Seasonal activities: swimming, boating (rowboats, canoes, kayaks), snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing.

Local Places of Interest
    • Oquaga Creek State Park
    • Discovery Center
    • Ross Park Zoo
    • Rogers Environmental Center
    • Waterman Conservation Center
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