Lone Tree, a Scout Camp 1946-2022

05/13/2022

Lone Tree has a new home base on Facebook. The new owners, the Towne family has a new page for our old home. Please like and follow... and then share.... https://www.facebook.com/lonetreesummercamp with your friends and family who love Lone Tree like you do.

🌳 We think it's important that the new chapter of Lone Tree's story stands tall in it's own success! This --now the old, former-- page for camp is going to serve as an online memorial for it's recent history as a Scout Camp. We will be making very few updates to this page. 🌳

04/08/2022

Dear Friends and Followers,

It is with a heavy heart that we share news that Lone Tree Scout Reservation was sold yesterday. We appreciate that the new owner, former Troop 44 Newbury Scoutmaster Eric Towne will operate a summer camp at Lone Tree, continuing the mission of helping young people grow and mature into responsible young adult citizens. Even more exciting is the possibility to continue to use camp for weekend camping.

Since 1946, Lone Tree has been a home for young people from the northeastern most corner of Massachusetts and from southeastern and seacoast New Hampshire. The original owners of the camp was Lone Tree Council and through successive mergers, our family grew to include scouts from as far west as Dunstable and Concord and as far south as Westwood and Quincy. And of course, we occasionally hosted scouts from throughout New England.

Through 76 years, a half-dozen generations of boys -and eventually girls- came to know and love Lone Tree. Most came from the northeastern corner of Massachusetts or from southeastern and coastal New Hampshire. We surely had guests come to us from throughout New England and beyond, too. Thousands came as campers, spending weeks each summer at camp or for weekends with their unit in the woods and on the shores of Country Pond. There were hundreds of Camp Staff and Arrowmen, too leading and guiding their friends. Adult and youth members alike completed training in camp through Wood Badge, IOLS, NYLT, and Brownsea. It was home to a Venture Crew and the Lone Tree Spirit Foundation. Some made a home here, and we all made memories.

Gather your friends and family round a campfire soon and recall your memories of Lone Tree. Our experiences included formative moments, broad smiles, hearty laughs, stifled giggles, and the occasional tear. Share the names of campsites, the new friends who became best friends... life-long best friends, and mentors who impacted and shaped you. Tell our story; tell it often. And as you go forward on new trails, keep our memory alive just as our friends from Camp Onway did among us in camp.

We will see you on the trail and we will smile when we recognize your Lone Tree Spirit!

04/06/2022

04/05/2022

Two of the Spirit of Adventure Council, BSA Districts are coordinating a Spring Camporee at Wah-Tut-Ca Scout Reservation, but everyone is invited

The Desert Island Wah-Tut-Ca Camporee is happening April 29-May 1st. Register online: https://form.jotform.com/220605319644049

All participating Troops will be expected to run a station. Please email Don McIntosh [email protected] to select your station soon.

04/04/2022

Still some places left in our Spring Day Camp April 25th-29th come join us for fun and adventure.
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04/02/2022

It's NH Fish and Game . These handy reference cards can help you identify animal signs on the trail.

Whose s**t is that? Maybe our s**t card will help you identify? https://wildlife.state.nh.us/pubs/documents/s**t-card.pdf

03/29/2022

♠ ♥ Lone Tree Spirit Foundation 45s Tournament ♦️ ♣️

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Registration information, tournament rules, and online payments coming soon. Registration fee includes all you can eat snack foods. Cash bar for those over 21 years of age.

Follow The Lone Tree Spirit Foundation Inc. and https://ltsf.org/45s-tournament/ for the latest details.

03/28/2022

Written by a staff member, the Lone Tree Grace is a celebration of Scouting and Scout Camping. It is an appreciation of fellowship and exploration.

03/26/2022

It's . Today, otter waste is featured. These aquatic mammals are occasionally seen in Country Pond. A former camp director who used to tend to the otters displayed at a public aquarium, confirmed the description given by NH Fish and Game.

Otter s**t usually contains fish remains, including scales, and vertebrae. The texture is oily and smells fishy. The s**t decomposes as the oil evaporates and ends up with piles of fish scales. Photo: W.Wise

03/24/2022

🎉🎉 SAVE THE DATE 🎉🎉

The Lone Tree Spirit Foundation is pleased to announce our 45's Tournament is back! ♠️♦️♣️♥️

SAVE THE DATE: May 7, 2022 at the Plaistow Fish and Game

More information to follow!