Name: 2027 HSRAA Reunion
Start: 2027-07-16T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2027-07-16T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Camp Horseshoe

“Once you get the dust of Horseshoe in your moccasins, you can never get it out.”

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< Camp Geography

“A map is the greatest of all epic poems. Its lines and colors show the realization of great dreams.”
–Gilbert H. Grosvenor

Exhibit Details

Throughout the years, camp maps have been drawn and produced for various purposes, to highlight the camps’ facilities or to direct hikers along the trail system of the reservation. Some have had a cartoonish look while others would make a cartographer proud. Some have even made it onto bandanas.

Displays in this Exhibit:

Tour Stop

Reservation Maps

Interactive Maps

Camp Horseshoe Maps

Camp Ware Maps

18th Century Surveys

Video Maps

Reservation Maps

Display Details

Delve into the various types of reservation maps that have been drawn over the years.

Interactive Maps

Display Details

Check out these interactive maps of the reservation to find exact locations of structures and program areas!

Scroll around, zoom in, and click on the various sites, structures, and areas of HSR to get more information. Each landmark will take you to another display or exhibit in the museum.
2016 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

The Irish Jamboree took place in 2000 at Camp John H. Ware 3rd. Over 200 Scouts from County Cork, Ireland participated.
2000 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

The 2025 Section E11 Conclave took place at Camp Horseshoe from June 6 – 8, 2025 and had the theme “Scoutcraft: Building a Better Brotherhood”.
2025 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

Camp Horseshoe Maps

Display Details

Check out the various Camp Horseshoe maps that have been drawn on a variety of mediums since the camp opened in 1928.

Pictures

Documents

Pictures

This is a map photocopy that became the standard in the 1990s for Scouts, Scouters and visitors unfamiliar with Horseshoe.

This map shows Richardson and Totempole Circle, former facilities of Camp Horseshoe before being removed or replaced, respectively.

The Delaware Valley Orienteering Association (DVOA) published this orienteering map in 2000 which features topographical contouring and sites of interest.

An updated handrawn map that includes new additions to the camp such as the Goodman pavilion and the new trading post.

Here is a map drawn by Clarke Green in the 1990s, showing a 3/4 view of Camp Horseshoe as well as displaying some of the camp wildlife around the edges of the map.

Horseshoe from the heavens, this map shows the winding Octoraro creek and the long camp road that snakes past the Lane House, Pole Barn and Buzzards rock before it terminates in the center of camp.

A topographical map of the Camp Horseshoe and the surrounding areas.

This neckerchief shows an artist’s rendering of the camp facilities in their locations around Camp Horseshoe.

Drawn by Clarke Green, something was lost in translation when this map found its way onto a bandana. Eagle Grove became “Eaine Grove” and even West and East found themselves in a role reversal. The map, however, does feature all the campsites, buildings and trails of Camp Horseshoe.

This map, created by Clayton Lottes in 2009, simplified things to utilitarian minimalism for maximum usability as one navigates camp.

This map was found in the 1976 Octoraro 22 50th Anniversary Fellowship program, and it shows the central part of camp but nothing down the far end of the Stockade trail. This map was presumably for visitors.

This map of Camp Horseshoe is topographical but it also has all the facilities and program areas marked for a comprehensive tool for all users.

The 2015 topographical map was edited to add conclave-specific elements to it for the 2019 Section NE-6B Conclave held at Camp Horseshoe.

This Carnival Detail View map was used for the 2019 Section NE-6B Conclave.

The 2019 Section NE-6B Conclave participants were handed this map at the pole barn to assist them with parking and navigation as they entered the camp for the first time.

Here is a 3D topographical map of Camp Horseshoe.

The 2015 topographical map was edited to add conclave-specific elements to it for the 2025 Section E11 Conclave held at Camp Horseshoe.

The 2025 Klondike Derby Map.

This map, presumably created by Camp Architect J. Gilbert McIlvaine in 1927, sketches out the main features of what would later become Camp Horseshoe.

Documents

The latest camp map for Camp Horseshoe.
2021 – Contributed by Anonymous

Camp Ware Maps

Display Details

This display shows a few of the Camp John H. Ware 3rd maps that have been circulated since its inception.

Pictures

Documents

Pictures

Documents

The latest camp map for Camp John H. Ware 3rd.
2021 – Contributed by Anonymous

18th Century Surveys

1751 Survey

Here is the original Camp Horseshoe survey done by George Churchman for Robert Mitchel, completed in August 1751.
1751 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

1753-1786 Surveys

These 18th century surveys of the Horseshoe Farm property, ranging in dates from 1753 – 1786, show a rough outline of the divisions between owners and how the Octoraro Creek played a part. In the attached surveys, the first page is central part of camp, then listing North, South, East, and West locations for the surveys.
Contributed by Andrew Coe

Video Maps

Display Details

This display shows videos of various maps of HSR.

Headquarters Map
This large map showing the various sites of the Reservation has resided in the Camp Horseshoe Headquarters building for some time.
1995 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III

Drive Into Camp Horseshoe
For new and old campers alike, the drive into Camp Horseshoe is fun and nostalgic.
2014 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

Chapel Trail
Here is a walk through the woods on the way to the Camp Horseshoe Chapel.
2016 – Contributed by Mike Arles

AR Cartography
At the STEM Center at Camp Horseshoe, an instructor teaches about Augmented Reality Cartography using sand.
2018 – Contributed by Anonymous

Tour Stops

Cub Scouts Tour

Octoraro Loop Tour

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Last updated September 15, 2026

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