Video by camp staff member, Elizabeth Leach.
Camp Conshatawba is in Summerhill, Cambria County, less than 15 miles from Johnstown, about 70 miles east of Pittsburgh, and 185 miles from Erie. It sits on nearly 300 acres of wooded, hilly terrain in the Allegheny Mountain Range, with a stream running through the camp.
Camp Conshatawba features a climbing tower and treetop zipline course! You will also find a wide-range of other activities from archery and hatchet throwing to traditional camp fun like campfires and s'mores.
Events and summer camps at Camp Conshatawba
288 Oaks Road
Summerhill, PA 15958
Cashless Trading Post
To provide smoother and
safer service, overnight camp at Camp Conshatawba is going cashless.
Use the 2024 Camp Conshatawba Trading Post Deposit and Camp
Care Kit Form to add a trading post deposit (including Girl
Scout Bucks and Indie Girl Scout Program Rewards) or purchase a Camp
Care Kit for your Girl Scout. The trading post will be open
periodically during her stay at camp with a full line of merchandise!
Money that is not spent during the week will be returned in the form
of a gift certificate.
Facilities
Full Camp 
Activity Center (non-heated, day use)
- Capacity: 100
- Theater stage
- Arts and crafts area
- Day use only
- Available: May 1-Sept. 30
Boeing Lodge (heated)
- Sleep capacity: 28 (bunks)
- Separate living and kitchen area with tables and chairs
- Indoor restroom (2 showers and flush toilets)
- Indoor fireplace
- Large porch for gathering
- Outdoor fire circle with benches nearby
Boeing Pavilion (day use)
- Open-air pavilion located near Boeing Lodge
- Seating: 40 (picnic tables)
- Fireplace/chimney/grill
- Electric lighting and outlets
- Available for day use only
Conestoga Cabins (4, non-heated)
- 4 cabins
- Sleep capacity: 8 per cabin, 32 total (bunks)
- Fire circle with benches
- Fireplace/chimney/grill
- Nearby pavilion includes refrigerator, counter space, picnic tables and sink
- Composting toilets located at back of pavilion
- Showers at nearby pool house
- Available May 1-September 30
Director's Lodge (heated)
- Sleep capacity: 20 (bunks)
- First floor: fully equipped kitchen, ADA accessible restroom with shower, leader bunk room with two bunk beds
- Second floor: Five bunk beds, sink, shower, flushing toilet
- Third floor: Additional beds
- Large porch for gathering
- Fire circle with benches nearby
Memory Lodge/Dining Hall (heated)
- Sleep Capacity: 20 (mattresses)
- Indoor Dining Capacity: 80 with tables and chairs
- Covered Patio Dining Capacity: 40 on picnic tables (seasonal)
- Women's restroom with flushing toilets and showers (ADA Compliant)
- Gender Inclusive Restroom with shower (ADA Compliant)
- Women's restroom with flushing toilets and showers
- Indoor fireplace
- Wraparound porch
- Creekside covered patio
- Outdoor fire circle with benches nearby
- Kitchen: convection oven, stove (two ovens, four burners, large griddle), ice machine (seasonal), coffee percolators, mixer, dish sterilizer, double-door refrigerator and freezer, small microwave
- Equipment: 10 tables, 100 chairs, dishes for 80, pots, pans, skillets, cookie sheets, mixing bowls, colander, measuring cups, can opener, pitchers, cooking utensils, buckets, brooms, dust pans, mop, toilet brushes, dish washing buckets
Merry Go Round Lodge (heated)
- Unique, octagon-shaped lodge
- Sleep capacity: 10 (mattresses)
- Heated by wood burning stove
- Small kitchen with pots, pans, dishes, cooking utensils, tables, chairs
- Indoor restroom with sinks and composting toilets
- Showers at nearby pool house
Nature Center (non-heated, day use)
- Capacity: 20
- Educational opportunities
- Taxidermy animals native to western PA displayed
- Program kits can be reserved for additional fee
- Available May 1-September 30
Overlook Lodge (heated)
- Sleep capacity: 32 (bunks)
- Indoor restrooms with flush toilets and showers
- Full kitchen
- Tables and chairs
- Indoor fireplace
- Back deck
- Outdoor fire circle with benches nearby
Seneca Lodge and Tents (non-heated)
- Lodge sleep capacity: 15 (mattresses)
- Platform tent = 6 tents
- Tent unit sleep capacity: 4 per tent, 24 total (cots)
- Indoor restrooms
- Nearby showers
- Full kitchen
- Indoor fireplace
- Outdoor fire circle with platform tent unit
- Available May 1-September 30
Shawnee Tent Unit (non-heated)
- Platform tent unit = 8 tents
- Sleep capacity: 4 per tent, 32 total
- Pavilion with picnic tables, refrigerator, lighting, grill, barbecue pit, fire circle, and restrooms with composting toilets
- Shower facilities at nearby pool house
- Available May 1-September 30
Make a reservation for day or overnight use
Activities and Amenities
- Climbing wall/tower
- Tree canopy tour
- Low ropes course
- Bouldering wall
- Shooting sports range for archery and BB/pellet guns
- Hatchet throwing range
- Swimming pool
- Hiking trails
- High-end mountain bikes (summer camp only)
- GPS units for geocaching/orienteering
- Human board games
- Gaga ball pit
- Playing field
- Volleyball court
- Theater stage (indoor)
- Nature center
- Cross country ski trails
- Sled riding
