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Council
Facilities and Rentals
Girl Scouts
of Spar and Spindle Council owns and operates five properties in
northeast Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. The properties
are maintained primarily for the benefit of the girls. During summer
and throughout the school year, Girl Scouts enjoy experiential learning
through camping, environmental education, and a wide variety of
outdoor adventures.
Use by Girl Scout Troops and Groups
Can I rent a property for a troop event?
Yes! All sites are available for rent to troops and groups for day
or overnight use. Day use is 6 hours from 8:00 am - 2: 00 pm or
3:00 pm - 9:00 pm.
Overn ight use is overnight - from 3:00 pm one day to 2:00 pm the
next day.
And, on Mondays through Thursdays you can
use the grounds for free (maximum of 2 hours; must reserve in advance.)
Contact Shirley Schmidt at 978.689.8015 ext. 229 to book a site.
Rental
by Community Businesses and Organizations
Are you a business looking for a unique and
affordable location for your next company meeting, retreat, or corporate
event? Are you a youth-serving agency looking for a facility to
accomodate your outdoor program? All of our facilities are available
for rent to the community.
Each of our properties is described in detail
below. Highlights include:
- Modern lodges with kitchens that can serve
up to 170 people in one sitting
- Full day meeting facilities with large
group and breakout rooms
- Winterized lodges with large fireplaces
and sleeping capacity up to 50 people
- Adirondack shelters with sleeping capacity
of 10 per Adirondack
- Primitive camp sites
- Pool rental (must provide lifeguard)
- Boating (canoes, rowboats, paddle boats)
For information on rates and reservations,
email Shirley
Schmidt or call her at 978.689.8015.
Camp Paradise Beverly, Massachusetts
- Camp Paradise is on ten-acres of forest
with a small pond.
- The site is a private, quiet setting for
recreation and reflection.
- A modern winterized lodge with a fireplace
has sleeping capacity of 50 people or seating for 70 with two
small breakout rooms.
- 2-Adirondack Lean-Tos, with a sleeping
capacity of 10 per Adirondack are good for three season camping.
- An ideal setting for a meeting, training,
classroom project, informal group outing, or an overnight.
- A great spot for pond and forest studies
and stargazing.
- Close to Salem and Gloucester, Peabody-Essex
Museum, The Witch Museum, Cabot Street Theater, home of a 25 year-old
magic show, and the North Shore Music Theater.
Friendship
House Gloucester, Massachusetts
- Friendship House has seasonal views of
Gloucester Harbor and is an easy walk to downtown Gloucester.
- A converted one-room schoolhouse, Friendship
House is a cozy, year-round facility that has a sleeping capacity
of 20, and meeting space for 50.
- Across the street is Stage Fort Park,
a great place to go tide pooling or explore the site of the Massachusetts
Bay Colony, founded in 1623.
- Visit the nation’s oldest fishing
port and watch the numerous boats in the harbor. Friendship House
offers an excellent base for exploring historic Cape Ann including:
going on a whale watch, harbor tour, or schooner sail, touring
the Coast Guard Station or visiting the Cape Ann Historical Association,
Fisherman at the Wheel, Fishermen’s Memorial, The Paper House,
Halibut Point State Park, or Essex Shipbuilding Museum.
The Center
Rowley, Massachusetts
- The Center is on 200-acres of meadow lands
and forest which abuts a small brook.
- Two lodges, Brookside Lodge and Rocky
Knoll Lodge, have a fireplace, sleeping capacity of 32 and meeting
space for 60. (Brookside Lodge closed November 1 - April 15)
- The Center also has 4 platform tent units,
each with a sleeping capacity of 20 people,Windy Meadows, a primitive
camping area with a capacity of 100 people, and a Cook Shelter.
- Outdoor Olympic-sized swimming pool is
open from May 15 through September 15. On-site program ideas include
archery, hiking, cross-country skiing, playing games, glacial
geology studies, stargazing, and nature investigations.
- The Center is convenient to many North
Shore attractions including: Crane Beach and Castle Hill, Parker
River National Wildlife Refuge, Newburyport, Custom’s House
Museum, Parker and Ipswich Rivers, and Topsfield Fair.
Camp Maude
Eaton Andover, Massachusetts
- Camp Maude Eaton is set on 55 acres and
is surrounded by conservation land, the Shawsheen River, and Pomps
Pond.
- This modern winterized lodge has a fireplace
and sleeping capacity of 50 people or seating for 62 with two
small breakout rooms. In addition, Camp Maude Eaton has a small
cabin with a daytime capacity of 30 people and four Primitive
sites with pavilions.
- Our only site with a low rope course.
Interpretive nature trail in the Lou Henry Hoover Memorial Sanctuary.
- Pomps Pond is excellent for swimming,
pond study, row boating, canoeing, or paddleboating. While the
Shawsheen River offers great canoeing or kayaking opportunities.
- Adjacent to Camp Maude Eaton is Andover
Village Improvement Society conservation land, which has splendid
hiking trails.
- On-site program ideas include nature studies,
archery, cross-country skiing, and playing games.
- Nearby sites to visit include Harold
Parker State Park, Lawrence Heritage State Park., Phillips Academy,
Immigrant City Archives, Ward Reservation, Lawrence Eagle Tribune,
or Winnikinni Castle.
Camp Runels Pelham, New Hampshire
- Camp Runels consists of 300 acres located
on Little Island Pond.
- The winterized lodge sleeps 20 people
and has a daytime capacity of 32 people.
- In addition, the Dining Hall accommodates
150+ people at a time. Camp Runels also has seasonal (April 15
– October 15) accommodations for 240 campers in a mix of
platform tent, tentalo, and cabin units.
- Various program buildings and pavilions
compliment the overnight areas.
- Little Island Pond is great for swimming,
canoeing, paddleboating, row boating, sail boating, and kayaking.
- Sports options include a playing field
with a back stop, sand volleyball court, basketball court and
archery.
- On site program ideas include hiking,
cross-country skiing, playing games, stargazing, and nature study.
- Nearby sites to visit include: Mystery
Hill: America’s Stonehenge; American Textile History Museum,
Boott Cotton Mills Museum, Lowell National Historic Park, ICEnter,
The Sports Museum of New England, and Canobie Lake Park.
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