Description

Settlers Camp is one of Minsi Trails Council's two Boy Scout camps. It is located within the Trexler Scout Reservation in the beautiful Pennsylvania Pocono Mountains, ten miles northwest of Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania. This 900-acre reservation is also home to Akelaland, our Cub Scout resident camp, and Hawkeye Wilderness camp, available for "in site patrol cooking" and year-round for short-term camping.

In January 1927, General Harry C. Trexler offered to buy a proposed campsite in Monroe County for the Boy Scouts of the Lehigh Valley. He stipulated however that the equivalent of the purchase price had to be raised for the purpose of development, improvement, and maintenance. The program was carried out successfully. Trexler Scout Reservation has since developed into one of the Northeast Region's finest Scout Camps.

Premier attributes of the Trexler Scout Reservation are two lakes; Trexler Lake, where the waterfront is located, teems with bass and an assortment of other fish, and Lake Minsi that abounds with rainbow trout. "Barb-less" hooks are used and all but injured fish are released. The reservation contains more than 25 miles of hiking and orienteering trails. Varied wildlife makes the reservation its home and allows both youth and adults the opportunity of experiencing and interacting with nature first hand. It also has one of the largest COPE courses in the Northeast Region of the Boy Scouts of America.

Facilities

• Central Dining Hall
• 17 Campsites
• These are a short walking distance from the dining hall.
• Shower House
• Health Lodge
• Trading Post
• COPE Course
• Rifle Range
• Shotgun Range
• Archery Range
• Waterfront offering swimming, rowing and canoeing
• Ecology Lodge
• Handicraft Lodge
• Campfire Circle
• Chapel
• Sports Field

Directions

From Interstate 80:
Take Route 115 South to the crossroad at Mt. Effort. A Diner and Mt Effort Plaza is on the left. Kresge's Sunoco and a car wash are on the right. At this cross road, turn right onto Jonas Road. Approximately 2-1/2 miles is a 3 way STOP. Go through intersection and up the hill. Entrance to Camp is 3 miles on the left.

From PA Route 209:
Follow 209 north from the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike to Kresgeville. (Or) Follow 209 South from PA Route 33 through Brodheadsville to Kresgeville. At Kresgeville go West on PA Route 534 for approximately 5 miles. Just past the Jonas Market and Texaco Station is Jonas Road (Jonas Hotel sits at the corner) Turn right. Entrance to camp is 0.2 miles on right.

Contacts for Information
For information about Akelaland contact:
Richard Christ, Director of Support Services
Minsi Trails Council, Boy Scouts of America
P. O. Box 20624
Lehigh Valley, PA 18002-0624
610-465-85xx
rchrist@minsitrails.com