Property of the Month – February 2010
Just a five-minute drive from many of New Hampshire popular beaches, Camp Seawood is located in historic Portsmouth, NH. Portsmouth is a great seaside town with lots of different activities for troops to participate in, check out this website on things to do in Portsmouth http://www.portsmouthnh.com/thingstodo/. Places to visit include Odiorne Point State Park (4 miles from Seawood), Strawberry Banks, Prescott Park, Isles of Shoals.
This property is a great facility for troops to use year - round. There are two winterized buildings, both sleep 16 people. Ranger’s Roost is a two story building, with nice kitchen and meeting are. There is a sleeping area upstairs with mattress. The bathroom facilities include four toilet stalls and two showers.
The other winterized building is called Thaxter Shelter. This building burnt down during the ice storm of winter 2008-2009, but has since been rebuilt. The building has a nice kitchen and gathering area, an area with bunk beds, and a small room for leaders to sleep in. There are no bathroom facilities in this building, they are shared with Ranger’s Roost.
There are also 7 Adirondack shelters at Camp Seawood. There are picnic tables and campfire rings at each Adirondack as well as a latrine facility located nearby. There is also a large fire circle in the center of camp and a pavilion called the Lobsta Pot.
Seawood is used by many groups throughout the year including, adult learning facilitators, troops for meetings, troop camping overnights, interest groups, Council programs and a 5-week day camp during the summer.
We have been conducting a timber harvest from during December 2009 – February 2010. We are doing this to remove some dead trees before they fall during a storm and to open up the tree canopy to encourage some new growth.
Here is a picture one of the three latrines available for use throughout the camp.
