Camp Wolverton was a Boy Scout camp
located in Sequoia National Park, California, at an
elevation of 7,200 feet. The Camp opened in 1939 and
was about one mile from the General Sherman Tree, and
three miles from the Lodgepole Campground and Visitor's
Center. It was reportedly the only BSA camp in a
National Park.
After retiring it's full summer camp
program after the 1975 season, Camp Wolverton became a base
camp in the shadows of beautiful red fir trees, some of
which are probably 250 to 300 years old. The older and
larger Sequoia trees are in the nearby Giant Forest. There
was no electricity in the main Camp area after 1975; the
only luxury being hot showers.
Each campsite used by Scouts, Scouters,
and their families contained a picnic table, water, fire
barrel, trash can, and a latrine. In the camp's later
years, most troops used Wolverton as a base camp prior
to leaving on a long-term hike into the High Sierra. These
troops usually spent only a night or two in Camp. Other
troops spent an entire week at Camp and set up their own
summer camp program.
Even without a summer camp program from
1976 through 2011, there were many in-Camp
opportunities, short day hikes, and Park Service
activities available.
More information is available on this
archived web site, and on
crescentbaycouncil.org There is a Camp Wolverton
history wall in the Wolverton-Robbins Nature Education Center
at Camp Whitsett.
Despite the Camp being closed, Wolverton
staff and friends continue to meet for yearly reunions.
The site
of Camp Wolverton is now used on an occasional basis by
the administration of Sequoia-Kings Canyon National
Parks for Park guests and researchers.
