Editing Scouting in Iowa (section)

=== Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa ===
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa covers 74 counties including 71 in central and western Iowa, one county in Nebraska, and one and one-half counties in South Dakota. As part of the national realignment, Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa was created in October 2007 from the merger of five councils.

;Headquarters: [[Des Moines, Iowa]]
;Service centers: [[Des Moines, Iowa]], Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mason City, Iowa, and Sioux City, Iowa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.girlscoutsiowa.org/|title=Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa|website=www.girlscoutsiowa.org}}</ref>

;History
The five former councils are:

*Girl Scouts of Lakota Council<br>[[Fort Dodge, Iowa]] 
*Moingona Girl Scout Council<br>Des Moines, Iowa
*Nishnabotna Girl Scout Council of Southwest Iowa, Inc.<br>Council Bluffs, Iowa
*Girl Scout Council of North Iowa<br>Mason City, Iowa
*Sioux Trails Girl Scout Council<br>Sioux City, Iowa<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lemarssentinel.com/story/1672606.html|title=Girl Scouts plan to hang onto Joy Hollow|date=October 14, 2010|website=Le Mars Daily Sentinel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lemarssentinel.com/story/1658260.html|title=Public meeting to focus on future of Joy Hollow Camp|date=August 20, 2010|website=Le Mars Daily Sentinel}}</ref>

;Camps

The council operates five residence camps.

*Camp Sacajawea is over {{convert|400|acre|km2|1}} in [[Boone, Iowa]].
*Camp Tanglefoot is {{convert|50|acre|km2|1}} in [[Clear Lake, Iowa]].
*Camp Joy Hollow is {{convert|360|acre|km2|1}} in [[Westfield, Iowa]].

;Former camps
:* [[Camp Lakota (Iowa)|Camp Lakota]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.messengernews.net/|title=News, Sports, Jobs - Messenger News}}</ref>

In the 1970s the Caravan Trails Girl Scout Council owned Camp Strother in Eldon, Iowa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vintagegirlscout.com/campIA.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018131353/http://vintagegirlscout.com/campIA.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 18, 2011|title=Girl Scout Camps in Iowa|website=www.vintagegirlscout.com}}</ref>