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====Camps==== =====Camp Alexander===== {{Infobox WorldScouting |name=Camp Alexander |image=Camp Alexander.png |type=camp |owner=Pikes Peak Council |headquarters=Colorado Springs, Colorado |location= |country=United States |coords= |f-date= |defunct= |founders=[J. Don Alexander] |founder= |members= |website={{URL|http://www.pikespeakbsa.org/Camping/SummerCamp}} }} The council camp, ''Camp Alexander'', is located in the [[Eleven Mile Canyon]] in the [[Pike National Forest]] approximately {{convert|45|mi|km}} west of Colorado Springs, and two miles (3 km) south of [[Lake George (town), Colorado|Lake George]], in [[Park County, Colorado|Park County]], was donated in 1946 by [[J. Don Alexander]] of the [[Alexander Film Company]]. There are a series of ''[[Burma Shave]]''-style signs on the main road into camp, each sign having one of the points of the [[Scout Law]]. Camp Alexander is between 8200 and {{convert|8600|ft|m}} elevation. The camp area consists of hills, low mountains, and valleys covered by a mix of [[Ponderosa pine]] forests, high-altitude grasslands, and wetland vegetation along the lake and stream. In the 2012 Springer Wildfire, the camp was evacuated, and parts of the camp were used by firefighters as staging and defensible spaces. =====Glen Aspen Scout Ranch===== {{Infobox WorldScouting |name=Glen Aspen Scout Ranch |image=Glen Aspen.png |type=camp |owner=Pikes Peak Council |headquarters=Colorado Springs, Colorado |location= Woodland Park, Colorado |country=United States |coords= |f-date= |defunct= |founders= Leonard Johnson Estate |founder= |members= |website={{URL|http://www.pikespeakbsa.org/Camping/SummerCamp}} }} In 2008, the Pathway to the Rockies Council acquired a beautiful parcel of land containing 200 acres just outside of Woodland Park in a gift from the estate of Leonard Johnson Jr. The property is surrounded on most sides by the Pike National Forest. The property is hilly with several streams running through the property. The land is covered with varieties of foliage including pine, cedar, and of course Aspen. Wildlife is abundant and includes a herd of Elk, deer, bear, red-tailed hawks, eagles, foxes, coyotes, rabbits, squirrels, and much more.
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