Camp Guyasuta is owned and operated by the Greater Pittsburgh Council – Boy Scouts of America. The camp dates back to 1918 when it was donated by Mrs. Darlington, the great granddaughter of General O’Hara. Annually, 16,000 scouts, schools groups and non-profit organizations from the Southwestern Pennsylvania region use the camp. This beautiful property consists of 175 acres located in O’Hara Township and Sharpsburg and has close ties with Aspinwall Boro. Our facilities include the new McGinnis Education Center provided by a generous donation by Gerry and Audrey McGinnis. This full service conference center building includes a dorm facility with a capacity of 120. Meals can be served in our certified kitchen. The highlight of the McGinnis education Center is that it was built as an environmentally friendly facility and will receive a silver rating by the Green Building Council. “Learning from our Building” is a theme that runs throughout the conference center using attractive signage in key areas showing the benefits of “green construction” We also have four other buildings, six program shelters, campfire arena, newly renovated swimming pool and spray ground, basketball court, volleyball court, ½ mile handicap accessible nature trail complete with signs about the history, flora, fauna, animals, geology. Our Rohr Challenge Center teaches both youth and adults team work, conflict resolution, problem solving, leadership, self esteem building, trust and learning about each other. Our Challenge Course has been used by agencies for gang's to learn to work together. Our High Ropes Course also has a 50’ Climbing and Rappelling Tower. Our Challenge Course is Climbing Tower is Handicap Accessible. We have over 4000 participants on our course last year; many were “at-risk youth”. Our swimming pool is open to the public as is used by many organizations and agency's that can't afford to take there kids swimming anywhere else. This summer the pool served over 3,000 kids that would have other had a place to swim. Our mobile climbing wall is available to both youth and adults to climb to a height of 25 feet. The camp also provides a Canoe & Cycle Program. We Canoe participants from Sharpsburg to either Millvale or PNC Park then they Mt. Bike back to Camp Guyasuta along the River Trail. The stream that runs through the camp is called Guyasuta Run it was declared a “clean water stream” by the federal government in the 1980’s. This is one of two in Allegheny County with this declaration, the water is very pure and the home to some endangered salamanders and invertebrates. The tributaries that run to the stream have several waterfalls, which display the rock structures of Ames limestone. Through out the camp you will see a variety of wildlife and birds. While hiking through the camp you will get the experience of being in the wilderness while being only a few miles from downtown Pittsburgh. There are many nearby attractions like the Pittsburgh Zoo and the Bayernof Museum, which borders the camp. The Bayernof Museum is the former home of Charles Brown III and upon his death his home was turned into a museum for music boxes not to mention the house has underground halls, inside pond, moving walls and much more. The Pittsburgh trail can be accessed nearby to hike or use the camp bikes to bike to PNC Park, Heinz field or the Carnegie Science Center. Only ¼ mile from the camp is a bus stop for the Allegheny County Port Authority where you can take a bus to any other Pittsburgh Attraction. Camp Guyasuta has plenty to offer to assist any group in program planning while using this facility. . For more info on the camp or nearby attractions contact the camp office at 412-782-2669.