Building Camp El-O-Win

Camp El-O-Win is located in the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains at an elevation of 5,500 feet.

In 1958, 58 acres were given to the Golden Valley Girl Scout Council by the Grimmet Family to build a summer camp for girls.  The camp was developed including the beloved 200’ wooden suspension footbridge connecting the north and south sides of camp over Dinkey Creek.

In 1959, Camp El-O-Win opened.  In this beautiful mountain setting, thousands of girls have the time of their lives hiking, rock hopping across the stream, horseback riding, swimming, learning to ride a mountain bike or shoot archery and stargazing while roasting s’mores. 

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