OVY Camp Grounds & Facilities

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Sprawling across more than 94 acres of forest and meadows on the western slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains just off a secluded portion of State Highway 84; OVY Camp grounds are ideal for accessing the rich San Francisco Peninsula coast.

Our camp features facilities to accommodate several hundred guests, and is near to State Parks, beaches, and preserves covering hundreds of square miles with hiking, biking, and horse trails.

Surrounded by nature, the camp grounds are dotted with trails. Visitors see great oaks, firs, redwood, and madrone trees.

Mountain springs feed a gentle stream that runs through the camp. Mild slopes between meadows give way to a moderate hill providing a scenic view, and backdrop for the entire grounds.

During the dawn and dusk hours, many visitors catch glimpses of common animals like deer, raccoon, opossums, tree squirrels, lizards, and cottontail rabbits. Also seen are birds, including falcons, turkeys, hawks, eagles, swallows, owls, wild geese, ducks, gulls, finches, and sparrows which flourish in these meadows and forests. Rarely seen are the more elusive animals like bobcats, shrews, moles, gophers, foxes or the endangered salamanders, newts, harmless garter snakes, and other animals that live in the area.

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1. Pow-Wow Amphitheater

Amphitheater seating for 75 and a stage with frame backdrop. A view of the amphitheater from the meadow Amphitheater from meadow Amphitheater from meadow On stage in the amphitheater

Looking across a meadow to the cabins and hills is an amphitheater with fire-pit. Shrouded in redwood forest, bleacher seating is guarded by the totem pole mascot. Seating capacity is approximately 75.

2. Rustic Log Cabins

Each cabin has beds for 8 All campers sleep in comfortable log cabins. Each cabin has 4 bunks sleeping 8

Equipped with bunk beds to sleep 8 our log-cabins open to a 3-acre courtyard, separated from event facilities and opposite the amphitheater.

3. Picnic Meadow

OVY Camp Picnic Meadow Beautiful scenery A gentle creek runs alongside the meadow, safe for exploration. The large picnic meadow is perfect for games. Multiple picnic tables and BBQ pits for great times.

Over an acre of creekside open meadow adorned with 6 picnic tables and 2 large barbeque pits. A gentle stream runs along the side.

4. Scheid Hall

Scheid Hall Dining Hall & Lodge A fireplace warms the open floor The entire camp dines at the same time. Scheid Hall provides a modern meeting place in nature

Boasting a seating capacity of over 200 people, a fireplace, and a newly remodeled kitchen approved for full commercial use; Scheid Hall provides a camp banquet experience at every meal.

5. Sports Field

So many good times in the sports field. Archery and soccer play safely side by side. The sports field is a wide open meadow surrounded by may kinds of trees Trees and gentle hills surround the sports field.

Our lush 2-acre open field provides countless soccer, volleyball, baseball, football, running races and group games every year.

6. Poolside in the Forest

Clean and safe forest swimming. Camp swimming is supervised and fun. There is no escaping the beauty of camp

Daily swimming for the Campers is always the most anticipated time of day. Adorned with a modern pool house, and enclosed by protective fencing, the heated swimming pool has continuous views of the surrounding hills and forest.


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