Crooked Lane (Morrow County)

Description & Features

The Crooked Lane Learning Center is located on approximately 223 acres of forested land in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, just a short drive from Columbus, Newark and Mansfield. The pond provides opportunities for fishing and canoeing, and labeled hiking trails will help you find your way through the woods and fields. Facilities include Wawinges Lodge, a platform tent unit with a shelter house, two pavilions and an amphitheater. Crooked Lane also features a low-ropes Challenge Course and a Sprayground, which is open for use by camping troops and program participants between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Activities

• Troop Camping 
• Archery
  • Archery Request Form 
  • Council Archery Standards 
• Canoeing
  • Canoeing Request Form 
  • Council Canoeing Procedures
• Challenge Course (trained facilitator required)
• Sprayground 
  • Sprayground Usage Agreement 
• Council Sponsored Program
  

Lodges & Units 

• Wawinges Lodge 
• Platform Tent Unit 

Site Reservations

For information about reserving a lodge, cabin, tent unit, or other camp facility, please see the Troop Camp page. 

Program Opportunities

Crooked Lane has opportunities for activities that give girls a new interest in and admiration for the outdoor world. Creeking, pond studies, hiking and canoeing are just a few of the opportunities that girls have at Crooked Lane. Please see the latest issue of myGSOH for information about upcoming programs. 

Sprayground

Crooked Lane is the only Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland camp facility that has a Sprayground. The Sprayground is open Memorial Day through Labor Day. It is open to camping troops and program participants. 

Download the Sprayground Usage Agreement.