Activities at this campout include hiking and fishing.
Multi-use trails wind for miles around the lake. All park trails offer opportunities for the sights and sounds of Iowa at its best. Bird watchers will thrill to the sight of nearly every songbird native to the region. During the spring and fall, shorebirds, waterfowl and ospreys are frequent visitors. Lake Macbride offers a five-mile scenic multi-use trail located along the lake from Solon to near the entrance to the park. This trail is very popular with bicyclists. An opportunity also exists to hike over to the Raptor Center at the Macbride Nature and Recreation Area. There are also abundant trails to hike there.
Lake Macbride is an angler's delight! Good catches of walleyes, channel catfish, crappies and muskie await the angler in the 812-acre artificial lake. Walleyes, channel catfish and muskies are stocked annually. Lake Macbride may be the only lake in Iowa in which the prized Kentucky spotted bass can be caught. Good lake access is available for both shoreline and boat fishing.
Two Groups
The regular scouts will be camping at the Youth Campground located at the primitive campsite on the East side of the causeway on the South arm of the lake at Lake Macbride State Park. They will stay there both nights.
The Philmont Crew will do some hiking on Friday night and setup up camp with the regular scouts for Friday night. They will hike over to the Macbride Nature and Recreation area and camp there on Saturday night and then return to the Youth Campground on Sunday morning. They will plan to hike at least 15 miles over the 3 days.
Who: Open to all scouts and parents of Troop 2000
Where: Youth Campground at the Primitive Campground of Lake Macbride State Park
When: Dropoff to be discussed with leaders. Regular scouts eat dinner before you arrive. Philmont crew will cook dinner while hiking Friday night. Pickup Sunday morning at 9:00 AM.
What to bring. Regular scouts bring your scout essentials, hiking gear, sunscreen, water bottle, cup, and fishing gear. Those scouts 16 years and older will need fishing licenses. Philmont participants will need full Philmont backpacking gear. Please come loaded with 4 liters of water.
Cost: $25 per scout (no refunds after deadline)
Click on the link below to register:
https://tinyurl.com/T2000LakeMacbride2018
