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Visitors Welcome!  

The Finger Lakes Council and Babcock-Hovey Staff are proud of our camp and its programs. We welcome parents and visitors to camp.

Camp Address, phone & fax numbers:

Scout's Name
Troop #, Campsite
Camp Babcock-Hovey, BSA
7294 County Road 132
Ovid, New York  14521

Phone:  607-869-3841
Fax:   607-869-5341

Campsite Map
How to get to Camp

All visitors must check in at the camp office (Penn Yan Lodge) upon arrival at camp. There they will be issued a color-coded bracelet, identifying them as a visitor. For security reasons, everyone in camp must where a colored bracelet that identifies them as a youth camper, adult unit leader, member of staff, or parent/visitor.

Meals for extra adults and visitors are now $4 for breakfast, $5 for lunch, and $6 for dinner.


Each Friday evening there is a closing campfire program where awards from the week are presented. All parents are encouraged to attend, bring along a lawn chair. Camp Staffers are also very entertaining, it's a show no one would want to miss.

After campfire a family chicken BBQ is held in the Dining Hall.  Tickets for this event should be purchased at Sunday Check-in.  The cost for adults (and children 11 and older) is $6, children 4 to 10 is $4 and under 4 no charge.


2008 Camp Season:

  • Staff: 6/22-6/27

  • Week 1: 6/29 - 7/4

  • Week 2:7/6-7/11

  • Week 3:7/13-7/18

  • Week 4:7/20-7/25

  • Week 5:7/27-8/1

  Summer Camp Leaders' Guide 2008
refer to this book for full details

Copyright 2008 office@fingerlakescouncil.org, BSA

Information and Links contained on these pages are accurate as of the last update. The Finger Lakes Council, The Boy Scouts of America, Camp Babcock-Hovey and any of their employees or affiliates issue no statements of warranty or guarantees, either written or implied.

Boy Scouts of America
Finger Lakes Council

Service Center
3685 Pre Emption Rd
Geneva, NY 14456

Office: 315-789-1166
Fax: 315-789-2227

Camp Babcock-Hovey
7294 County Rd. #132
Ovid, NY 14521

Camp: 607-869-3841
Camp Fax: 607-869-5341