Lou Henry Hoover Girl Scout House

Rental Period

Day Only (except Sundays): 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
Sunday Day Only: 10:00 AM–1:00 PM
Night: 6:00 PM–9:30 AM

Site Information

Total Camp Capacity: 30 people/night and 100 people/day

House:

• 1 large activity room
• 2 program rooms
• Kitchen with basics
• Indoor restroom
• Outside picnic and play areas

Rates for GSNorCal Members

Lou Henry Hoover Girl Scout House

1120 Hopkins Avenue

Palo Alto, CA 94301

From 101:

• Cross the Bay Bridge
• Continue on I-80 South and take 280 South to Daly City.
• Take Embarcadero Rd West/Oregon Expy, 3rd ramp toward Stanford University.
• Turn right on Newell.
• Turn left on Hopkins.
• Turn left into the parking lot at the end of the street next to the large brown building.

From 280:

• Take Page Mill Road E (toward the Bay).
• Page Mill becomes Oregon Expy following the El Camino Real intersection.
• Turn left on Middlefield Rd.
• Following the Middlefield/Embarcadero intersection, turn right into parking lot. There is a parking sign directing you to Palo Alto Junior Museum.
• Pass the museum, park close to the large brown building.

To receive approval for your trip/high adventure request (or in other words, for damage and accident liability to be covered by Girl Scouts, not by you or your volunteers individually), the following requirements must be met: 

All adults who are attending for Girl Scout ratio purposes will need current GSNorCal memberships and fingerprinting, and to have completed the following learning pathways in their gsLearn portals: 

1. Troop Chaperone/Helper OR Trip & Outdoor Advisor, including Mandated Reporter (every two years) 

1. Troop Driver (required if driving on this trip; however, we do recommend all chaperones take the training in case of last-minute change of plans or emergency that requires additional adults to drive scouts) 

Your First Aider (who does count as a chaperone for ratio purposes) is required to have the following trainings from the gsLearn portal IN ADDITION to current CPR/First Aid certification: 

1. Troop Chaperone/Helper OR Trip & Outdoor Advisor, including Mandated Reporter (every two years) 

1. Troop First Aider OR Event First Aider 

1. Troop Driver (required if driving on this trip; however, we do recommend all chaperones take the training in case of last-minute change of plans or emergency that requires additional adults to drive scouts) 

For all reservations: 

• Trip & Outdoor Advisor – required before you leave your regular meeting for any local field trip, day trip, high adventure activity, or longer travel experience. This pathway is also a prerequisite for all other Trip & Outdoor courses. 

For camping trips and overnights: 

• Camp Out – Required for all camping trips at a campground or other outdoor facilities without indoor plumbing and electricity. 

• Sleep In – Required before staying overnight for 1-2 nights in an indoor facility with indoor plumbing and electricity. 

• Sleep Out – Required before sleeping out for 1 night in a backyard or close to home in tents, cabins, yurts, or platform tents at GSNorCal properties with indoor plumbing and electricity available. 

• Campfire – Required before you have an outdoor campfire. 

• Cook Out – Required before youth cook simple meals outdoors such as no cook meals, one-pot meals, stick cooking, and solar cooking. 

• Regional Travel – Required before Juniors and older stay overnight 3- or 4-nights camping, backpacking, or staying indoors in a hotel, motel, hostel, or other approved facility. 

Please submit the trip/high adventure request no later than two weeks prior to the reservation.