Nestled in the Sierra Foothills, Camp Sugar Pine has a rich history of Girl Scout camping. Camp Sugar Pine is a perfect base camp for nearby excursions and activities in Calaveras County. Sugar Pine’s accommodations include cabin style buildings, a group tent campsites, and commercial kitchen if needed (only available May 1–31 and Mid August–September 30).
Rental Period
22 hours, 4:00 PM–2:00 PM
Site Information
Total Camp Capacity: 230 people
INDOOR OPTIONS
Picnic tables provided outside of each building.
- Rotary Lodge includes a full kitchen, a furnished, heated living room/sleeping area, two separate sleeping rooms (two beds per room), a shower and flush toilets. Not handicap accessible.
- Health Center includes three bedrooms (two beds per room), eighteen mattresses for the living room, a full kitchen, two bathrooms, and one shower. Handicap accessible.
- Cook’s Cabin includes three bedrooms (two beds per room), two bathrooms with showers, and a living room space.
Unit CAMPING OPTIONS
All areas include bathhouse with flush toilets, and showers. Units also include picnic tables, campfire circles, food storage, and a water spigot. Camping/cooking gear and firewood are not provided.
- Calico: 3 large cabins (each sleep 12) plus 1 small cabin (sleeps 4)
- Gold Nugget: 5 cabins (each sleep 8)
- Trout: 5 cabins (each sleep 8) s
- Frog: 5 cabins (each sleep 8)
- Quicksilver: 5 Covered Wagons (each sleep 8)
Local Attractions
Local attractions within 30 minutes:
Local attractions within 1 hour:
At 5,000 feet of elevation, there’s lots of opportunity to explore the snow at Camp Sugar Pine! Try snowshoeing and make snow forts at camp, or drive out to Bear Valley for skiing or tubing. Working on your Snow Adventure Badge? This is just the place to do it!
There are two winterized buildings on camp (The Health Center/Office and The Rotary Lodge).
We will not be offering winter camping at Sugar Pine for the 2024/2025 winter season.
Rates for GSNorCal Members
| Name of Rental Unit | Capacity | Girl Scout Rate |
| Health Center/Office | 24 | $270 |
| Rotary Lodge | 15 | $195 |
| Cook’s Cabin | 6 | $100 |
| Calico (cabins) | 40 | $195 |
| Trout (cabins) | 40 | $195 |
| Frog (cabins) | 40 | $195 |
| Gold Nugget (cabins) | 40 | $195 |
| Quick Silver (wagons) | 40 | $195 |
| Kitchen | N/A | $195 |
| Entire Site | 245 | $1,560 |
The Commercial Kitchen has a one time $250 cleaning fee per reservation and you would need to provide someone who is ServSafe Manager Certified.
Sugar Pine
Sugar Pine Road
Dorrington, CA 95223
Use the most convenient highway to reach Angels Camp, CA. located on Hwy 49 in the Gold Country.
From Angels Camp to Sugar Pine Rd:
- At Angels Camp, take Hwy 4 East and pass the town of Arnold.
- Reduce speed to 5 MPH and continue 100 yards on Sugar Pine Rd and into the camp.
- Sugar Pine is about two miles past the entrance to Calaveras Big Tree State Park.
- Look for the sign “Boards Crossing Rd” on the right side of the highway.
- When you reach the intersection, turn left. You will be turning into Sugar Pine Rd (Boards Crossing Rd is the name of this street on the right side of the highway). If you pass The Dorrington Hotel, located on Hwy 4, you’ve gone too far.)
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:
- Troop Chaperone/Helper OR Trip & Outdoor Advisor, including Mandated Reporter (every two years)
- 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:
- Troop Chaperone/Helper OR Trip & Outdoor Advisor, including Mandated Reporter (every two years)
- Troop First Aider OR Event First Aider
- 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.