Camp Ransburg Scout Reservation

Camp Ransburg

Ransburg Scout Reservation: Pop up mosquito tents on cots

“A few photos from Scout Summer Camp Ransburg in Bloomington, Indiana.  Thanks for keeping the boys spider free when they slept.  The SansBugs worked great!  I loved watching the sunset through the tents.”  — Colleen Martin

Camp Ransburg is located on the banks of Lake Monroe in Hoosier National Forest.  It’s close to Bloomington, IN yet far enough so you can stargaze and watch metoer showers.  It offers tons of merit badges and different programs like RansburgX which offers ATVs, climbing and mountainboarding for 16 years-and-older Scouts.  Mountainboarding, which is like snowboarding but without the snow, is navigating a board on wheels over a variety of terrain.  Newer mountainboards are powered with small gas or electric motors so you can ride on flat ground or climb hills rather than just go downhill.  There’s lots of walking at camp so study the map and group your activities by location so you’re not late, especially to and from Aquatics.

Being in the forest, you have to be prepared as every Scout should be.  In Camp Ransburg’s emergency preparedness fact sheet, they do mention that in addition to mosquitoes and ticks, the camp is within the range for rattlesnakes, copperheads, black widows and brown recluses.  So yeah, don’t even think about leaving behind your spider and snake proof tent!