May 17-18 2008   Cooperstown & Baseball Hall of Fame

 

Activity:

This weekend is tent camping at Glimmerglass State Park in New York with a tour of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown NY and Howe Caverns.

 

Saturday:

 

8:00 AM – Meet at OLPH and carpool up to Cooperstown, NY about 3.5 hours.

 

 About noon – Lunch in the parking lot at Baseball Hall of Fame (BHOF).  Tour the BHOF in small groups for 2.5 to 3 hours (see details below).   Tour main street Cooperstown for a little while too.  Leave Cooperstown when you are ready.

Late Afternoon – Drive about 15 minutes north of Cooperstown to Glimmerglass State Park.  Set up camp, start cooking supper.

Saturday Night:

Supper in Camp.

Fantastic star gazing if the night is clear.  Bring binoculars or a telescope if you have one.

Sunday Morning:

Breakfast in camp.

Pack up and be on the road by 9:00 AM.   Drive to Howe Caverns about 30 minutes away.

Tour Howe Caverns for 85 minutes.   See details below.

After tour, head for home about 2.5 hours.

Bring:

Personal gear including knife, fork, spoon, cup, bowl and/or plate.

Money for snacks and lunch for Sunday

Cost:

Youth: $25 Per person for the camping fee, food, BHOF admission, BHOF Scout Patch (if earned), Howe Caverns admission.

Adults: $30 Per person for the camping fee, food, BHOF admission, BHOF Scout Patch (if earned), Howe Caverns admission.

 

Cooking/Food:

·        We will cook and eat in three patrols:

o       Patrol #1 – 10 to 12 Scouts

o       Patrol #2 – 10 to 12 Scouts

o       Patrol #3 – All the Adults and siblings.

·        The week before the trip Scouts will divided into 2 patrols.

·        Then, the ranking Patrol Leader will work with the patrol to plan their own menu, cook, and cleanup their own meals. 

·        We need an Adult to volunteer to plan the adult menu and buy the adult food.

·        Plan for Saturday Supper, and Sunday Breakfast.

Siblings:  Siblings are welcome but remain the sole responsibility of their parents.

RSVP:  

By Wednesday, May 7^th. 

This gives the Scouts time to plan the menu and make carpool arrangements.

Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum:

Located on Main Street in the heart of picturesque Cooperstown, New York, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is one of the country's most popular destinations and is surely the best-known sports shrine in the world. Standing as a three-story red brick building on Main Street in the center of Cooperstown, the Museum opened its doors for the first time on June 12, 1939. The Hall of Fame has stood as the definitive repository of the game's treasures and as a symbol of the most profound individual honor bestowed on an athlete. It is every fan's "Field of Dreams" with its stories, legends and magic to be passed on from generation to generation. The Baseball Hall of Fame's mission is to preserve history, honor excellence and connect generations.

Museum's hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

We are proud to offer an exciting new patch for visiting Boy Scouts. The patch can be earned by completing a fun scavenger hunt, based on the 12 points of the Scout Law, which will take the Scout throughout the entire museum. The scavenger hunts and order forms for purchasing the patch are available, per request, at the ticket booth.

Length of Stay - We suggest that you allow 2½ to 3 hours for touring the Hall of Fame and Museum.

The Museum Shop - The Hall of Fame and Museum contains a 4,000 square foot Museum Shop operated by the Hall of Fame. The shop carries official Museum merchandise, collectibles, and souvenirs. It is open during regular museum hours.

Glimmerglass State Park

Contact Information:  1527 County Highway 31, Cooperstown, NY 13326

Phone:    (607) 547-8662

Named in 2005 as one of the Top 100 Campgrounds in the nation.
Glimmerglass State Park overlooks Otsego Lake, the "Glimmerglass" of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales. The rolling, partially-wooded terrain is host to a wide variety of wildlife. An uphill trail through the forest affords a view of Otsego Lake; the Beaver Pond and Woodland trails are picturesque and of interest for their variety of wildflowers, shrubs, ferns, and mosses. The Hyde Hall Mansion, Covered Bridge, and a self-guided Beaver Pond Nature Trail are within park boundaries and open to visitors. All sites have a picnic table, grill, and fire ring. Warm showers are available. Campfire wood for sale in the park.

Geography:  Glimmerglass State Park is located eight miles outside the village of Cooperstown, on Otsego Lake.

Recreation: Park activities include biking, hiking, fishing, picnicking, and camping.

Facilities:  The beach, campsites, concessions, nature trail, pavilions, picnic tables, pavilions, and showers in the park are almost all accessible to disabled visitors. Camping is available May-September, and all campsites have picnic tables, grills, and fire rings.

 

Howe Caverns

http://www.howecaverns.com

Howe Caverns offers guided cavern tours every day of the year. Tour length is approximately 80 minutes long and includes boat ride on the underground Lake of Venus. Tours enter the cavern frequently throughout the day with a usual wait of not more than 30 minutes.
Howe Caverns is open 9 AM to 5 pm daily.

5/17 & 5/18  Discovery Days
Special commemoration of the 166th anniversary of Lester Howe's discovery of "The Great Wonder Down Under" and the reopening of the cave in 1929. Enjoy our expanded historic displays in the Visitors Center.