Facility Overview
Main Building: The centerpiece of the camp is a 17,000-square-foot facility featuring 15 bedrooms that accommodate 60 guests, conference rooms, and a commercial kitchen. This space is utilized for both lodging and educational activities. For day use, the property can accommodate approximately 110 guests.
Outdoor Amenities: The camp boasts various outdoor facilities, including a pond, a rock wall, and areas for archery and other recreational activities.
Extension and its partners in southern Nevada recognized that a large portion of Nevada’s youth were having only limited opportunities to camp experiences, with over 70% of the state’s population residing in southern Nevada and Clark County being the fifth largest school district in the nation. They say the need for such opportunities is greater than ever, as the pandemic continues to leave its mark on young people, with rising mental health issues, suicides, isolation, loss of learning and decreased school engagement. Extension and its partners say high-quality outdoor education programs can help reverse these trends.
The programs at the camp in southern Nevada will be run by trained professional staff, as well as enlist the help of skilled adult and teen volunteers, who will develop and implement programs, and supervise campers. The 4-H camps will develop important life skills such as leadership, responsibility, communication, problem-solving and critical thinking, while introducing youth to research-based activities within the fields of science, natural resources, robotics, agriculture and health, to name a few.
It has been challenging not only for Clark County youth to attend previous 4-H camps held in South Lake Tahoe, NV, but also for youth in other rural communities in the southern part of the state. The new camp in Alamo will make attending 4-H camp much more doable for many youth. For example, Lincoln County’s Caliente, Panaca, and Pioche communities are only about 50 to 80 miles northeast of Alamo; White Pine’s Ely is about 150 miles north of Alamo; and Nye County’s Tonopah is about 150 miles northwest of Alamo.
