Camp Long Environmental Learning Center & Activities

About

Camp Long Lodge closed due to fire damage.  

Seattle Parks & Recreation is working with our partners at Associated Recreation Council to maintain some of the programing that is run out of the facility including the Ropes Course and Summer Camps.  

Camp Long in West Seattle is a 68 acre park, an event rental space, and a place for activities like Environmental Education Programs and Nature Fieldtrips for groups large and small. 

It's a lovely place to rent a cabin, learn and teach about the environment, take a 4H Challenge Ropes Course, or learn climbing techniques at Schurman Rock. It's also home to two great summer day camps for kids. The entrance is at SW Dawson & 35th SW.

Camp Long's rental facilities include a lodge with one meeting room, a kitchen, 10 cabins, two covered picnic areas, and a group fire ring. Programs at Camp Long are fun, interactive experiences for all ages.

History

Camp Long was once a little used corner of the West Seattle Golf Course. In 1937, a group comprising Park Board member Archie Phelps, Judge William Long, Ben Evans of the Parks Department and Clark Schurman, a well-known Scout leader, expert mountaineer and wilderness camp developer, embarked on a mission. They wanted to acquire and develop this land to make it into a place for organized scouting groups to learn camping skills. They were joined by a committee of representatives of youth groups, City Council members, other concerned citizens and supportive agencies and councils. Together they worked hard to create Camp Long and protect its natural beauty.