McMillan Woods Youth Campground is available to scouting and youth groups that visit the battlefield park. The camp is located on West Confederate Avenue in the park and is open from mid April through October every year. Any organized youth group with adequate adult supervision (minimum of one adult for every 10 youths) may reserve a campsite during the camping season. Camping is free with sites reserved through an annual lottery held in February.

Adults accompanying the group must be supervisors such as troop scoutmasters or youth counselors; family members are not permitted to camp with their child's organization. There is no family or individual camping permitted at McMillan Woods Youth Campground or on park grounds. 

Reservations are required to use McMillan Woods Youth Campground. Campsite reservations are awarded by a yearly lottery, the drawing taking place on or about the first of February. For further information on the lottery, the camping season and to obtain a reservation request form, visit our Fees & Reservations page.

The 2009 Camping Season is April 9 to October 25, 2010.

Facilities: Provided are nine portable toilets & one handicapped unit, two potable water faucets, and a trash receptacle. There are ten camp sites, each with a picnic table and a fire ring. Tents and dining canopies are the only shelters permitted, campers or recreational vehicles are not permitted. Vehicles must remain in the parking lot only. Camp stoves using propane or white gas are permitted. All wood fires must be contained within the fire ring. The park does not provide firewood. No trenching is allowed for drainage around tents.

Quiet Hours: 10 P.M. to 6 A.M. There are no outside lighted areas.

Check In/Check Out Procedures: A copy of all site assignments will be posted on the bulletin board at the campground. You do not need to check in with a ranger. Locate your site and make camp. Arrival and earliest set up time is 11:00 A.M. and the site must cleared by noon on day of departure. Please keep your camping permit in your possession at the campground.

Fees: There is no charge for your stay at McMillan Woods Youth Group Campground.

Directions: McMillan Woods Youth Group is located on West Confederate Avenue in the park, accessible from West Middle Street (Rt. 116). West Confederate Avenue is a one-way road. For additional directions, call (717) 334-1124, extension 3131.

Scout Trails Information: The "Boys Scouts of America Gettysburg Heritage Trail Guide" is available in the park Museum and Visitor Center Bookstore and from the York-Adams Area Boy Scout Council. Look under "Activities" on their web site for more information!

Security Notice: In planning your visit to Gettysburg National Military Park, please keep in mind that the National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center is a federal facility. For reasons of safety and security backpacks, day packs, large handbags, packages or other large containers are prohibited in the buildings and cannot be left outside the building. All persons entering are subject to search. Please lock your valuables in your vehicle trunk out of sight while in the park and while camping at McMillian Woods Youth Campground.