The Camp at Lake Choconut is located on the site of one of the oldest sleep-away camps in the United States. Started in 1896 by Roland Mulford as Camp Choconut, the camp buildings and grounds have been the site of hiking, camping, and outdoor living for many generations.
The first Camp Choconut
(1896-1953)
In 1896, Roland Jessup Mulford founded Camp Choconut. His sister Sara started a second camp in 1902 for younger children. In 1914, the two camps merged.
Camp Choconut began as a boys sleep-away camp during
Dining hall & kitchen
The dining hall seats approximately 100 people, and is attached to a commercial kitchen. The kitchen includes all pots, pans, plates, glasses, and utensils that are needed to cook for a crowd.
Sleeping cabins & bathrooms
Cabins without bathrooms
Willow (sleeps 8-10)
Poise Inn (sleeps 10-12)
Ivy Inn (sleeps 10-12)
New North (sleeps 8-10)
Flat End (sleeps 6-8)
Yankee (sleeps 6-8)
No Man's Land (sleeps 2-5)
Dead End (sleeps 6-8)
Pennamite (sleeps 6-8)
Shared bathrooms: Blue & Rose Rooms
Sleeping cabins with attached bathrooms
Hick’s House (1 bed)
Cook’s Cabin (2 beds)
Nurse’s Cabin (3 beds, one double)
Lake choconut
The lake is privately owned, and is shared with only two other families (who reside on the opposite side of the lake). For more details on using the lake, please see the Camp Activities section.
the chocodome
The Chocodome is an indoor gymnasium, with basketball hoops, space for running, and walls that open to provide plenty of fresh air, even in the rain.
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In 1961, S. Hamill Horne (a former camper and counselor) re-opened Camp Choconut. He would run it for the next 25 years.
In 1986, Camp Susquehannock for Girls (S4G) opened on the grounds of Camp Choconut. S4G operated for over twenty years, at which point alumni of Camp Choconut II re-opened the boys camp for a few short years.
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When Choconut III closed in the early 2000s, the family that owns the Camp at Lake Choconut decided to rent out the facilities on a week-by-week basis.
The current Camp at Lake Choconut retains the buildings from every era of its camping history: Alumni End was built by Choconut I, many of the cabins by Choconut II, and “newer” buildings like the Chocodome and Dining Hall by S4G. Shorter sleep-away camps continue to use the grounds, along with groups who have developed their own camping traditions over the years.