Walter Scott Camp & Learning Center (CCIW-Sponsored Youth Camps)
Walter Scott Camp & Learning Center, 15290 E 300th Avenue, Dieterich, IL 62424
About
Walter Scott Camp & Learning Center (CCIW-Sponsored Youth Camps) runs youth camp sessions during the summer months. The program takes place at a multi-faceted camp, retreat, and educational facility that includes indoor bunks, yurts, and rustic shelters for overnight lodging. Recreation equipment such as disc golf supplies, balls, hula-hoops, water guns, life jackets, and paddles is available for group use and is returned to designated storage areas after use.
• Ages: 5–17 years old
• Schedule: CCIW-sponsored youth camps run seven to eight weeks during the summer months.
Walter Scott Camp & Learning Center has been in operation for 63 years and was founded in 1962. Its stated mission is “Planting wild seeds in people for the future of Creation.” The camp can comfortably sleep up to 50 people in indoor bunks or 100 people in all sleeping spaces and can host day groups of up to 150 people. Two yurts each provide a single circular room with four sets of bunk beds, electricity, and passive cooling through a ventilation hatch and adjustable windows, and eight shelters offer rustic camping with wooden structures and canvas tarps that can be opened or closed depending on the weather. A Lodge contains the kitchen and dining hall, loft and basement meeting and recreation spaces, camp offices, an infirmary, and access to a campfire area, and a Retreat House offers four rooms with multiple beds and full baths, communal space with seating and a kitchenette, and nearby outdoor seating and a fire pit.
The Walter Scott Camp & Learning Center is a ministry of the Christian Church in Illinois and Wisconsin and welcomes people and groups of all faiths or no faith to use the facilities, with rentals to families, churches, and other organizations taking place year-round. Volunteers contribute thousands of hours each year to maintain and improve the campgrounds, and the facilities on the campground, the lake, and the dam were originally created by volunteers. Waterfront use is available at guests’ own risk, and life jackets are required anytime a person is in a watercraft. Pets are allowed on the grounds on a leash, and owners are required to clean up after their pets. Guests may stay for a maximum of seven consecutive days before being away for at least seven days, except for paid staff and volunteers or interns.
Parents and former campers have shared comments such as “Great memories at a beautiful location for me and my daughters!” (Pamela Logan Larrick) and “The best place to bring you closer to God and meet a lot of wonderful people that you will never forget :)” (Christy Toler). Other testimonials describe Camp Walter Scott as “a great place and always great people” and “a special place” for multiple families, and one long-time camper, counselor, and director notes ongoing work in “developing sustainable creation care and genuine hospitality.”
Last updated May 23, 2026.
• Ages: 5–17 years old
• Schedule: CCIW-sponsored youth camps run seven to eight weeks during the summer months.
Walter Scott Camp & Learning Center has been in operation for 63 years and was founded in 1962. Its stated mission is “Planting wild seeds in people for the future of Creation.” The camp can comfortably sleep up to 50 people in indoor bunks or 100 people in all sleeping spaces and can host day groups of up to 150 people. Two yurts each provide a single circular room with four sets of bunk beds, electricity, and passive cooling through a ventilation hatch and adjustable windows, and eight shelters offer rustic camping with wooden structures and canvas tarps that can be opened or closed depending on the weather. A Lodge contains the kitchen and dining hall, loft and basement meeting and recreation spaces, camp offices, an infirmary, and access to a campfire area, and a Retreat House offers four rooms with multiple beds and full baths, communal space with seating and a kitchenette, and nearby outdoor seating and a fire pit.
The Walter Scott Camp & Learning Center is a ministry of the Christian Church in Illinois and Wisconsin and welcomes people and groups of all faiths or no faith to use the facilities, with rentals to families, churches, and other organizations taking place year-round. Volunteers contribute thousands of hours each year to maintain and improve the campgrounds, and the facilities on the campground, the lake, and the dam were originally created by volunteers. Waterfront use is available at guests’ own risk, and life jackets are required anytime a person is in a watercraft. Pets are allowed on the grounds on a leash, and owners are required to clean up after their pets. Guests may stay for a maximum of seven consecutive days before being away for at least seven days, except for paid staff and volunteers or interns.
Parents and former campers have shared comments such as “Great memories at a beautiful location for me and my daughters!” (Pamela Logan Larrick) and “The best place to bring you closer to God and meet a lot of wonderful people that you will never forget :)” (Christy Toler). Other testimonials describe Camp Walter Scott as “a great place and always great people” and “a special place” for multiple families, and one long-time camper, counselor, and director notes ongoing work in “developing sustainable creation care and genuine hospitality.”
Last updated May 23, 2026.
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