Location: Wading River, LI.
Distance from N.Y.C.: 70 mi.
Size: 45 acres.
Terrain: Fields and woodlands.
Start Date: Acquired 1929.
End Date: Closed 1958-60
Name Origin: From Richard Newcombe. Queens District Attomey and President of Queens council, in recognition or his work on bendir or the Queens scouts.
Acquisition: Purchased from part of $1C0,00 raised by the Queens Boy Scout's Sustaining Association in a borough-wide fundraising campaign during the fall of 1928. In June 1929, Queens Bov Scouts planted 13.000 trees in the new weekend camp, 5,000 trees in
dermanent sites. the remonder in a tree nursery.
Weekend Facilities: Cabins. tents and dormitories equipped with cots. siraw-tilled bed sacks, lanterns or electric lights. Outdoor cooking facilities were used at the cabins and tent
Troops furnished their own equipment. Dormitories (A, B. C, and DL- 16-32 person capacities, equipped with cots, straw-filled bed sacks, lanterns or electric lights. Furnished with dishes and cooking equipment. Beaver Lodge. 8-person patrol cabins. 4-person lean-
TOS.
Weekend Staff: Ranger and Campmasters.
Lake or Pool: 40 acre natural lake with swimming and boating.
Summer Operations: Small staff during summer coordinated Troop-operated programs and
commissary