Camp Hawthorn Hollow is a Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan resident camp on 330 acres at 1046 Mayer Rd in Columbus, near Marysville. Girls and staff stay in lodges and cabins with running water, and the property includes an activity center, an outdoor pool, an equestrian center, and a climbing wall with high ropes. The camp runs a free-choice program that lets girls build a schedule around their own interests and abilities, and also offers performing arts and leadership training. Grade and age bands are not published on the camp page; contact GSSEM to confirm eligibility.
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We list only what the camp itself publishes, and programs change — dates, prices, ages and availability can all move after we check. Confirm the details on the camp’s own website and contact GSSEM Camp Hawthorn Hollow directly before you register or pay. Last checked August 2026.
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★★★Krystal D'AigleWe went last year and a tree had fallen on one of the 5 cabins we had for the weekend, we squished and made do and we all had a blast, now this year the afternoon of our check in day our troop organizer gets and E MAIL, not a call an E MAIL that due to "facility issues" they were canceling our troops trip. the day of?! no other options to try to make it right, all the food the parents bought and the 14 girls that were so excited to go were all smashed, wasted money on all that food, there's something going on they are not telling us, something is wrong there to do that to troops and not care that there are girlscouts looking forward to this for months and the planing that our troop leaders did and money spent on things for the trip we cant get back. save your self the heartache and go somewhere else, any where else
★★★★Pam GarskeBeautiful camp, just pricey like everything else. Awesome showers
★★★★★Rong LiuGreat girlscout camping place and great memories! Note,A lot of mosquitoes, make sure you are prepared!
★★★★★A SmitGirl Scout camping is a wonderful experience for all. Girls learn many life skills! Independence, bravery, self care, friendship, leadership, nature, the stars away from city lights, and FUN, FUN, FUN! Truly great fun and safe adventure! I'm so glad I went to camp as a kid! I still benefit from what I learned.
★Christy Kendrick*****BED BUGS AT THIS CAMP******** I wouldn't recommend this camp to anyone or their girls. On August 19th to August 21st 2016, my 7 year old daughter & I stayed at this camp. My daughter's last camp experience as a girl scout because she was not interested in becoming a brownie. When we were leaving Sunday I noticed bites all over my daughter & myself. I didn't think anything of it until AFTER we got home & was later diagnosis by a Dr. that it was BED BUGS BITES FROM THIS CAMP! I had to wash and throw away things at my home, wash everything we owned from clothes, furniture, to mattresses. Lost out on work to do so. My crying, miserable daughter & myself covered in inflamed, itchy bites for almost 2 weeks going through a tube of medicated cream a day. I even had an exterminator come to my house to make sure nothing came home with us. (Thank God nothing) After talking to the camp director multiple times & this even went up to the CEO & financial advisor of girl scouts! The way they handled the situation was HORRIBLE AND SAD and definitely not the girl scout way. The memories my daughter has from camp are not the ones I thought she would leave with.