4-H Camp Clifton
Camp Clifton was established in 1929 as a co-educational camping facility located on the south side of the Clifton Gorge and John Bryan State Park in Greene County, Ohio. Rustic buildings were designed to take advantage of the natural setting of this historic area. The wooded camp area and the scenic Miami River in the Clifton Gorge provide a variety of nature study areas. Many different hiking trails with scenic vistas and rock formations provide the perfect outdoor classroom. The Clifton Gorge contains lovely waterfalls, glacial outcroppings and several varieties of wildflowers.
4-H Camp Clifton
Camp Clifton was established in 1929 as a co-educational camping facility located on the south side of the Clifton Gorge and John Bryan State Park in Greene County, Ohio. Rustic buildings were designed to take advantage of the natural setting of this historic area. The wooded camp area and the scenic Miami River in the Clifton Gorge provide a variety of nature study areas. Many different hiking trails with scenic vistas and rock formations provide the perfect outdoor classroom. The Clifton Gorge contains lovely waterfalls, glacial outcroppings and several varieties of wildflowers.
Swimming - and the Trail to and from the Swimming Pool
While almost everything about 4-H Camp was fun, the mandatory hike though the gorge to get to the swimming pool on the other side of the river was not so much.
The path was narrow, rocky, and steep, with sharp drop offs below and overhanging rock walls above. There were no railings to prevent falling into the gorge.
There was poison ivy to try to avoid while trying not to slip off the narrow ledge of the path.
Finally arriving at the pool was a relief, except for the realization that you had to do it again to get back to camp.
The path was narrow, rocky, and steep, with sharp drop offs below and overhanging rock walls above. There were no railings to prevent falling into the gorge.
There was poison ivy to try to avoid while trying not to slip off the narrow ledge of the path.
Finally arriving at the pool was a relief, except for the realization that you had to do it again to get back to camp.
Start of 4H:
Albert Belmont Graham (1868-1960), an Ohio native, teacher, and school administrator, Graham started the 4-H organization in Springfield, Ohio, in 1902.
The name 4H refers to the head, heart, hands, and health.
Through the organization, which is still active today, boys and girls learn by doing, particularly through agricultural experimentation.