Buffalo Cove Outdoor Education Center
Lake
Why pick this one
Buffalo Cove Outdoor Education Center, founded in 2000, combines youth camps, adult bushcraft workshops, school programs, and custom outdoor education.
Best for
- Youth seeking multi-day outdoor summer camps
- Adults learning fire building, shelter construction, bushcraft, or backcountry emergency medicine
- Schools connecting outdoor experiences with classroom curriculum
- Scout groups needing custom camping programs
- Families seeking a custom canoe trip or outdoor education experience
- Colleagues seeking custom team-building activities
Look elsewhere if
- Seeking standalone lake access, conventional resort lodging, or unstructured waterfront recreation
- Needing an emergency outdoor service or immediate-response provider
- Looking for a program outside the announced workshop and camp schedules
Specialties
- Bushcraft and woodland immersion
- Fire building and ferro rod strategies
- Cooking over fire
- Survival shelter construction
- Backcountry emergency medicine
- Campcraft and bushcraft
- Canoe trips and river walkabouts
Certifications
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization
What makes them different
- Founded in 2000 to provide mountain experiences for inner-city and foster children
- Offers programs for youth, adults, families, schools, scout groups, and colleagues
- Uses experiential learning based on learning by doing
- Custom programs can include canoe trips, environmental studies, camping, and team-building
- Adult workshops are primarily held at a base camp roughly 45 minutes southeast of Boone, North Carolina, or at Birdsong Farm in Triplet, North Carolina
- Years in business
- 26
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 1899 Cool Springs Pl, Lenoir, NC 28645-9514
- Phone
- +18287587077
- Website
- http://www.buffalocove.com
- programs@buffalocove.com
Services
- Youth summer camps
- Adult outdoor skills workshops
- School outdoor education programs
- Custom outdoor education programs
- Team-building activities
- Scout group camping
- Environmental study programs