What is Camp Taylor

Camp Taylor is a year round outdoor recreational facility in a perfect setting for weddings, reunions, and youth activities. Camp Taylor encourages youth groups, handicapped and underprivileged to experience an outdoor setting. Camp Taylor is located on the east fork of Mink Creek on leased forest service land. Formerly used as a Boy Scout camp and named Camp Tendoy, it was also used by Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Boys and Girls. After the main lodge was destroyed by fire, the community rallied to provide funds to rebuild and add a nurses cabin. Al Taylor was instrumental in the rebuilding effort and the camp was later renamed Camp Taylor in his honor. Camp Taylor is available for use on a rental basis with fees per person billing. See the Camp Taylor calendar link for availability.

Features of Camp Taylor:

A beautiful lodge, with tables provided allowing seating/dining for over 100, and 11 cabins, each having 6-8 beds, are set in an extraordinary forest setting. The lodge offers a full kitchen facility (hot and cold water) that includes propane-operated full-sized refrigerator, 2 propane stoves, several sinks and plenty of room to cook for large groups. The facility offers a bathroom/shower house with 8 private stalls with flushing toilets and 4 private shower stalls. An on-site generator is available that can power the Lodge, bath/shower house, and 2 cabins as needed. There is a $15.00/hr charge for generator use. The lodge is also stocked with cooking items, dishes, pans, silverware. A large propane barbecue grill is available for outdoor grilling. A large central camp fire area promotes evening activities (wood available for purchase while supplies last). There are several picnic tables, benches, and also over 100 chairs on-site for use for wedding settings. There is a volley ball pit and two horseshoe pits for hours of entertainment.

Cabins:

Camp Taylor features 11 cabins. The Lodge cabin (adjacent to the Lodge) offers full restroom facility, with plans for an individual shower as part of the facility. The Nurses cabin also has full bathroom facility, also with plans to include individual shower facility in the spring of 2019. Four more cabins are located on the lower facility past the shower house. Crossing the creek on a foot bridge to the upper level, there are 4 cabins, featuring 6-8 beds each. One of these cabins, referred to as the Honeymoon cabin, is a two-room cabin with a wood burning stove. A vaulted toilet is available for these 4 cabins. On the other side of the creek, there are two more cabins. Hygieca is the largest cabin on site. It features a wood burning stove, and 14+ beds. An additional cabin is located behind the Hygieca. A vaulted toilet is also located near these two cabins. RV camping sites also available when facility is not reserved.

Winter Use:

Camp Taylor is also available through the ISU outdoor program during winter months Three cabins are stocked with wood burning stoves and cooking equipment for winter use for show shoe, cross country skiing and snowmobile enthusiasts.