The Ageya homestead is situated on 80 acres on top of East Hill overlooking Homer. It is only three miles and a ten-minute drive from town. Filled with beautiful, inspiring views of Kachemak Bay, the Grewingk Glacier and the Kenai Mountains, the setting is peaceful and serene. It is a great place to get away from the hustle and bustle of summer tourists. A variety of different wildlife inhabits the area and visitors often see moose and have occasionally seen bear, lynx, and heard coyotes and wolves howling nearby. There are a variety of birds and plants to view while walking the local trails that connect from the Ageya homestead to the Wynn Nature Center’s trail system.
The Lodge (Dining Hall & Classroom)
The camp has a newly completed 48′ by 40′ dining hall/commercial kitchen. The second floor has a large classroom, student computer area, office, two bathrooms with showers and a laundry room.
Shop and Boat Building
There is a 20′ by 24′ shop for storage of tools and completing word working projects. A large circus tent next to the shop is used to build the Umiak and kayaks.
Campfire Council Area
There are three large fire council areas for campers to enjoy; one by the dining hall, one in the boy’s camp, and one in the girl’s camp.
Sleeping Yurts
The camp is divided into two areas: one for the boy’s camp and one for the girl’s camp. Each camp has two 20 foot yurts that sleep six people and two 16 foot yurts that sleep four people, housing up to 16 participants in each camp
Sauna
There is a large two room sauna with a rustic shower and pond area outside.
Sports & Activities Area
For outdoor activities, there are three separate fields for whole group games such as volleyball, badminton, croquet and horse shoes. A low elements ropes course, labyrinth, and trail that connects to the Wynn Nature’s Center trail system are also available.
Low Element Challenge Course
The Challenge course has many of the Project Adventure activities including a Partnership wire, Spider Web, Nitro- Crossing, Mohawk Walk, Trust Fall and The Wall for the campers to participate in during team building activities.
