Camp Bowman is a Boy Scout resident camp located on 450-acre Lake Merriweather. Thomas Jefferson once called this area the "Garden of Eden of the United States." Food service options at Bowman are patrol cooking or heater stack, although we strongly encourage patrol cooking for this camp. Youth sleep in two-man tents with cots. Camp is accredited annually by the BSA and must meet State of Virginia requirements as well. Scouts attend with their unit and enjoy all that Scout camp has to offer.