DEFINITIONS AND ADAPTATIONS 

 TO LOCATION AND USE 



XN this discussion the terms "camp stove" 

 and "fireplace" are used to designate the two 

 groups of units which are used for cooking, 

 warming, and hghting purposes. These terms 

 are not synonymous. There are times, however, 

 when it is difficult to differentiate between a 

 camp stove and a fireplace. 



In some types which are easily convertible 

 from a fireplace to a camp stove or a camp stove 

 to a fireplace, the unit may be designated as 

 one or the other. There is usually a difference 

 between the camp stove and the fireplace. The 

 stove is that unit which is used primarily for 

 cooking purposes and has a definite solid plate 

 for a cooking surface, and in which the draft is 

 ordinarily controlled by a damper in the door 

 or in the chimney, or both. The fireplace is that 

 unit which is used primarily for light and 

 warmth, and also for cooking. It is usually 

 constructed with a grate over the firebox and 

 sometimes with a removable plate; but no pro- 

 vision is made for the control of the draft by 

 any door, or in the chimney. The fireplace is 

 ordinarily used on the picnic area and seldom 

 used on the camp area except in combination 

 with a camp stove. On the other hand, the 

 camp stove may be used on the picnic area as 

 well as upon the camp areas. In all camp 

 stoves and in all but the very simple types of 

 fireplaces, the firebox is lined with fire-clay 

 brick. Campfire circles (pi. XX) are a type of 

 fireplace although they are usually constructed 

 only for warmth and light. 



In designing a unit for any camp ground or 

 picnic area, the first step is to determine whether 

 the maximum use of the unit will be in connec- 

 tion with picnic activities or in connection with 



campground activities. The person who comes 

 to a campground usually remains during a 

 period of days or weeks and he desires during 

 this period to be provided with three meals a 

 day and therefore to have reasonable con- 

 venience in the use of any cooking facilities. 

 The camp stove is the unit which provides this 

 kind of convenience. The picnicker is on the 

 picnic area for a matter of hours only, and 

 during this time it may be necessary to prepare 

 not more than one meal. As a little inconven- 

 ience does not annoy him and in fact may add 

 to the thrill of " 'roughing it' ' and of being ' 'in the 

 open" lor this short period, he is quite willing 

 to accept a certain amount of inconvenience. 



In general it is more desirable that camp 

 stoves and fireplaces be in fixed locations in 

 order to avoid unnecessary destruction of 

 natural vegetation and forest ground cover. 

 If these units are moved indiscriminately over 

 the recreation area, the natural vegetation is 

 soon destroyed and the area loses much of its 

 attractiveness. 



In some picnic areas, especially those in 

 close proximity to large centers of population 

 the only practical solution in the use of the 

 area is that of providing movable units (pi. 

 I, fig. 6A) for cooking purposes. On such areas 

 there may be an intensive use by hundreds of 

 picnickers on one day and on another day the 

 same intensive use may be concentrated upon 

 some other area. In the meantime one of the 

 areas is very little occupied. For occasions of 

 such intensive use it is, therefore, essential to 

 provide a considerable number of units of a 

 movable type to meet the requirements of this 

 intermittent intensive use. 



