CAMP UNIT LAYOUTS 



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lO DISCUSSION with reference to camp 

 stoves and fireplaces can be complete without 

 including information with reference to the 

 lay-out, especially of camp units. 



In the picnic area a tent or shelter is very 

 seldom used. The area in which the family 

 automobile may be parked is usually in a park- 

 ing space which is within a reasonable dis- 

 tance of the picnic table and fireplace. Food 

 and other supplies are taken from the auto- 

 mobile, in its parking space, to the picnic table. 

 The picnickers prepare, to the extent necessary, 

 the food which must be cooked generally over 

 a fireplace. 



In the camp area a tent or shelter is almost 

 always used and the camp stove is the gen- 

 erally acceptable cooking unit. The automo- 

 bile must be parked very close to the camp 

 unit because it is continuously in use as the 

 family larder to which access must be procured 

 before and after each of the three daily meals. 

 A separate general parking area removed 

 from the camp units is not a practicable 

 solution to the problem. 



The solving of the design for the camp unit 

 is more of a problem than the picnic area 

 unit involving only the table and fireplace. 



The camp unit may be occupied by the auto- 

 mobile alone, or by an automobile with a 

 trailer. The trailer presents a problem which 

 is different from the problem when only the 

 automobile is used. 



The two sketches "A" and "B" indicate two 

 of the methods for developing the camp unit 

 in connection with the trailer. The more prac- 

 tical method of providing space for the auto- 

 mobile and trailer is that of developing a loop, 

 as shown in sketch "B." This loop, when 

 meeting the requirements of a single camp 

 unit, may be a one-way narrow drive, or only 

 of sufficient width to provide for the automobile 

 and trailer, or where the loop meets the re- 

 quirements of two or more camp units the road- 

 way should be "two-way." 



It may be desirable in some locations, where 

 a loop is not practicable, to use a spur in 

 which to back the automobile and trailer, as 

 shown in sketch "A." There may be other camp 

 units in which it is desirable to provide for one 

 or more families in a single parking space 

 adjacent to the camp unit, as shown in sketch 

 "C." 



The sketches marked "D" to "O", inclusive, 

 show the possibilities for the arrangement of 

 the camp unit in order to provide for the auto- 

 mobile, tent, camp stove (and where desired, 

 campfire) and the picnic table. In some areas, 

 a warming-fire may not be required, and there- 

 fore only a camp stove is used, as shown in 

 sketches "F", "H", "J", and "N." In other 

 locations, it is desirable to provide a converti- 

 ble type of camp stove, which may meet the 

 requirements for cooking and for a warming- 

 fire, as shown in plates X and XI. 



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