Weston Connecticut Holiday Ornament - Devil's Den Camp Badge
Weston Connecticut Holiday Ornament - Devil's Den Camp Badge
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Devil's Den Camp Badge. A full moon over the pines, a canvas tent lit from inside, and DEVIL'S DEN lettered around it in gold, like the badge you came home with from summer camp. A vintage camp badge for anyone who has walked those woods and wished they could stay the night.
Devil's Den Preserve sits in the woods of Weston, Connecticut, running north into Redding, and it is one of The Nature Conservancy's best-loved Connecticut preserves. Its marked trails wind through hemlock and oak, along rock ledges, past Godfrey Pond and the stone hearths where charcoal burners worked in the 1800s. They are the ones who named it, after a hoof-shaped mark they found pressed into a rock.
Here is the joke in the badge. Camping at Devil's Den is not allowed, and never has been. So this is the camp badge nobody can earn: the one for the trip you cannot take, from a campground that does not exist. Hang it on the tree and you have spent the night after all.
Three-inch faceted crystal, the badge printed on a white backing so the crimson ring and gold lettering stay bright against the tree lights. Our own art, drawn in Connecticut in the manner of an old camp badge. Boxed in white or gold, ready to give, with free U.S. shipping.
For the hiker, the camper, the outdoorsy one who is impossible to shop for, or anyone who knows those trails and gets the joke. A stocking stuffer with a story. Profits support hunger relief.
Later that same night: The Devil's Den Visitor.
Camp Badge Art · 3 in Faceted Crystal · Boxed in White or Gold · Ships Free in the U.S.
Devil's Den Preserve is a Nature Conservancy property where camping is prohibited. This badge is our own art, not an official or endorsed Conservancy item.
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