This Abandoned Girl Scout Camp In A New York State Park Is Like Something From A Horror Film

The Empire State has earned a reputation for its abundance of abandoned places. But this little-known state park in Sodus is unlike any you've visited before. The scenic park on Lake Ontario was once a summer camp for Girl Scouts, full of laughter, singing, and activity...but now, there's little left of this century-old abandoned Girl Scout camp in New York. Check out some chilling photos of the camp below:

Tucked away in a scenic state park on Lake Ontario sits a series of ruins from an age gone by.

Camp Beechwood was abandoned in 1996 due to financial problems, and since then it has changed a lot.

Though it is now called Beechwood State Park, the old camp structures remain.

The dilapidated cabins look like the setting for a horror movie.

The Olympic-sized swimming pool is crumbling and covered in graffiti.

And the interiors are downright eerie.

The sight of such gloomy scenes where something as joyful and carefree as a summer camp should be is pretty disturbing.

It all shows how quickly nature starts reclaiming what we build, the minute we stop maintaining it.

These photos are extra creepy because they were taken in early Spring, before the warm weather would come and blanket the park in a layer of greenery, giving it more of an enchanted than scary feel.

The park is open to the public daily from dawn til sundown, so you can choose which version of the abandoned camp you want to see by choosing when you visit. The sunny, historic side...

Or the eerie side.

Though they have remained for a few decades now, there's no telling if or when the park might choose to tear down the remnants of this abandoned Girl Scout camp in New York. If you think you'd like to visit Beechwood State Park, start making plans soon - and remember to respect what's left.

What do you think of this unique state park and the ruins of this old summer camp in Sodus?

For another unique state park in New York with a few surprises up its sleeve, check out the petite Panama Rocks Scenic Park.