Camp Rockey is in the foothills of San Dimas.
ABOUT CAMP ROCKEY
Purpose & Operations
Camp Glenn Rockey is the oldest juvenile camp in the county. It was originally established in 1931 as part of the federal Civilian Conservation Corps.
It contains an open dormitory, a secure hosing unit with 20 individual rooms, administrative building, school facility, gymnasium, kitchen and dining area.
CAMP ROCKEY HISTORY
The camp was named after Glenn Rockey, a Fire Captain with the Los Angeles Forester and Fire Warden. Fire Captain Rockey and five juvenile members of the LA County Probation Forestry Camp crew, lost their lives on September 2, 1955, in an active fire suppression work.