Initially known as "Pine Tree Camp", Pinewoods was founded in 1919 by Helen Osborne Storrow as the first National Girl Scout Leadership Training School.

At that time, the Conants transferred its ownership to a newly created nonprofit organization, Pinewoods Camp, Inc., that now runs the facility.

[1] Each summer, Pinewoods Camp hosts over a dozen sessions, some of which are a week long, and others of which take place over a weekend.

Each session features music and dancing educational programs for adults and is run by one of five Program Providers: Pinewoods has played a central role in the development of country dance traditions in the United States.

Pinewoods's facilities include four open-sided dance pavilions (Hands Across, Pine Hollow, Ampleforth and Newbiggin),[a] a dining hall and kitchen, a camp house, and rustic cabins for up to 140 campers[4] (plus offices, staff housing, and support facilities).