The Bohemian Grove, the Club’s 2,700-acre property in Sonoma County, has been used by the Club since the 1890s. Acquired in increments beginning in 1901, the Bohemian Grove includes Club maintained buildings, common outdoor theatrical and dining venues, member-maintained camp structures, roads, and trails meandering through magnificent stands of virgin Redwood trees and other native hardwoods, and access to the Russian River. The Club is engaged in a program of restoration forestry to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires.

While the Grove is open to members throughout the year, its principal activities take place in the annual two-week Midsummer Encampment. The Encampment program includes more than 100 entertainment events produced and performed by members, including: concerts by the Club’s symphony orchestra, concert band, jazz orchestra, and chorus; theatrical performances both dramatic and musical; recitals, readings, lectures, art exhibits; plus outdoor pursuits such as swimming, canoeing, hiking, trap and skeet shooting, and nature studies.

The performing events are held in the Grove’s outdoor theaters and common gathering places. The centerpieces of the Encampment are three major musical-theatre productions: “The Cremation of Care,” a traditional (100+ years) musical drama celebrating members’ brief but welcome midsummer escape from life’s cares; the “Low Jinks,” an original musical comedy; and the “Grove Play,” an original musical play of serious intent. These are written, composed, designed, directed, produced, and performed by Club members and require years of preparation.

In addition to the Club maintained structures, there are more than 100 separate and distinct camps developed and maintained by groups of Bohemian Club members. The camps vary in size from three-man camps to one of more than 100 members, with an average size of 15 members.

Each camp has a character of its own, and the facilities range from camps with tents and cots for sleeping bags to camps with cabins and kitchens. Many camps are comprised of members with kindred artistic avocations.

Other Grove facilities include four outdoor performance venues, a small lake with performance stages at both ends, an outdoor dining area and kitchen, commissary, an indoor gathering room, artists’ studio-gallery, nature museum, fire house, infirmary, administration building, maintenance and support buildings, and the Bernard Maybeck-designed “chalet,” built in 1904 to serve as the original Grove Clubhouse.