Eagle Scout Service Project · Troop 6, Phoenix
A map at the gate and restored lot markers for one of the oldest cemeteries in the Valley, so every visitor can walk straight to the person they came to see.
$0 raised of our goal
Fundraising opens soon.
I'm a Life Scout with Troop 6 in Phoenix, working toward the rank of Eagle Scout. For my Eagle service project I'm partnering with the Camelback Cemetery Association to make their historic cemetery easier to visit.
Today, if you don't already know where a grave is, it's very hard to find. There's no map, and many of the small lot markers are faded, broken or missing. I'm going to fix that: a durable pedestal map right at the entrance, a digital map you can open from a QR code, and every lot marker repainted or replaced so the grid is easy to follow.
A first look at the map
This is a drone photo of the cemetery with all 124 lot numbers from the Association's hand-drawn lot map laid over it, oriented the way you'll see it standing at the gate. It's a draft: on the work day we'll check every corner marker against it. The finished version becomes the pedestal map at the entrance and the online map behind its QR code.
Type a lot number, or tap any lot on the map.
Draft map. Lot positions are approximate until the Association's inventory and the marker check are done. Drone photo by Ronan.
The beneficiary
Camelback Cemetery sits on East McDonald Drive in Paradise Valley, across from Kiva Elementary School. It began on land donated by pioneer homesteaders Hans and Mary Weaver after their son-in-law died, just two weeks after his wedding. The family gave the land to what became the Camelback Cemetery Association, which still cares for it today.
It's the resting place of early Scottsdale and Paradise Valley pioneers, victims of the 1918 flu, Mexican Catholic families who had no other cemetery nearby, military veterans, early judges and a postmaster, and Joe "Cheyenne" Kiser, the 1923 World Champion Cowboy.
The project
A weatherproof map on an angled pedestal by the gate: an overhead drone photo of the cemetery with every lot and plot drawn on top, a "You are here" star and a short history. Built for the Arizona sun, the way national parks build their trail signs.
A QR code on the map opens the same map online.
Each lot is marked by small 4×4 concrete blocks at its corners. We'll clean, prime and repaint them bright white with clear numbers, and pour new blocks where they're broken or missing.
We're keeping concrete on purpose: metal markers tend to get stolen.
On the work day, a team of 20–30 Scouts will rake and tidy the paths so the grounds look their best.
We have quotes for two kinds of 36" × 24" full-color map panel on an angled pedestal. Scout volunteers will prepare the site and install it.
Option 1
Option 2
Which one we choose depends on how much we raise. Reaching the 25-year option means the map can serve families for decades.
The plan
Met with the Camelback Cemetery Association and agreed the scope. July 2026.
Proposal approved by Troop 6 and the Grand Canyon Council.
Raise the money for the pedestal map and marker materials.
Drone photos, the lot grid and the map design, reviewed with the Association.
Scouts repaint and replace markers and clean up the grounds.
The pedestal map goes up at the entrance, and the online map goes live.
Get involved
Online giving opens as soon as the project is approved. Donations go straight to the Camelback Cemetery Association.
Opening soonMake checks payable to Camelback Cemetery Association, with "Ronan Simpson Eagle Project" in the memo line. Mailing details coming soon.
Have family at Camelback Cemetery, or know someone who does? Share this page. Local businesses can also help with materials.
The Camelback Cemetery Association is a nonprofit cemetery company under section 501(c)(13), and gifts to it are generally tax-deductible. The Association sends a thank-you letter for every donation. Funds raised are for this project; anything left over supports the cemetery's perpetual care.