Camps

Scouting includes camping, hiking, canoeing, bicycling, reading a map and compass, learning to cook, practicing first aid, and many other challenges.

Outdoor adventure is the promise made to boys when they join Scouting. Boys yearn for outdoor programs that stir their imagination and interest.

In the outdoors, boys have opportunities to acquire skills that make them more self-reliant. They can explore canoe and hiking trails and complete challenges they first thought were beyond their ability. Attributes of good character become part of a boy as he learns to cooperate to meet outdoor challenges that may include exterme weater, difficult trails and poertages, and dealing with nature's unexpected circumstances.

Scouts plan and carry out activities with thoughtful guidance from their Scoutmaster and other adult leaders. Good youth leadership, communication and teamwork enable them to advance to achieve goals they have set for themselves, their partol and their troop.

Learning by doing is a hallmark of outdoor education. Unit meeting offer information and knowledge used on outdoor adventures each month throughout the year. A leader may describe and demonstrate a Scouting skill at a meeting, but the way Scouts truly learn outdoor skills is to do it themselves on a troop outing.

Boy Scout camp is Scouting and outdoor adventure at their best!

What is Boy Scout Camp?
Boy Scout camps come in all sorts of sizes and locations. Some lie in deep forests, or at the base of high, windy peaks. Others are tucked back in the woods along rivers and lakes. Still others may lie in a desert or along a seashore. But they all have one thing in common: they offer as much fun, adventure and excitement as a Scout can have anywhere.

At summer camp, the boys come closer to the natural world and to one another. They explore trails and sharpens skills together. Here, in the outdoors, Scouts learn to understand and respect the environment we all share and develop an active concern for the health of the planet and desire to keep it healthy.

They share triumphs and troubles and learn important values as a group - values like patience and respect for others' points of view, and doing their fair share and helping others in need- life skills that are part of the personal growth we want for every Boy Scout.

Summer camp is what many Scouts enjoy most. Camp programs provide numerious opportunities for Scouts to earn merit badges along their advancement trail. Resident Scout camping includes at least five nights and six days of fun outdoor activities