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Cool Camps

Not all Scouts BSA camps are created equal. Sure, each offers a terrific program to entertain and challenge Scouts, but every Scout camp has unique program elements that make it special. Scouting magazine has scoured the country to find some of the coolest Scout camps around. Check them out, and be sure to leave a comment if you’ve visited one of these Cool Camps.

Cool Camps

Scouts have a blast on a fork of the Red River at Camp Don Harrington

By Scouting magazine

Camp Don Harrington offers views of the impressive Palo Duro Canyon as Scouts hike to different activity stations.

Cool Camps

A closer look at Owasippe Scout Reservation

By Scouting magazine

Try out the 25 miles of hiking trails that take Scouts all around Owasippe’s 4,800 acres of lakes, bogs and forests.

Cool Camps

Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan survived a storm to offer a great program this year

By Scouting magazine

Stretching across 1,500 acres of beautiful forest, six lakes and one creek, Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan is home to two full-service camps, a wilderness camp, a high-adventure base and a horse ranch.

Cool Camps

Climb higher at Idaho’s Camp Morrison

By Michael Freeman

Ore-Ida Council’s Camp Morrison doesn’t have an average introductory summer camp rock-climbing course.

Cool Camps

Scouts get a taste for the outdoors at Theodore Naish Scout Reservation

By Michael Freeman

Theodore Naish Scout Reservation’s camps give Scouts a chance to use the skills they’ve been practicing in their troops all year.

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Find your Rocky Mountain adventure at this camp

By Michael Freeman

Raft down the rip-roaring Arkansas River, bike along hilly and rugged terrain, and trek mountain peaks above 14,000 feet in elevation.

Cool Camps

Come sail away on a Great Lakes Sailing Adventure

By Michael Freeman

Scouts and Venturers step aboard the Retriever, a 52-foot, two-masted sailboat, and set sail for a medley of memorable destinations in the Great Lakes.

Cool Camps

Dive into Camp Raven Knob’s thrilling activities

By Michael Freeman

The 3,200-acre Scouting destination in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwestern North Carolina has thrilled Scouts for more than six decades.

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Step back in time at North Carolina’s Camp Daniel Boone

By Scouting magazine

At Boonesboro Village inside Camp Daniel Boone, Scouts live like the late 1700s in a full-immersion adventure.

Cool Camps

Visit Camp Pico Blanco in the heart of California’s Big Sur area

By Aaron Derr

Hike among the redwoods and swim in crystal-clear waters at this spectacular California camp, Pico Blanco.

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