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Campouts

Academic year General Calendar

  • September: Bear Creek Challenge; Bear Creek Scout Reservation, Hunt Texas
    • Scout skills and teamwork competitions
  • October: Guadalupe River State Park, Spring Branch, Texas
    • Service Project
  • November: Campout Adventure
    • Exploring different parks around Texas.
  • January:  Pike Davis Ranch, Marble Falls, Texas
    • Backpacking camp with scout skills competitions ton include 5 mile backpacking, orienteering, and flag retirement ceremony
  • February:  Campout at select sites around San Antonio such as Colorado Bend State Park, Bend, Texas or Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas
    • Caving and other adventure opportunities
  • March:  Spring Break Big Bend Adventure
    • Intro to Troop 285 High Adventure
    • Historical/geological education
  • April: Guadalupe River State Park, Spring Branch, Texas
  • May: Richard Newberry Triathlon; Camp Fawcett, Barksdale, Texas
    • Scouts try for their personal best in cycling, swimming and running

Summer

Most of these camps are coordinated by BSA, occastionally others are adventures completely planned by members of the Troop

  • Lost Pines Scout Reservation, Bastrop, Texas
    • For first year scouts
  • Camp Wehinahpay, New Mexico
  • Cap Peaceful Valley, Ebert, Colorado
    • Earn Merit badges
    • High adventure
  • Florida National High Adventure Sea Base, Islamorada, Florida
  • Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, New Mexico
  • Northern Tier National High Adventure Program, Ely, Minnesota
  • Wind River Range, Wyoming – Outstanding opportunity to hike this mountain range along the Rocky Mountains (Designed for 13 yr olds not yet old enough for Philmont)
  • Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, Montana – Located in the northern Rocky Mountains along the Continental divide
  • Bissett
  • International Excursions
    • Past travels have included:
      • Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
      • Switzerland
      • Canada
  • And so many more….

High Adventure Camps are for scouts 14 years and older.

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