High Adventure Bases of the

Boy Scouts of America

High Adventure Bases of the Boy Scouts of America are
outdoor recreation facilities located in several locales in
North America operated by the Boy Scouts of America at the
organization's national level. Each facility offers wilderness
programs and training that could include wilderness
canoeing, wilderness backpacking trips, or sailing, and
provide opportunities for Scouts to earn the 50-Miler Award.
These bases are administered by the High Adventure
Division of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of
America.

Contents
1 Northern Tier National High Adventure Bases
2 Philmont Scout Ranch
3 Florida National High Adventure Sea Base
4 Paul R. Christen National High Adventure Base
5 Former national bases
5.1 Northern Wisconsin National Canoe Base
5.2 Maine National High Adventure Area
5.3 Land Between the Lakes National Outdoor Adventure
Center
6 Awards
7 Alumni Associations
7.1 Charles L. Sommers Alumni Association, Inc.
7.2 Philmont Staff Association, Inc.
7.3 Sea Base Alumni and Friends Association, Inc.
8 References
9 External links

Northern Tier National High Adventure

Bases
Main article: Northern Tier National High Adventure Bases

The Northern Tier National High Adventure Bases are a

collection of high adventure bases in Minnesota, Ontario,
and Manitoba. It is made up of Charles L. Sommers Canoe
Base in Ely, Minnesota operating in the Boundary Waters
Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) and Quetico Provincial
Park, Don Rogert Canoe Base in Atikokan, Ontario operating
in Quetico Provincial Park, and Norther Expeditions Base in
Bissett, Manitoba operating in Atikaki Provincial Wilderness
Park and points beyond.[1] Collectively, it is the oldest
national high adventure base operated by the BSA.

Northern Tier offers mostly wilderness canoe trips, although

other activities such as cold weather camping exist as well.
Typical canoe trips cover 50 to 150 miles (80 to 240 km) and
take 6 to 10 days.[2] With each crew is a highly skilled
technician/instructor called an "Interpreter".[2]
Philmont Scout Ranch
Main article: Philmont Scout Ranch

Philmont Scout Ranch is a mountainous ranch located near

the town of Cimarron, New Mexico covering approximately
137,500 acres (556 km2) of wilderness in the Sangre de
Cristo Mountains of the Rocky Mountains of northern New
Mexico, near the town of Cimarron.[3] The main part of the
ranch, formerly the property of oil baron Waite Phillips, was
donated to the Scouting organization in 1938.[4] Along with
other donations and purchases, it is currently in use as a
national high adventure base where crews of Scouts and
Venturers take part in backpacking expeditions and other
outdoor activities. It is the largest youth camp in the world by
size.[5][6] Philmont's terrain is mountainous, ranging in
elevation from 6,500 feet (2,000 m) to 12,441 feet (3,792 m).
[7]

Philmont is also home to the Philmont Training Center, which

is the main center for BSA's national-level training for
volunteers and professionals. In addition to its BSA
programs, Philmont continues to operate as a ranch,
maintaining a stock of cattle, horses, burros and bison.

Florida National High Adventure Sea

Base
Main article: Florida National High Adventure Sea Base

Sea Base High Adventure is a high adventure program

base in the Florida Keys. The main Sea Base is located in
Islamorada, Florida on the end of Lower Matecumbe Key.
Other bases include the Brinton Environmental Center
located on Summerland Key (which oversees Big Munson
Island located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) southeast) and the
Bahamas Sea Base in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas.[8]

Main programs include sailing— including open water and

reef sailing —island camping, snorkeling, and SCUBA. The
Florida Sea Base Conference Center has become an
alternative training site to the Philmont Training Center. Most
conferences it hosts are for professionals or national level
committees, but it also hosts conferences for outside
groups.

Paul R. Christen National High

Adventure Base
Main article: The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout
Reserve

The Paul R. Christen National High Adventure Base is a

high adventure program base located at the Summit Bechtel
Family National Scout Reserve.[9][10] The Summit was
purchased in 2009 and the high adventure base began
operation in 2014. The New River Gorge region offers white
water rafting rated from Class II to Class V along the more
than 50 miles of river within the New River Gorge National
River area. Other outdoor activities that are popular to the
area include Rock climbing, rappelling (abseiling), mountain
biking, hiking, geocaching, and orienteering. Some of the
additional activities added with help from Scout feedback at
the 2010 Jamboree, are skateboarding, freestyle BMX,
mountainboarding, ATV riding, paddle boarding, dragon
boats racing, and ziplines.[11]

The Summit is also the site for the national Scout jamboree
and a training center. The property consists of a 10,600-acre
(43 km2) reclaimed mine site near Beckley, West Virginia.
The purchase was enabled by a $50 million grant from
Stephen Bechtel, Jr.[12][13] The Summit is being developed
by Arrow WV, a BSA subsidiary. Consol Energy donated $15
million to build a 700-foot-long (210 m) bridge to connect
the main activity area to the eastern property.[14]

Former national bases

Northern Wisconsin National Canoe Base

Northern Region 7 Canoe Base

Wisconsin
National Canoe
Base was
opened in 1940
on the site of a
former Civilian
Conservation
Corps camp on
Location Boulder Junction, Wisconsin
the south end
of the east Founded 1940

shore of White Defunct 1983

Sand Lake in
northern Wisconsin.[15] The
closest town to that site is
Boulder Junction, Wisconsin.

The base was originally named

MIWI after the initials of the four
states in the region. In 1943 it
was renamed Region 7 Canoe
Base.[16] The base had also
Northern Wisconsin National Canoe
been referenced in publications Base circa 1974
as Region Seven Explorer
Canoe Base. Around 1967 it was renamed Northern
Wisconsin National Canoe Base, as publications begin
referencing the new name during this period.[17] By that
time, thousands of Scouts were embarking on wilderness
canoe trips from the canoe base every summer, principally
from the Chicago area due to its proximity.
The primary program was wilderness canoe trips, through
the lakes and rivers of northern Wisconsin and the southern
edge of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The base provided
training, outfitting, and guiding for these trips as well as
sleeping and meal facilities for groups of 6-12 crew
members, including an adult leader, as they prepared to start
or end canoe trips. They also provided transportation to and
from starting and ending points. Training included an
intensive Voyageur course for the youth leader of a group
during the week prior to the group's trip. Additional
programs for Scouts included whitewater trips on the lower
Flambeau Flowage, swimming at the White Sand Lake
beach, informal sandlot football and softball games between
staff members and Scouts at the base, and winter camping
in the cabins left by the CCC.

Canoe trips launched from the base utilized hundreds of

different lakes and rivers and about 300 campsites. About
half of these sites were on public lands; the others were on
private lands under special arrangements, which typically
included maintenance work by the Scouts.[18] Examples of
closer frequently used waterways include White Sand, Lost
Canoe, Pallette, Escanaba, Presque Isle, Crab, Trout,
Boulder, and Wild Rice lakes and the Manitowish and Trout
Rivers. In the 1960s, staff tried to open up new routes using
creeks, with occasionally hilarious results.[19] While the
canoe trip area covered millions of acres, most trips were
concentrated in the 400,000-acre (1,600 km2) area going
about 12 miles (19 km) north, 10 miles (16 km) east, 18 miles
(29 km) west, and 10 miles (16 km) south of the base.

The base celebrated its 40th anniversary in 1980 and

enjoyed its most popular years in 1980-81, but usage
declined rapidly and the base closed in 1983. Numerous
interrelated factors contributed to its demise, including
Scout leaders and executives lobbying for closure in favor of
other bases, declining usage, increased residential
development in the area used for its canoe trips, and a heavy
snowfall during the 1982-83 winter that collapsed the roof of
the dining hall, which was never rebuilt.[citation needed]

Maine National High Adventure Area

The Maine National High Adventure Area was established in

1970 due to the efforts of BSA Scout Executive Bud Jeffrey,
Seven Island Lands Company President John Sinclair, and
Bill Wadsworth and John Donnell of the BSA National Office.
The first of three Maine National High Adventure bases was
established at the site of the former Foster’s Matagamon
Sporting Camp on the north side of Matagamon Lake, and
was called Maine Matagamon National High Adventure Base.
This base operated as a single unit in 1971 and 1972. An
additional base was established at Pittston Farm on
Seboomook Lake in 1973, and a third on Sysladobsis Lake,
was operated in 1971 and 1979.

Matagamon and Seboomook bases were the core of the

program for many years. It was a highly successful program
that exposed thousands of Scouts to the lakes, rivers, and
mountains of the North Maine woods, providing them with a
lifetime appreciation of wild lands, no trace camping, and
self-sufficiency and safety in the wilderness.[20]

Maine National High Adventure was operated as a national

base until 1991, when the National BSA Office shut down the
program. In 1993, the Matagamon base reopened as Maine
High Adventure,[21][22] an outdoor program run today by the
Katahdin Area Council.

There is an active staff association called Maine High

Adventure Staff Association that is dedicated to the history
of the Maine National High Adventure Area, and to the
support of the current Maine High Adventure Area.

Land Between the Lakes National Outdoor

Adventure Center

The Land Between the Lakes National Outdoor Adventure

Center was a regional high adventure base in Kentucky on
the shores of Kentucky Lake near Aurora. It opened in 1973
as a cooperative effort between the BSA and the Tennessee
Valley Authority and was based on the former Camp Roy C.
Manchester, which had opened in 1954. The base offered
sailing trips on the 160,000-acre (650 km2) Kentucky Lake.
Land Between the Lakes ceased operation as national base
in 1983 and the property reverted to Lincoln Heritage
Council, which now operates the base at a local level,
continuing to offer high adventure related facilities for
sailing, canoeing, kayaking and U.S. Coast Guard approved
sailing training.

Awards
The Triple Crown of National High Adventure award was
created in 1995 and later the Grand Slam of National High
Adventure award was created in 2014 by the Charles L.
Sommers Alumni Association, Inc. to both promote the Boy
Scouts of America’s National High Adventure programs and
help identify those Scouts with a thirst for high adventure
who may be interested in serving on the staff of Northern
Tier High Adventure Bases and other National High
Adventure Bases.[23] The Triple Crown of National High
Adventure award honors those who have participated in a
high adventure program at three of the Boy Scouts of
America's four National High Adventure Bases. The Grand
Slam of National High Adventure award honors those who
have participated a high adventure program at all four of the
Boy Scouts of America's National High Adventure Bases. [24]
Alumni Associations
Charles L. Sommers Alumni Association, Inc.

The Charles L. Sommers Alumni Association, Inc. (SAA) is a

non-profit Minnesota charity with the purpose to provide a
continuing interest in and support for the mission and
programs of the Northern Tier National High Adventure
program, the Boy Scouts of America’s oldest National High
Adventure program.[25]

Objectives include preserving and promoting wilderness

camping, high adventure, and training opportunities;
spreading the spirit of "The Far Northland" throughout
Scouting, and offering the time, talent, and treasure of its
membership to the Northern Tier National High Adventure
program.[25] Through its members, it has been instrumental
as the first alumni association to launch capital campaigns in
conjunction with the Boy Scouts of America to enhance high
adventure base facilities and establish an endowed seasonal
staff scholarship program.[26]

Active membership is open to all persons who have served

on the seasonal or permanent staff of any Northern Tier
National High Adventure program, including the Charles L.
Sommers National High Adventure Base, Donald Rogert
Canoe Base (Atikokan, Ontario), Northern Expeditions
(Bissett, Manitoba), Northern Wisconsin National Canoe
Base, and Maine National High Adventure Base.[27]

Affiliate membership is open to all former adult crew

advisors from any Northern Tier National High Adventure
program and any adult who wishes to maintain a significant
interest in the mission and success of the Northern Tier
National High Adventure program.[27]

Philmont Staff Association, Inc.

The Philmont Staff Association, Inc. (PSA) is a non-profit

New Mexico charity with the purpose to provide a continued
support of Philmont Scout Ranch.

Membership is open to all those who have served on staff at

Philmont. In addition to traditional staff positions,
membership is also open to those who have served on staff
of Autumn Adventure, Kanik, Philmont Training Center,
National Junior Leader Instructor Camp (NJLIC), and
National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience (NAYLE).
The PSA is the only National High Adventure base alumni
association that does not offer membership to those who
have not served on staff.[28]

Sea Base Alumni and Friends Association, Inc.

The Sea Base Alumni and Friends Association, Inc. (SBAFA)

is a non-profit Florida charity with the purpose to provide
continued support of Florida National High Adventure Sea
Base. Objectives include supporting the staff, programs and
interest of Florida Sea Base.[29]

Membership is open to all those with an affiliation to Florida

Sea Base, including current staff, former staff, members of
the community, volunteers, and past participants.[30]

References
1. "Northern Tier National High Adventure Bases". Boy
Scouts of America. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
2. ^ a b "NorthernTier". www.ntier.org.
3. Lawrence R. Murphy, University of New Mexico Press,
Philmont, A history of New Mexico's Cimarron Country,
ISBN 0-8263-0438-9
4. "Philmont Scout Ranch". Boy Scouts of America.
Retrieved April 8, 2010.
5. (PDF)
https://web.archive.org/web/20111001080740/http://w
ww.wildlife.state.nm.us/publications/documents/philmo
nt_scout_ranch.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on
October 1, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011. Missing or
empty |title= (help)
6. "Philmont "Quick Facts"". philmontscoutranch.org.
7. Rock Rohrbacher, Philmanac, A Treckers Guide to the
Philmont Backcountry, CSS Publishing, ISBN 0-7880-
 1469-2
8. "Florida National High Adventure Sea Base". Boy
Scouts of America. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
9. "High-Adventure Bases". Boy Scouts of America.
Archived from the original on December 1, 2010.
Retrieved August 20, 2013.
10. "THE PAUL R. CHRISTEN NATIONAL HIGH
ADVENTURE BASE AT THE SUMMIT". Retrieved August
20, 2013.
11. "2014 PROGRAMS AT THE SUMMIT". Retrieved August
20, 2013.
12. "The Summit: Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve"
(PDF). Boy Scouts of America. Archived from the
original (PDF) on July 10, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
13. "Boy Scouts to Bring World-Class Center of Scouting
Excellence to West Virginia". Boy Scouts of America.
November 18, 2009. Archived from the original on June
22, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
14. "Consol Energy Funds Boy Scout Bridge in West
Virginia". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. May 29, 2010.
Archived from the original on September 7, 2012.
Retrieved August 25, 2010.
15. Richardson, Bruce (June 3, 2008). "Region 7 Canoe
Base". Retrieved March 21, 2010.
16. Richardson, Bruce. "History of Region Seven Canoe
Base". Retrieved April 4, 2010.
17. Fieldbook (2nd ed.). Boy Scouts of America. 1967.
 p. 278. ISBN 0-8395-3201-6.
18. Region Seven Explorer Canoe Base Guide Book. 1971.
19. Up a Creek, With a Paddle. 2020.
20. "Exploring High Adventure". Boys' Life: 34. December
1988.
21. "Maine High Adventure". Katahdin Council. Archived
from the original on February 11, 2011. Retrieved April 2,
2010.
22. "Katahdin Area Council Boy Scouts of America,
Northern Maine Boy Scouts".
www.katahdinareabsa.org.
23. "About the Awards". Triple Crown & Grand Slam of
National High Adventure.
24. "Award Requirements". Triple Crown & Grand Slam of
National High Adventure.
25. ^ a b "Charles L. Sommers Alumni Association, Inc. -
About". www.holry.org.
26. "Charles L. Sommers Alumni Association, Inc. -
Seasonal Staff Scholarships". www.holry.org.
27. ^ a b "Charles L. Sommers Alumni Association, Inc. -
Join Us". www.holry.org.
28. "Renew or Join the PSA". February 2, 2008.
29. "Sea Base Alumni and Friends Association (SBAFA)".
Sea Base Alumni & Friends Association.
30. "Membership Info".

External links
BSA high adventure bases official website
James W. Loewen book, Up a Creek, With a Paddle; the
first third treats Region 7 Canoe Base

show

v
t
e

Boy Scouts of America

show

Organization
Boy Scouts of America
Cub Scouting
Scouts BSA
Varsity Scouting
Venturing
Sea Scouting
Order of the Arrow
National Eagle Scout Association
Learning for Life
Exploring
Explorer Search and Rescue
Fire Service Exploring
Law Enforcement Exploring

show

Advancement and recognition

Advancement and recognition

Boy Scouting and Varsity Scouting awards

Ranks (Eagle Scout

First Class Scout)
Merit badge
Order of the Arrow honors and awards

Venturing and Sea Scouting awards

Quartermaster Award
Ranger Award
Summit Award

Distinguished service awards

Outstanding Eagle Scout Award

Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
Silver Beaver Award
Silver Antelope Award
Silver Buffalo Award
Silver World Award

Other awards

50-Miler Award
Historic Trails Award
International Activity Patch
Religious emblems programs
Spirit of the Eagle Award
Square knot insignia
William T. Hornaday Awards
World Conservation Award
Young American Award

show

Leadership training and awards

Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops
Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews
National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience
National Youth Leadership Training
National Youth Leadership Training Leadership Academy
Kodiak
Powder Horn
Scouter's Key Award
Scouter's Training Award
Seabadge
Wood Badge
Philmont Leadership Challenge
Youth Protection program

show

People
Chief Scout Executive
National president
Recipients of the Distinguished Service Award
Eagle Scouts
Recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award
Daniel Carter Beard
William D. Boyce
Carroll A. Edson
E. Urner Goodman
William Hillcourt
Ernest Thompson Seton
Unknown Scout
James E. West

show

Events
Camporee
Klondike derby
Order of the Arrow national events
National Scout jamboree
Operation On-Target
Pinewood derby
COPE
Raingutter regatta
Space derby
Strengthen the Arm of Liberty

show

Other
Boy Scout Handbook
Boy Scout Memorial
Boys' Life
Scouting
Alpha Phi Omega
Epsilon Tau Pi
History of merit badges
History
Norman Rockwell calendar illustrations
Scouting in popular culture
The Ideal Scout
Trail's End popcorn
Tribe of Mic-O-Say
Uniform and insignia

show

Issues
Membership controversies
Sex abuse
Barnes-Wallace v. Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
Cradle of Liberty Council v. City of Philadelphia
Curran v. Mount Diablo Council of the Boy Scouts of
America
Evans v. Berkeley
Randall v. Orange County Council
Scouting for All
Support Our Scouts Act
Welsh v. Boy Scouts of America
Winkler v. Rumsfeld
Wrenn v. Boy Scouts of America
Yeaw v. Boy Scouts of America

show

Regions and councils

Central Region
Southern Region
Western Region
Northeast Region

Abraham Lincoln Council

Alabama-Florida Council
Alameda Council
Alamo Area Council
Allegheny Highlands Council
Allohak Council
Aloha Council
Andrew Jackson Council
Anthony Wayne Area Council
Arbuckle Area Council
Atlanta Area Council
Baden-Powell Council
Baltimore Area Council
Bay Area Council
Bay-Lakes Council
Black Hills Area Council
Black Swamp Area Council
Black Warrior Council
Blackhawk Area Council
Blue Grass Council
Blue Mountain Council
Blue Ridge Council
Boston Minuteman Council
Buckeye Council
Buckskin Council
Bucktail Council
Buffalo Trace Council
Buffalo Trail Council
Caddo Area Council
Calcasieu Area Council
California Inland Empire Council
Cape Cod and the Islands Council
Cape Fear Council
Capitol Area Council
Cascade Pacific Council
Catalina Council
Central Florida Council
Central Georgia Council
Central Minnesota Council
Central North Carolina Council
Central Wyoming Council
Chattahoochee Council
Cherokee Area Council (Oklahoma)
Cherokee Area Council (Tennessee)
Chester County Council
Chickasaw Council
Chief Cornplanter Council
Chief Seattle Council
Chippewa Valley Council
Choctaw Area Council
Cimarron Council
Circle Ten Council
Coastal Carolina Council
Colonial Virginia Council
Columbia-Montour Council
Connecticut Rivers Council
Connecticut Yankee Council
Conquistador Council
Cornhusker Council
Coronado Area Council
Cradle of Liberty Council
Crater Lake Council
Crossroads of America Council
Dan Beard Council
Daniel Boone Council
Daniel Webster Council
De Soto Area Council
Del-Mar-Va Council
Denver Area Council
East Carolina Council
East Texas Area Council
Erie Shores Council
Evangeline Area Council
Far East Council
Five Rivers Council
Flint River Council
French Creek Council
Gamehaven Council
Garden State Council
Gateway Area Council
Coastal Georgia Council
Georgia-Carolina Council
Glacier's Edge Council
Golden Empire Council
Golden Spread Council
Grand Canyon Council
Grand Columbia Council
Grand Teton Council
Great Alaska Council
Great Rivers Council
Great Salt Lake Council
Great Smoky Mountain Council
Great Southwest Council
Great Trail Council
Greater Alabama Council
Greater Cleveland Council
Greater Los Angeles Area Council
Greater New York Councils
Greater Niagara Frontier Council
Greater St. Louis Area Council
Greater Tampa Bay Area Council
Greater Western Reserve Council
Greater Yosemite Council
Green Mountain Council
Greenwich Council
Gulf Coast Council
Gulf Stream Council
Hawk Mountain Council
Hawkeye Area Council
Heart of America Council
Heart of New England Council
Heart of Ohio Council
Heart of Virginia Council
Hoosier Trails Council
Housatonic Council
Hudson Valley Council
Illowa Council
Indian Nations Council
Indian Waters Council
Inland Northwest Council
Iroquois Trail Council
Istrouma Area Council
Jayhawk Area Council
Jersey Shore Council
Juniata Valley Council
Katahdin Area Council
La Salle Council
Las Vegas Area Council
Last Frontier Council
Laurel Highlands Council
Lewis & Clark Council
Lincoln Heritage Council
Lincoln Trails Council
Long Beach Area Council
Longhorn Council
Longhouse Council
Longs Peak Council
Los Angeles Area Council
Los Padres Council
Louisiana Purchase Council
Marin Council
Mason-Dixon Council
Maui County Council
Mayflower Council
Mecklenburg County Council
Miami Valley Council
Michigan Crossroads Council
Great Lakes Field Service Council
President Gerald R. Ford Field Service Council
Southern Shores Field Service Council
Water & Woods Field Service Council
Mid-America Council
Mid-Iowa Council
Middle Tennessee Council
Midnight Sun Council
Minsi Trails Council
Mississippi Valley Council
Mobile Area Council
Monmouth Council
Montana Council
Moraine Trails Council
Mount Baker Council
Mount Diablo Silverado Council
Mountaineer Area Council
Muskingum Valley Council
Narragansett Council
National Capital Area Council
NeTseO Trails Council
Nevada Area Council
New Birth of Freedom Council
North Florida Council
Northeast Georgia Council
Northeast Illinois Council
Northeast Iowa Council
Northeastern Pennsylvania Council
Northern Lights Council
Northern New Jersey Council
Northern Star Council
Northwest Georgia Council
Northwest Texas Council
Norwela Council
Occoneechee Council
Ohio River Valley Council
Old Hickory Council
Old North State Council
Orange County Council
Ore-Ida Council
Oregon Trail Council
Otschodela Council
Overland Trails Council
Ozark Trails Council
Pacific Harbors Council
Pacific Skyline Council
Palmetto Council
Pathway to Adventure Council
Patriots' Path Council
Pee Dee Area Council
Pennsylvania Dutch Council
Piedmont Council (California)
Piedmont Council (North Carolina)
Pikes Peak Council
Pine Burr Area Council
Pine Tree Council
Pony Express Council
Potawatomi Area Council
Prairielands Council
Puerto Rico Council
Pushmataha Area Council
Quapaw Area Council
Quivira Council
Rainbow Council
Redwood Empire Council
Revolutionary Trails Council
Rio Grande Council
Rip Van Winkle Council
Rocky Mountain Council
Sagamore Council
Sam Houston Area Council
Samoset Council
San Diego-Imperial Council
San Francisco Bay Area Council
San Gabriel Valley Council
Santa Fe Trail Council
Seneca Waterways Council
Sequoia Council
Sequoyah Council
Shenandoah Area Council
Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council
Simon Kenton Council
Sioux Council
Snake River Council
South Florida Council
South Georgia Council
South Plains Council
South Texas Council
Southeast Louisiana Council
Southern Sierra Council
Southwest Florida Council
Spirit of Adventure Council
Virginia Headwaters Council
Suffolk County Council
Susquehanna Council
Suwannee River Area Council
Tecumseh Council
Texas Southwest Council
Texas Trails Council
Theodore Roosevelt Council
Three Fires Council
Three Harbors Council
Three Rivers Council
Tidewater Council
Transatlantic Council
Trapper Trails Council
Tukabatchee Area Council
Tuscarora Council
Twin Rivers Council
Twin Valley Council
Utah National Parks Council
Ventura County Council
Verdugo Hills Council
Virginia Headwaters Council
Voyageurs Area Council
W. D. Boyce Council
Washington Crossing Council
West Tennessee Area Council
Westark Area Council
Westchester-Putnam Council
Western Colorado Council
Western Los Angeles County Council
Western Massachusetts Council
Westmoreland-Fayette Council
Winnebago Council
Yocona Area Council
Yucca Council
Direct Service

hide

Locations
High-adventure bases of the Boy Scouts of America
Northern Tier National High Adventure Bases
Florida National High Adventure Sea Base
Philmont Scout Ranch
The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve
National Scouting Museum
BSA National Headquarters in Irving, Texas