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Born in 1965 near beautiful Cypress Gardens (now Legoland), Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation is located near national landmark Bok Tower at 1201 Boy Scout Road in Lake Wales, Florida. The 677-acre camp is known for pristine wilderness and three clear spring-fed, natural lakes.
The Heart of Ohio Council operated one reservation known as Firelands Scout Reservation, which is now run by the Lake Erie Council. It is located 5 miles west of Oberlin, in Wakeman, on 455 acres of land. The reservation holds two camps, Camp Avery Hand (the Cub Scout camp) and Camp Wyandot (the Scouts BSA camp).
Local councils of the Boy Scouts of America The Ideal Scout, a statue by R. Tait McKenzie in front of the Bruce S. Marks Scout Resource Center, the former headquarters of the Cradle of Liberty Council in Philadelphia Scouting portal The program of the Boy Scouts of America is administered through 248 local councils, with each council covering a geographic area that may vary from a single city ...
Camp Napowan was a 400-acre Scouts BSA camp located in Wild Rose, Wisconsin. It was founded in the year 1946, formerly a tree farm. It is located between Hills Lake and Lake Napowan, with pine forests and a large variety of other trees surrounding the rest of the camp from its days as a logging operation.
The original reservation comprised 400 acres (1.6 km 2) near Mendham, New Jersey and was in operation from 1932-1979. It was formally dedicated on October 18, 1933. The land was purchased for the BSA by Mrs. Jacob Schiff in memory of her son, Mortimer, who died while President of the BSA in 1931.
The Boy Scouts also sold an adjoining, 18-acre parcel that stretches from the camp to the lake and includes about 80 feet of beach. That parcel’s assessed value is $5.47 million, bringing the ...
Plans for The Summit began in 2007 when BSA leadership began looking for a permanent location for the National Scout Jamboree, which had been held at Fort Walker (at the time Fort A.P. Hill), Virginia since 1981 as well as seeking another high adventure base for the large number of Scouts who are wait-listed at the other three high adventure camps every year. [2]
Ingersoll Scout Reservation (ISR, or simply Ingersoll) is the primary resident camp of the W.D. Boyce Council of the Boy Scouts of America.Initially founded as Wilderness Camp in 1963, the camp was renamed in 1973 to posthumously honor William P. Ingersoll, a local philanthropist who helped in the camp's initial purchase.