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Griswold Scout Reservation (GSR) is a 3,500-acre (14 km 2) reservation for Scouting located near Gilmanton Ironworks, New Hampshire, and operated by the New Hampshire Council of the Boy Scouts of America. It comprises two camps, Hidden Valley Scout Camp and Camp Bell, which both run an eight-week summer camping program.
Little Sioux Scout Reservation: Mid-America Council: Near Little Sioux, IA: Active: 1970–Present. Little Sioux Scout Ranch (LSSR) is approximately one hour north of Omaha, Nebraska in Iowa's Loess Hills and covers 1800 acres [61] Thomas Ashford Scout Reservation: Mid-America Council: Near Homer, NE: Closed: 1972–2013. Originally covered ...
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 272 local councils, with each council covering a geographic area that may vary from a single city ...
The McGregor Smith Scout Reservation is located in Inverness, Citrus County, Florida, US and managed as part of the Southwest Florida Water Management District. The 4,964-acre (20.09 km 2 ) area was purchased from the Boy Scouts in 2004 and is located at 12650 East Boy Scout Road in Inverness.
The South Florida Council also formerly owned and operated the old McGregor Smith Scout Reservation in Inverness, Florida. The vast 5,484-acre (2,219 ha) tract on the Withlacoochee River was purchased for $1 million in 1969 with the intention that it would be utilized as a Scout camp by Councils throughout Florida. The envisaged statewide usage ...
Aug. 11—More than 150 current Scouts gathered recently with a number of Scout leaders and veterans of Scouting in Southwest Missouri to mark twin milestones at the Frank Childress Scout Reservation.
The Council operates Treasure Valley Scout Reservation, founded in 1926 in Rutland, Massachusetts. Treasure Valley Scout Reservation serves as a summer camp for both Scouts BSA and Cub Scouts. Treasure Valley Scout Reservation consists of over 1600 acres of land expanding over the towns of Rutland, Spencer, Paxton, and Oakham, Massachusetts.
In 1949, the Timber Trails Council Board decided to find a larger site for local scouts to camp. Their current site Camp Merritt was only 17 acres and bordered on all sides by other area summer camps, with no room to expand. In 1950 the board purchased the original 80 acres of Gerber Scout Reservation that included most of Britton Lake.