Camping Events

Camporee

Offered by councils and by districts, these events typically include a few troops up to a few hundred participants and generally are organized around a theme. Check the schedule of any district or council (not just your own) for a variety of locations and themes. An example:

• The Event: Treasure Valley 2012 - Billed as more of an extravaganza than a typical Mohegan Council camporee, this event plans to take over all of Treasure Valley and runs October 12-14, 2012.
• Winter Treks - Annual series of weekend events offered by Green Mountain Council at Mt. Norris Scout Reservation in Eden, Vermont, featuring a variety of indoor and outdoor activities.

Klondike Derby

Offered by nearly every district in the region (Troop 54 found 19 such events in our area in 2012), a Klondike Derby is a winter camporee featuring Scouts pushing sleds from one station to the next to participate in various activities. Check the schedule of any district or council (not just your own) for a variety of locations and themes. Most of these events are offered in January and February.

• The Event: Treasure Valley 2012 - Billed as more of an extravaganza than a typical Mohegan Council camporee, this event plans to take over all of Treasure Valley and runs October 12-14, 2012.
• Winter Treks - Annual series of weekend events offered by Green Mountain Council at Mt. Norris Scout Reservation in Eden, Vermont, featuring a variety of indoor and outdoor activities.

Jamboree

Offered by individual councils, groups of councils or by the National BSA, jamborees typically include thousands of participants. A couple of examples:

• MassJam - This is a multi-council event organized every four years at the Barnstable County Fairgrounds in Falmouth, MA (on Cape Cod).
• New Hampshire Jamboree - Daniel Webster Council organizes this event every four years, usually at a ski resort in New Hampshire.
• National Scout Jamboree - For this event, each council organizes one or more temporary troops comprised of its participants in the jamboree.

Scout-O

Orienteering is a sport in which you use a compass to find defined points in the woods and navigate from one such spot to another. Some orienteering events, including the Scout-O events at Hale Reservation and at Nobscot Scout Reservation, offer camping as an option.

• ScoutOrienteering.com - Find out about orienteering events for Scouts, with some focus on earning the Orienteering merit badge.
• New England Orienteering Club (NEOC) - This organization runs orienteering events. They set up the courses, print the custom course maps and track participant times. All you need to do is register in advance, show up and pay.

West Point Invitational

• Annual Scoutmasters' Council Invitational Camporee - The United States Military Academy at West Point hosts this event, with approximately 150 troops participating. You will need to enter an application early for a shot at this.

Page updated 2/13/12.