Get Ready for a Great Adventure to the
Blue Mountains
| Troop 591 is always
looking for new adventures and we think we’ve found it! Troop
591 has decided to hit the road in the summer of 2006, heading
to the Blue Ridge Scout Reservation, located southwest of
Roanoke, Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Reservation
covers over 16,000 acres of forest, mountains, and lakes –
making it the second largest Scout Camp in the country! Blue
Ridge offers dozens of merit badges, and five different
high adventure programs for scouts 13 and up. There is
backpacking, canoeing, swimming, riflery, back powder rifle, a
climbing tower, a ropes course, and whitewater rafting. Of
course, there will be lots of opportunity to explore and work on
rank advancement, improve your camping skills, and just have fun
with your friends! |
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Programs for All
Scouts
Blue Ridge offers an
incredible experience for all scouts, whether they have been to Boy
Scout summer camp before or not. Scouts will have the opportunity
to earn merit badges and rank advancement, sleep in a tent, and work
in a patrol. In addition, they will get a first-hand opportunity to
work on the points of the Scout Law and learn about leadership.
Programs for
Advanced Scouts
Scouts 13 and older may have
the option of participating in one of several High Adventure
programs, including the High Knoll Backpacking Adventure, Claytor
Lake Aquatics Base, Mountain Man Outpost, Fish Camp, and New River
Adventure Program, including whitewater, rappelling, and ropes
course.
More Information
to Come
We’ll provide updated
details about this great adventure at upcoming troop meetings.
History of the
Reservation
The Blue Ridge Scout
Reservation is located in rural Pulaski County, Virginia and
comprises over 16,000 acres. It is the largest council-owned
reservation in the country. In 1950, the Blue Ridge Council bought
600 acres of land from Radford College. The council wished to build
a new scout camp as the one they were using at the time was on land
rented from the government and was located outside of the council
area. On this newly purchased land, Camp Powhatan was constructed
in 1950. When an opportunity arose in 1957 to purchase additional
land, the Council, through a massive fund raising effort, did so at
a cost of $3.68 per acre. Since that time, the reservation has
expanded to include two scout camps Powhatan & Ottari, the High
Knoll Trail, The New River Adventure Program, Claytor Lake Aquatics
Base, Fish Camp, and Mountain Man Outpost (see links below).
Links to Camps & Programs Located
on the Blue Ridge Scout Reservation
Scout Camps
High Adventure Programs
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