Sign up now!  We need scouts to pay at least 50% so that we can start registering for Merit Badges.  We want everyone to get their first choices.

Initial payment of $50 due on Feb 15.  Second payment of $250 due on March 15.  Third payment of $300 due on April 27.

Adult Fee is $185

Dear Leaders, Thank you for choosing Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation as your unit’s summer camp experience in 2025! We are so excited to welcome you to this beautiful property if this is your first time and we are even more excited to welcome you back if you are returning this summer.  We are a 700-acre property dedicated to offering Scouts the chance to experience the beauty of the outdoors. We are proud to be involved with the Forest Stewardship Program through the state of Pennsylvania. Camping is the great outdoor adventure of Scouting. The most crucial element of camping is that each Scout should have the opportunity that the Scout Handbook promises. Our camp operates for 5 weeks during the summer, offering a variety of programs, merit badges, and so much more. In addition to our Summer Camp Program, the camp is the center for training adult and youth leaders within our program. The Reservation is open year-round for weekend unit camping and other activities. We are excited that you are with us for this summer season. If you want to visit us in the off-season, please visit our webpage to learn more: https://hmc-bsa.org/year-round-camping-at-hmsr/ .  In 2025 – we are offering over 40 merit badges and have added afternoon merit badge sessions for greater opportunity for scouts to earn the badges that they want! We have released this list and opened registration faster than ever before! Scouts that have paid 50% of their camp fee are able to register for merit badges.

Sign up now and prepare to go to the Capitol!

Join the troop to go to DC for a day of exploration and sight seeing. We will be staying at Greenbelt MD and take the Metro into the city.  We will explore sights such as the following: The White House,  St John's Church, Museum of American History, The National Portrait Gallery, The National Archives, The Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, and maybe The Lincoln Memorial.  We will end the day at Union Station and the Food Court.  After eating at the Food Court we will take the Metro back to camp.  This will be a long but exciting day filled with lifelong memories!

	Discover our Nations history and see the Capitol in action.  See the city on foot and explore the monuments that represent so much of our countries history.

Sign up now!  We are buying train passes in advance.

Are you ready for the next grand adventure!

The troop will be camping at Hawk Mountain and then performing a day hike heading south along the Appalachian Trail.  We will be hiking the stretch from Route 183 to route 501.  The total distance could be as much as 10 miles but we have a bail out option at 6 miles.  We will pass the Shikellamy overlook, the shower steps with a possible detour through a boulder field. Everyone should carry a day pack so they can build their endurance.  We will have an opportunity to prepare lunch on the trail and we will retire to the comfort of a cabin at night.

All trails map	AT Trail mile 1205.8 to 1196.7	View from Round head	Shower Steps

This week is a regular troop meeting.  See you Tuesday at 730

We had a great weekend!  Normally we would have a patrol leaders council meeting this week.  But due to a scheduling mix-up this week is a regular troop meeting.  See you Tuesday.