BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
SCOUTING LINKS
District Home Page

The Official Boy Scouts of America web site:
          The Official Boy Scouts of America web site - The official facts, programs and policies of the Boy Scouts of America.

The Official Philmont Scout Ranch web  site:
          Philmont Scout Ranch - The official web site of Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico.

The Official Order of the Arrow web site:
          The Official Order of the Arrow web site

The Official Scouting Magazine web sites:
           Boy's Life
           Scouting Magazine

The Official Boy Scout Supply web site:
       Supply Division

Unofficial Scouting web sites:

  • US Scouting Service Project - This is the best overall Scouting web site on the Internet. If it has anything to do with Scouting, it's here, including advancement, awards, camping, camporees, ceremonies, clipart, Commissioner service, cooking, Cubs, Cub Scout Packs, Eagle stuff, flag, games, health, high adventure, history, international, knots, merit badges, OA, OA lodges, pinewood derby, Philmont, safety, Scoutmaster minutes, skits, songs, stories, software, Troops, Venturing, Venturing and Sea Scouting Award and much, much more. 
  • MacScouter - This web site has just about everything for Scouting.  It's a great web site and is almost as good as USSSP. Although it apparently started as a site for Scouts with MacIntosh computers, now it's for everyone. It's full of information and links. Some of the pages within the website are as follows: Cooking and Recipes, Skits for Scouts, Scouting Clipart, Songs for Scouts, Stories for Scouts, Games for Scouts, Ceremonies of all kinds for Scouts, Eagle Handbook and Court of Honor, and Merit Badge Counselor Orientation.
  • Scouter's Internet Compass -  Another great Scouting site with information about lots of stuff including:  Advancement BSA Awards, Merit Badges, Boy Scout & Cub Scout Ranks, Webelos, Eagle Scout, Girl Scouts; Calendar World Jamborees, Unit Meetings, Training Courses, Important Historical Dates; Campfires Program planning tips, activities; Discussion Lists Scouting email lists and discussion; Graphics and Clipart Logos, patches, pictures, newsletter help; Leaders Resource Adult Awards, Chartered Partners, Chaplain Helps, Internet Help, Patches, Safety, Software, Fundraising; Medical Issues Library; Meeting Activities Ceremonies, games, skits, songs, crafts, yells, stories, recognitions;  Scouting History; Scouting Organizations BSA; Girl Scouts; OA; WOSM; NESA, SOSSI, AISA, and others; Scout Skills Cooking, First Aid, Safety, Knots, Low-Impact Camping, Physical Fitness, Orienteering, Signaling; Service To America Service project ideas, reports, suggestions for individuals and units; Training Fundamentals, Adult Leadership, Youth Leadership, JLT, Ethics, Wood Badge, Roundtable; Where to Go Places to go camping, High Adventure, Historic, Hiking, Backpacking, Nature, Travel Resources, Permits & Forms; Youth Protection  BSA Program & Materials, Community & Worldwide Organizations, Online-Safety, Safe Search, Safe Chat, Web-Filtering Software; Outdoor Gear; Unit Fundraising; and more.
  • The Pine Tree Web - Lots of Scouting history, leadership info, and international stuff.  If you're looking for info on Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the World Scout Movement and Chief Scout of the World, this is your site. Also, lots of Jamboree info from the first National Jamboree which was held in Washington at the invitation of President Roosevelt to the 19th World Jamboree in Chile.
  • BSA.net - provides free web space to Boy Scout organizations and has links to many individual units.
  • Scoutorama - Scouting web site with links, Eagle projects, songs, cooking, skits, Scoutmaster's minutes, etc.
  • MeritBadge.com - Lots of merit badge information. A Scouting Spider Top 100 website.
  • Woodbadge.org - Woodbadge is a training course for Scouters. Learn more about it here.
  • National Eagle Scout Association - An association with membership dues for Eagle Scouts.
  • EagleScout.org - Help and information about eagle scout projects.
  • Learning for Life - programs to prepare youth for the complexities of today's society and to enhance their self-confidence,   motivation, and self-worth.
  • Global Scoutnet Organization (GSO) - service organization providing information and news to Scouters worldwide.
  • Scouting History and Traditions - Information or links to BSA Founders, Every badge and rank and the story behind it, Where Did The Lion Go, Webelos History, Webelos Colors, BSA Time Line, Kathie Cerveny's Women In Scouting, America's First Eagle Scout, The Left Handshake, The Boy Scout Movement During the War 1939-1945, Bugle Calls in .wav files, The Origin of Taps, The Flag of the United States of America, History of Girl Scouts, and others.  A collection of Scouting stuff from Randy Woo.
  • seascout.org - Sea Exploring, B.S.A. is the home of Sea Scouting in the United States.
  • Scouter Magazine - A Magazine for Scout Leaders. Website includes general links and a list of units on the web
  • Pinwood Derby Info. - All you need to know about running a pinewood derby.
  • Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum - In New Hampshire
  • The National Scouting Museum
  • World of Scouting Museum - Valley Forge, PA
  • Scouting Archives - Lots of historical information
  • The African Seeds of Scouting
  • History of Firecrafter
  • Caswell District - Great Scouting links from Caswell District of East Carolina Council.
  • Jim Speirs' Scouting Page  From Canada with lots of good stuff.
  • NetWoods Virtual Campsite - great resources for Scouters
  • Mt. Baker Council - Lots of forms: medical, Philmont, permits, calendars, OA, Cubs, lifesaving, merit badge, etc.
  • Forms from Old Baldy Council - And a few more formes for good measure
  • Get Knotted! Animated Knots for Scouts - 42nd Brighton (Saltdean) Scout Group, East Sussex, UK.  Really neat.
  • BSA National Camping School pages
  • Virtual Cub Leaders' Handbook (includes Cub Achievement Tracker Tool)
  • Service to America - A joint venture between the Boy Scouts of America and the National Park Service
  • Charles L. Sommers Wilderness Canoe Base - Hibbing, Minnesota Council (formerly called the Region X Canoe Trails)
  • Northern Tier - National High Adventure Program - From June to September, Northern Tier offers Scouts and Venturers wilderness canoeing, and beginning in December, a challenging cold-weather camping program called Okpik.

    • Scouting in Other Countries:

  • InterNETional Scouting Page - extensive listings of Scout resources and units around the world.
  • The Official Website of Scouts Canada
  • The Gaelic Wolf Scouting Pages
  • Scout Base UK
  • Scout Net Germany - in German but it has a link to English
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    Non-Scouting and Commercial Camping, Hiking and Cooking:

  • Adventure Gear
  • Adventure Sports
  • Adventurous Traveler Bookstore
  • American Alpine Institute
  • Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC)
  • Appalachian Trail
  • Backpacker Magazine's "Basecamp" - Weekend Wilderness Guide & Backcountry TV
  • Canoeing On The Nantahala - Cherokee, North Carolina
  • Campmor - Catalog
  • Chris Decker Web Designs
  • Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza
  • COPE - Challenging Outdoor Personal Encounter
  • Dutch Oven Society
  • Finding Your Way With Map and Compass - USGS
  • Girl Scouting Links - listing of Girl Scout & Girl Guide websites
  • Gowest: Backpacking, Hiking, Camping, Biking ...
  • GORP - Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
  • GORP - Hiking and Backpacking
  • How To Use A Compass - Kjetil Kjernsmos Illustrated Guide
  • Kamper's Kettle Dutch Oven Supply
  • Knots on the Web - The Knot Site.  Lots of links to lots and lots of knot web sites.
  • Leave No Trace - Outdoor Ethics
  • Lifesaving Resources Inc.
  • L.L.Bean's Park Search - Browse nearly 900 national parks & forests, state parks, & other US locales.
  • National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
  • National Weather Service
  • Orienteering and Rogaining Home Page
  • Outdoor Cooking - Dagan Software BBS
  • Outdoor Kitchen - recipies from Johnson Outdoors
  • Outward Bound, USA
  • Peak to Peak - Trail and Wilderness Links
  • REI - Camping supply store
  • Sierra Club
  • Triangle Greenways - NC Triangle trail maps
  • USA Orienteering Clubs
  • US Flag - Everything about the United States Flag including a link to printable flags - print flags to wrap around pencils
  • United States Geological Survey
  • Virtual Tourist II World Map
  • White Mountains Info Server - New Hampshire
  • Wilderness Furnishings 

    • Government, Local and Miscellaneous Sites: