Lists of where Scouts have been (from September 2014 to August 2015)
Resources:
- BSA’s Age-Appropriate Activities
- OC BSA – Where to Go Camping – Order of the Arrow (PDF
) - Places where Scouts from OCBSA are Camping (List from OC Tour Permits 2014-2015)
- HAT – High Adventure Activities (Cub Scouts) – (PDF)
- HAT – High Adventure Activities (Boy Scouts / Venturing) – (PDF)
- Saddleback District (OCBSA) Outdoor List
Reserve a Campsite on http://www.reserveamerica.com/
County Parks (Southern CA)
– Orange County
– Riverside
– San Bernardino
– San Diego
– Los Angeles
– Ventura
– Imperial
– Kern
– Santa Barbara
State Parks
– California
– Nevada
– Arizona
– Utah
Here is a great list for camping site locations. We will be adding new sites as other units provide the names and links. Check back with us for recent updates at least once a month. Guides and documentation provided by Ren Higgins.
- Orange County Council Camping Information & Quick Reference Guide (missing pdf)
- Anza Borrego Camping Guide (missing pdf)
- Cub and Boy Scout Camping Guide (missing pdf)
Other Camping:
- San Mateo State Park
- San Clemente State Park
- Palomar Mountain State Park
- Cuyamaca Rancho State Park – (San Diego County)
- Caspers Wilderness Park
- O’Neil Regional Park
- Joshua Tree (great for rock climbing)
- Kelso Dunes (great for sand sledding / sand boarding)
- Death Valley (great for rockets)
- San Onofre State Park – Group Campsites
- Doheny State Park
- Big Bear Campgrounds – Serrano, Hanna Flats, Pine Knot
- Blue Jay Campground
- Snow Valley
- El Dorado Park (East / West)
Backpacking & High Adventure:
- San Mateo Canyon Loop
- Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
- Anza Borrego
- Mt San Gorgonio
- San Jacinto State Park
- San Jacinto Wilderness
- Cucamonga Wilderness (Mt Baldy Area)
- Silver Moccasin Trail (53 mile trail from Chantry Flats to Vincent Gap)
- High Sierra Trail – Sequoia
- Twin Lakes Trail – Sequoia
- Jenny & Weaver Lakes Loop – Sequoia
- Hilton Lakes – Eastern Sierras
- Rea Lakes Loop – Kings Canyon
- Devils Postpile/Minarets
- John Muir Trail – segments
- Mount Whitney Trail
- Pear Lake Trail – Sequoia
- Cottonwood lakes trails
- Dinky Lakes Loop Trail
- Ostender Lake – Yosemite
- Hetch Hetchy – Yosemite
- Toulemne Meadows – Yosemite
- Pacific Crest Trail – segments
- Golden Trout Wilderness trails
- Onion Valley to Whitney Portal (Monarch Trail)
- Golden Trout Trail (Horseshoe Meadows to Quaking Aspen)
- Mineral King area – Sequoia
- Sequoia Trail – Camp Wolverton to Camp Whitsett
- Camp Whitsett to Whitney – Kern Canyon
- Havasupi Trail – Arizona
- Grand Canyon – (Rim to Rim) Arizona or Rim to Rim to Rim (Roundtrip)
Other Boy Scout Owned Facilities:
- Long Beach Sea Base
- Orange County Newport Sea Base (BSA)
- Orange County Newport Sea Base – Rowing Club
- Outdoor Education Center (OC – BSA)
- OSO Lake (OCBSA)
- Firestone Scout Reservation
Scout Camps / Scout Summer Camp / National BSA Adventure Bases (See List)
Places to See / Camp
- Calico Ghost Town
- Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
- USS Iowa Battleship (day or overnight)
- USS Midway Aircraft Carrier (day or overnight)