ScoutCampsUsa.com
Title
Scout Camps USA - An Unofficial Guide
Description
As a Scouter for many years, my primary interest has always been in camping. As Troop camping chairman, it was my duty to explore all the opportunities available to our boys. Over the years, I collected information on Council and National camps throughout the U.S. and was amazed at the variety of properties, programs, and activities.
Hampering my search for information was the fact that there was no national guide to Council camps, and, with that in mind, I published the 2000 Edition of Scout Camps U.S.A., which mapped, described, listed, and cross-referenced every long-term BSA camp in the country and was based primarily on my earlier research, plus contact with Council staff whenever possible.
Reader response was tremendous, and our Second Edition, released in fall 2001, expanded on the first guide and included short-term camps, Cub-world type properties, and armed forces campsites open to Scout groups. Accepting advertising allowed us to include full-color maps and articles, as well. Once again, reader response told us we were absolutely on the right track. Among the many congralutory letters we received, one Scouter wrote:
