Camping Information

Camping during the school year Troop 215 will camp once each month during the school year. Campouts include:

• Council or District Events - usually focused on a particular merit badge or scout skill

• Catholic Diocese Scouting (Camporee usually in March every year)

• Wilderness Survival and Primitive Camping experiences

• Learning skills: cooking, hiking, Leave No Trace, camping, knots, etc.

• Adventures: Climbing, Backpacking, Canoeing, etc.

Campouts costs:

$15 CASH per campout for food due 2 weeks prior to each camping weekend $10-80 per campout for registration or special activities (due date varies by trip)

Summer camping:

Troop 215 has attended the weeklong summer camp at Camp Bowers nearly every year since its dedication in 1980. Recently Troop 215 has “branched out” and attended other merit badge-based camps: Camp Daniel Boone, Camp Ravenknob, Camp Powatan etc. Our older scouts have attended High Adventure weeks at Pamlico SeaBase, Ravenknob’s Rampage, New River Adventure and Florida SeaBase. Some scouts have joined district contingent groups to attend Philmont and the Summit. Since 1996, Troop 215 has made a periodic high adventure trip to the NC mountains to hike the Appalachian Trail, raft the Nantahala, Ocoee and Nolichucky rivers, horseback ride and visit the Cherokee Outdoor Drama (aka “The Appletree Adventure”). The last Appletree Adventure was in July 2016. Summer camp costs range from $150-$400 for the week of summer camp (excluding transportation and food along the way).