WOODRUFF SCOUT CAMP! Atlanta Area Council

About a 2 hour drive outside of Atlanta (Blairsville, GA), in the North Georgia Mountains, you will find the Woodruff Scout camp!

• EIGHT weeks of traditional Boy Scout Summer Camp in 2015.
• ONE week of Venturing Resident Camp.  
• 57+ merit badges in their traditional camp program; up to six merit badge sessions per day.  
• Dining hall and waterfront facilities available.  
• First year program is the Mountain Man program, 
• Older scouts can try out the Adventure Zone program as well as the Low and High COPE courses. Make sure to check out the Davis Inn Outpost!  
• 2015 LEADER GUIDE lays out the available camp opportunities!  
• SAMPLE SCHEDULE that will guide scouts while at Woodruff.
• CAMP PROMO VIDEO provides a glimpse of life at Woodruff.
• CAMP MAP provides a lay of the land.  
• DIRECTIONS TO CAMP lays out routes to camp.
• WoodruffSR Facebook Page 
• Side Trips - World of Coca-Cola Museum, Georgia Aquarium, Stone Mountain Park

Starting at $320 (includes Troop Whitewater Rafting or Troop Horsemanship Merit Badge).  Operated by the Atlanta Area Council.

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GOSHEN SCOUT RESERVATION - Goshen, VA; National Capital Area Council - THREE CAMPS IN ONE!

About 3 hours SW of Washington, DC (Goshen, VA), in the Allegheny Mountains, you will find the Goshen Scout Reservation!  


The Goshen Scout Reservation is home to not one, not two, but THREE resident Boy Scout camps (Camp Bowman, Camp Marriott and Camp Olmsted) and TWO resident Webelos camps (Camp Ross and Camp PMI) located around the 450 acre Lake Merriwether!  This is in addition to Lenhok'sin High Adventure area which offers themed treks of four or seven days (with seven different outpost to choose from) and claims to be the best High Adventure Trek program this side of Philmont!


There are variations of first year camper themed programs at all three camps.  Kayaking is available at all three camps.  All camps offer 40+ MBs.  COPE and climbing programs are also available at all three camps.  Food service can be patrol method cooking at your campsite or full food service dining hall style.  Older scouts can also participate in the X-Pride program, the Eagle's Eyrie program (high adventure and Eagle required MBs) or the new scout ATV Program!  Some of the trek themes offered are mountain biking, rock climbing, kayaking, civil war history and mountain man!  Get a glimpse of what is offered Goshen Promo Video and Lenhok'sin High Adventure Promo Video.  Leader's Guide provides further insight into the the doings at Goshen. 


In continuous operation since 1967, the Goshen Scout Reservation is truly a scouter's paradise.  Camp fees start at $295; further details in the Fee Schedule.  Operated by the National Capital Area Council.  

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