Find your next Scouts BSA adventure
Campouts, leadership training, merit badge days and council-wide events for Scouts ages 11–17. Every upcoming activity, with dates and registration, lives on one calendar.
Open the activities calendar New? Learn the lingoNew to Scouting?
Here’s how signing up for an event works.
- Browse the calendar. Look for events marked for Scouts BSA and check the date, location and cost.
- Talk with your troop. Your Scoutmaster can tell you which events the troop is attending and whether to sign up as a group.
- Register online. Click the event, fill in the form and pay. You’ll get a confirmation email with what to bring.
Already a Scout or leader?
Jump straight to what you’re looking for on the calendar.
See the full calendarWhat you’ll find on the calendar
A quick look at the kinds of activities the council offers throughout the year.
Camping & high adventure
Weekend campouts and outdoor challenges at council camps, including Camp Yawgoog.
Merit badge workshops
Earn badges in a single day with trained counselors.
Leadership training
Courses like NYLT that teach Scouts to lead their patrol and troop.
Winter events
Klondike Derby sled races and the Nor’easter Frost Point cold-weather camping award.
Order of the Arrow
Events for Scouting’s honor society of campers chosen by their fellow Scouts.
Eagle Recognition Dinner
A celebration honoring the council’s newest Eagle Scouts and their families.
Scouting words, explained
New families hear these a lot. Tap a word to see what it means.
Troop
Your local Scouts BSA group. Troops meet regularly and go to events together.
Patrol
A small team of Scouts inside a troop who camp, cook and compete together.
Scoutmaster
The adult leader of a troop and your best first contact for questions about events.
Merit badge
An award for learning a skill or subject, from first aid to robotics. There are more than 135 to choose from.
NYLT
National Youth Leader Training, a week-long course where Scouts practice leading a team.
Order of the Arrow (OA)
Scouting’s national honor society. Members are elected by the Scouts in their own troop.
Klondike Derby
A winter competition where patrols pull sleds between stations that test Scout skills.
Eagle Scout
The highest rank in Scouts BSA, earned through merit badges, leadership and a service project.