Scouting Around – Page 2 – Scout Life magazine

Scouts Launch High-Altitude Balloon and Capture Amazing Photos

See the incredible photos captured by Troop 544 when they launched a balloon 20 miles into the air.

Send Us Photos of Your Patrol or Den Flag

We want to see your amazing patrol, den, pack or troop flag creations and share them with the world.

Save the Bats! Scouts Protect Bug-Eaters and Their Habitat

Making caves safer for the bug-eating nocturnal mammals is important work – and lots of fun.

Starting Your Adventure With Cub Scouts

Welcome to the best adventure of your life.

7 Tips to Elevate Your Scouting Adventure

Where will your Scouting adventure lead? You decide, and we will help you get there.

Backpacking Along California’s Point Reyes National Seashore

A backpacking trip on the Northern California coast leads to spectacular sightseeing and adventure for Troop 606.

All About Scouting’s Positions of Responsibility

A requirement for the ranks of Star, Life and Eagle is to serve your troop in a position of responsibility.

Scouts Chase Adventure and Elusive Trout in Rocky Mountain National Park

Troop 208 made time for hiking, horseback riding, whitewater rafting, camping and, of course, fishing!

Five Easy Tips for Planning a Successful Scout Event

If you're a Scout tasked with planning a Scouting event, here are tips to make the event go as smoothly as possible.

Scouts Go Intergalactic for This Star Wars Camporee

To succeed at a camporee, you have to know your outdoor skills and be able to work as a team.

Scouts Take to the Water for the Great Lakes Sailing Adventure

When setting sail from Mackinaw City, Michigan, you go where the wind takes you.

‘It’s Our Duty to Help Others’

After a series of deadly storms, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers help rebuild.

Space Camp Takes Scouts to the Final Frontier

You're in for an out-of-this-world experience at Space Camp.

8 Incredible Scout Camps for the 2018 Summer Camp Season

A week at one of these eight incredible Scout camps is time well spent.

Learn More About Religions on an Interfaith Hike

On the Ten Commandments Hike, Scouts stopped at eight houses of worship to learn about religions in their community.

Two Great Days to Get Outdoors and Serve

Any day is a good day to be outside, but especially on National Trails Day and National Public Lands Day.

Experience Snorkeling, Fishing, Sailing and More at the Florida Sea Base

Check out this seven-day program conducted in the Florida Keys.

Scouts Rock the Slopes During Big Sky Ski Weekend

Experts and beginners enjoy big air, big speed and big fun at Montana skiing weekend.

Scouts Discover Pinewood Derby Car Hidden in Hurricane Debris

Troops from around the region chipped in to help clean up the mess from Hurricane Harvey.

Scouts Surprise Hurricane Victims Who Lost Their Toys

While adults worried about shelter and fresh water, many young children just wanted their toys back.

Recruit a Friend and Make Cub Scouting Even Better

You'll get to do cool stuff togther, and you'll earn an awesome patch.

‘Be Prepared’ is Good Advice in Any Language

"Be Prepared" is the motto of 40 million Scouts around the globe. Here's how to say it in 25 languages.

Scouts Paddle 50 Miles in Homemade Kayaks

Triple-digit temps are perfectly manageable on a hot kayaking trek down the cool Colorado.

Biking 100 Miles to Summer Camp

A 100-mile bike ride can leave you with sore muscles and fond memories.

Cub Scout Donates Hair To Cancer Victims

Ray Decker went years without a haircut, until it was long enough to donate to Wigs for Kids.

Paddling Away Through Yellowstone National Park

On a canoeing trek in Yellowstone National Park, Scouts leave civilization -- and their comfort zones -- behind.

Scouts Visit Studios for Moviemaking Merit Badge Day

At Warner Bros. Studios in California, Scouts learn making a movie isn't easy.

STEM Camps and Events Around the Nation

Discover science, technology, engineering and math -- and a lot of fun -- at one of these awesome events.

Earn the Exploration Merit Badge

Exploration, the BSA’s newest merit badge, is designed to celebrate your spirit of adventure.

The Emoji Scout Law

We asked you to vote for the emoji that best represents each point of the Scout Law. Here are the results.

8 Amazing Scout Summer Camps of 2017

Summer is glorious. Summer at one of these 8 awesome Scout camps? Even glorious-er.

Take a Scout History Tour of Washington, D.C.

Interactive tour of the nation's capitol visits important Scout history sites.

Northern Tier: Camping at Minus 25 Degrees

When it’s so cold your eyelashes freeze and the snot inside your nose turns to ice, there’s only one thing to do: Run. And keep running.

Survival of the Fittest: Wilderness Survival Training

The Scouts from Troop 2012 aren’t in a real emergency. They’ve gone camping in the East Texas wilderness.

141 Merit Badges!

Eagle Scout Brandon Lawrence, from Troop 605 in Henderson, North Carolina, just earned his 141st merit badge.

Venturing Farther And Faster Into The Wild On A Snowmobile

By Aaron Derr Photographs by Tim Matsui Just as there are different kinds of hiking, there are different kinds of snowmobiling. Some sledheads are in it for the steep climbs.

Scuba Diving With Gentle Giants

Get trained, suit up and go swimming with one of the Earth’s coolest creatures. By Aaron Derr The whale shark is one of the coolest animals in the world. It is the

Ice-Climbing Time! Test your limits by climbing straight up a wall of ice

Test your limits by climbing straight up a wall of ice.

A Pinewood Derby at the NASCAR Hall of Fame

The race cars at the NASCAR Hall of Fame are some of the fastest ever. The Pinewood Derby cars are not too shabby, either.

One Good Deed After Another

It started when Parker Schmidt was a Webelos Scout and it hasn't slowed down since.

Pedro Meets the Chief

Prepare yourselves as Pedro interviews BSA Chief Scout Executive Mike Surbaugh.

Eagle Scout Project Ideas

There are unlimited ways to serve. Here are some ideas to get you started.

Explore Your Future with Exploring

The Exploring program gives you a behind-the-scenes view of a career that could be right for you.

Learn the Ropes at Sea Scout Base Galveston

Sailing is tricky. But once you get the hang of it, there are few things cooler than cruising across the water, powered only by the wind blowing against your sails.

Sea Scout Base Galveston: An aquatics class for Cub Scouts

By Aaron Derr Photographs by W. Garth Dowling When you are a Boy Scout, you will get to do all kinds of amazing things on the water. Things like sailing, kayaking and

Fishing the Summit Lives Up to Hype

Whether you’re headed to jamboree next summer, or on any trip to the Summit Bechtel Reserve, you owe it to yourself to try a little fishing. And that’s not just a load of hype.

It’s All Hands on Deck For a Sea Scout Cruise to Alaska

On a Sea Scout long cruise, everybody has a job to do. At the top of the list: Get along.

How to Dig a Cathole in the Backcountry

How we go to the bathroom in the backcountry is important. Assuming there are no existing facilities, you have two choices: Use a cathole or pack it out.