Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The Summit: Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve

BSA has announced the approved site for a new Eastern High Adventure Center in the New River Gorge area near Bechtel, West Virginia, to be named The Summit: Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve. The over 10,000 acre site will also serve, beginning in 2013, as the permanent home of the quadrennial National Boy Scout Jamborees.

Through the efforts of a Scouter active on the meritbadge.net web site, which complements the US Scouting Service Project sites, we've obtained and posted some images of the site.

An aerial photo (apparently derived from Google Earth) of the area, showing an outline of the site at http://usscouts.org/images/New-Jambo-Site-Photo.jpg

A topographic map (composite of USGS quads) of the area, also showing an outline of the site at http://usscouts.org/images/New-Jambo-Site-Topo.jpg

and a very preliminary site plan of the site, showing general plans for the various facilities which will be developed to support the high adventure center and Jamborees, at http://usscouts.org/images/New-Jambo-Site-Map.jpg

posted by Paul S Wolf at 7:51 PM - The permanent link for The Summit: Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve is:
http://usssp.blogspot.com/2009/11/summit-bechtel-family-national-scout.html


Scouts Using the Internet Cartoon - Courtesy of Richard Diesslin - Click to See More Cartoons
Blog © 2007-2008 - U.S. Scouting Service Project | Site Map | Disclaimer | Project Team | Web Stats | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | USSSP is Proud to be Hosted by Data393.com.

Materials found at U. S. Scouting Service Project, Inc. Websites may be reproduced and used locally by Scouting volunteers for training purposes consistent with the programs of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) [Links to BSA Sites], the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) or other Scouting and Guiding Organizations. No material found here may be used or reproduced for electronic redistribution or for commercial or other non-Scouting purposes without the express permission of the U. S. Scouting Service Project, Inc. (USSSP) or other copyright holders. USSSP is not affiliated with BSA or WOSM and does not speak on behalf of BSA or WOSM. Opinions expressed on these web pages are those of the web authors. You can support this website with in two ways: Visit Our Trading Post at www.ScoutingBooks.com or make a donation by clicking the button below.