BSA National Capital Area Council - Bethesda, MD
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DudleyGrunt
N 39° 00.430 W 077° 05.880
18S E 318340 N 4319666
Quick Description: Serving scouts in the Suburban Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington, DC.
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 12/16/2008 12:40:02 PM
Waymark Code: WM5C77
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Long Description:The National Capital Area Council, BSA is currently one of the 300
plus local councils chartered by the National Council, Boy Scouts
of America. It is a class 200 council, (one of the largest) and is
geographically comprised of ten counties in Northern Virginia, six
counties in Maryland, and the District of Columbia.
The council includes 20 districts throughout the District of
Columbia, as well as, Montgomery, Prince Georges, Charles, Calvert,
and St. Mary's Counties in Maryland, and Loudoun, Arlington,
Fairfax, Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford, King George,
Culpepper, Spotsylvania, Caroline Counties, and Alexandria in
Virginia
Goshen is the National Capital Area Council's long-term resident
summer camp located on 4,000+ acres in the mountains of
southwestern Virginia. There are six separate camps on the shores
of 450-acre Lake Merriweather. The Boy Scouts use three of the
camps for troop camping, the Webelos Scouts use two of the camps
for their activities, and the High Adventure crews, hiking in the
back country, depart from the sixth camp.