Packing List (Tent Camping)

The following items are NOT allowed on overnight trips: alcohol, drugs, pets, fireworks, firearms, archery equipment, Nerf guns. Bikes and scooters should be left at home or kept stowed in your vehicle until after closing ceremony.

If your Scout has a personal electronic device, it should be turned off and/or stowed out of sight for the duration of the campout. We’re camping to enjoy the outdoors and each other’s company, not to watch movies or play video games.

Be Sure to Pack

  • Medications in their original container

  • Tent with poles, stakes, and ground cloth

  • Sleeping bag and/or blankets

  • Pillow

  • Sleep pad, cot, or air mattress

  • Flashlight and/or headlamp

  • Class A uniform

  • Class B T-shirt

  • Extra T-shirts

  • Shorts

  • Long pants (nights and mornings get cold!)

  • Jacket and/or heavy sweatshirt (nights and mornings get cold!)

  • Belt

  • Socks

  • Underwear

  • Pajamas

  • Closed-toed shoes (sneakers or hiking boots, not Crocs)

  • Rain gear (poncho or rain jacket)

  • Hat

  • Towel and washcloth

  • Soap, shampoo

  • Toothbrush, toothpaste, and other toiletries

  • Canteen or water bottle

  • Reusable cup for coffee or drinks

  • Sunscreen

  • Insect repellent

  • Folding camp chair (for meals and campfire)

  • Mobile phone and charger or extra battery

You Might Also Pack

  • Small LED lantern for inside tent (one with red or amber lights, instead of bright white lights, will draw fewer bugs)

  • Earplugs and sleep mask

  • Compass

  • Sunglasses

  • Fly and poles for sunshade

  • Folding table (group sites usually do not have tables)

  • Mallet for driving tent stakes

  • Camera

  • Scout handbook

  • Extra batteries

  • Ice chest and/or water jug

  • Small backpack or waist pack to carry daytime gear

  • Extra snacks and drinks (see the event details about pack provided food and drinks) — do not store food or sweets in tents because wild animals such as bears, racoons, and ants will invade your tent to get it, even if still sealed in the package

  • Wagon to haul gear/stuff etc. (at some campgrounds there is a bit of a walk from parking to the actual campsites)

  • Outdoor games, playing cards or small social games for free time

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Burke Lake Park

Pohick Bay
Camp Wilson