Regular Weekend Camping Packing List:

Scout Outdoor Essentials Checklist – Scout Life magazine

Label everything with your name and 313

Pack the following gear:

  • Sleeping bag
  • Blanket
  • Small pillow
  • Ground roll
  • Clip bottle
  • Flashlight or headlamp
  • Battery powered lantern if desired
  • Pocket knife and Totin’ Chip
  • Watch
  • Small first aid kit
  • Spending money
  • Caribiner clip
  • Handbook in Ziploc bag (with a pen)
  • Warm jacket
  • Warm gloves for sleeping
  • Rain gear
  • Sunglasses (optional)

Pack the following toiletries:

  • Toothbrush/Toothpaste
  • Deodorant
  • Personal size hand sanitizer
  • Sunscreen
  • Bug spray
  • Comb/brush
  • Camp towel
  • Plastic bag
  • Laundry bag (plastic bag for wet clothes)

Pack the following clothes:

  • 2 t-shirts
  • 1 pair of shorts
  • Extra pants (jeans ok)
  • Warm jacket or sweatshirt
  • Extra BSA socks
  • Extra regular socks
  • Underwear
  • Sleepwear (sweatshirt and sweatpants works)
  • Raingear
  • Ball cap
  • Knit hat to sleep in
  • Jacket or sweatshirt
  • Sneakers or other closed toe shoes (no flip flops or opened toe shoes)
  • Extra shoes

Supplements:

  • We will have sea salt, potassium, cell salts and electrolyte mix available for Scouts and adults.

Food:

  • Food of any kind, including gum or candy, is NOT allowed at any time in the tents.  It attracts ants, bears, raccoons, you name it!

Electronics:

  • Electronic games and electronic gadgets should not be brought or used at camp at any time.
  • Cell phones may be carried for emergency use only, but remember that phones are easily lost or destroyed at camp.
  • Each camper is responsible for the safety and care of his own items.  A tent is not a secure storage area.  T
  • he camp, the Troop and/or the leaders are not responsible for the security or preservation of items brought to camp by campers.
  • Wear a water-resistant watch so that a phone isn’t necessary for telling time.