Texas High Adventure Base and Longhorn Council Camps
Longhorn Council Camps and the Texas High Adventure Base have many unique and outstanding programs designed to provide youth and adults alike a memorable Scouting adventure. Troops and Crews from 43 states, England, Scotland, and Mexico have come to Chisholm Trail Adventure for their high adventure program. Request or download the Texas High Adventure Base Video. Download the 2011 Camps & High Adventure Guide (2.2 MB)
Worth Ranch, Sid Richardson Scout Ranch, and Camp Tahuaya host our BSA high adventure programs and offer traditional Scout camp programs for Boy Scouts.
September DISCOUNT: Reserve for 2011 by September 30th and get 2010 prices. Summer Camp: $5 off for youth and adults. High Adventure: $10 off for youth AND adults.
Scroll down or click the links for information on our summer camps and Texas High Advenure Base programs.
Download the short version of the Texas High Adventure Base video
Texas High Adventure Base Video - short version - 83 MB file
High Adventure and Summer Camp Staff Jobs: Camp Staff Application
Click here to View the Texas High Adventure Base Video: Short Version
Unique Programs for YOUR High Adventure Trip!
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Chisholm Trail is a backpacking program where you use pontoon boats instead of boots to move your pack and gear. A unique High Adventure - there are no programs like it. You get a pontoon boat for a week to travel to the high adventure outposts and watersports bases on our 16 miles of Lake Bridgeport shoreline!
Chisholm Trail Adventure IS Texas High Adventure - an unforgettable program experience for older youth and adults. We offer something for everyone.
Highlights for 2011: Viking Ship, Area 51, Fast Draw (Cowboy Action Shooting)
Watersports Bases: SAILING BASE (Sailing, Windsurfing, Kayaking); MARINA (Tubing, Wakeboarding); BLOBS (2 Blobs, Jousting, Water Polo).
High Adventure Outposts: Area 51, U.S. Cavalry, Texas Rangers, Covert Ops, Viking Ship, Fast Draw (Cowboy Action Shooting), Climbing, Comanche Village, Sporting Clays, Highland Games, COPE.
Texas High Adventure Base is 70 miles from DFW airport. It's a High Adventure your crew will remember for years!
High Adventure Critique: Review of Chisholm Trail Adventure by Paul Fairbank, author of Scout Camps USA.
Do your high adventure on the river, earn your 50 Miler award, and test your canoeing and camping skills paddling the scenic Brazos River.
A Worth Ranch High Adventure tradition!
High Adventure on the water! Learn wakeboarding at our High Adventure Base! Wakeboard each day from 6 a.m. to noon, and from supper to dark.
Join our expert wakeboard staff for advanced skills instruction and high adventure fun. An intensive training program to develop intermediate to advanced wakeboarding skills. One week in July. Advanced High Adventure on the water!
One of America's oldest and finest traditional Scouting programs - since 1929. You get traditional Boy Scout summer camp program at its best from our talented staff and outstanding facilities, including 2 modern pools and the new air-conditioned Duncan Dining Hall.
A Texas-size Boy Scout camp with Texas-sized high adventure programs, lots of history, and a new air-conditioned dining hall. 3,000 acres of scenic cliffs, open prairie, heavy forests, and 19 miles of rugged shoreline on Lake Bridgeport. The historic 1870's U.S. Cavalry outpost site is a centerpiece of our Chisholm Trail High Adventure - one of BSA's finest High Adventure Programs.
A small, beautiful, heavily-wooded camp with the largest natural spring in Texas. Everything at Tahuaya is within easy walking distance. The Shanklin mill, millrace ruins, and Old Military Road are historic landmarks. Tahuaya has a new pool and showerhouse, and the lake has been deepened to improve fish habitat.
The Texas High Adventure Base is an outstanding destination for Venturing summer programs! Venture Crews can choose from two week-long high adventure trek options and also the Road to Ranger camp to work on the Venturing Ranger Award requirements. Reserve by December 31 and get $10 off.
2011 Camps & High Adventure Guide (2.2 MB)
Request Texas High Adventure Base Info
Download the Texas High Adventure Base Video (83 MB)
(high res - presentation quality)