New Pool, Showerhouse, and Lake
We have upgraded Camp Tahuaya’s facilities to enhance the summer camp and weekend programs. Tahuaya has a large new pool and pool showerhouse and 70 year old Lake Boyd Callan has been dredged.

Baden Powell Program
Camp Tahuaya’s premier program. Our goal is to give your First Year Campers a FUN week that will help you inspire them to stay in Scouting and return to camp next year! We challenge your first year campers to learn the skills they need to pass the requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class. The Baden Powell Program is a half–day program that is offered both in the morning and in the afternoon.

Merit Badges Offered
Archaeology, Archery, Art, Basketry, Bird Study, Camping, Canoeing, Cinematography, Citizenship in the World, Communications, Emergency Preparedness, Environmental Science, Fingerprinting, First Aid, Fish and Wildlife Management, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Forestry, Geology, Indian Lore, Insect Study, Leatherwork, Lifesaving, Mammal Study, Nature, Oceanography, Orienteering, Photography, Pioneering, Public Speaking, Reptile and Amphibian Study, Rifle Shooting, Rowing, Sculpture, Shotgun Shooting, Soil and Water Conservation, Space Exploration, Swimming, Theater, Weather, Wilderness Survival, Wood Carving.

Canoeing and Kayaking
We have 30 canoes, a dozen kayaks, numerous rowboats, and olympic-style rowing shells that you can take out on the lake, in one of the most beautiful settings you’ll find in any Texas camp. A great place to learn to paddle or row!

Campsite Lunches
Lunches are done in the campsites - a popular option! Scouts may also elect to cook some of their other meals in their campsite. Coordination with the Program Director is all that is required.

Camp Tahuaya Coup Stick
The Coup Stick is awarded daily to the Troop with the highest campsite inspection score. The unit is entitled to fly its unit flag on the central flagpole and to eat first. The winning Troop is expected to “improve” the Coup Stick each day. At the closing campfire on Friday the Coup Stick will be permanently awarded to the Troop with the highest total score for the week.

Special Events at Tahuaya
The BIG one is the Tahuaya dodgeball tournament! It’s VERY popular! There are also Camp Wide Games, Watermelon shootoff, Tahuaya Coup Stick award for best campsite inspections, Thursday night Parent’s Night Campfire, and others.

Playing in the shade under the big cottonswoods at the pool below Tahuaya falls is also very popular. The Goat Man Cave and the Old Shanklin Mill are also popular spots to check out.

High Adventure Programs
The Longhorn Council's unique Texas High Adventure Base programs are available to the older youth and adults of units camping at Camp Tahuaya, as well as Worth Ranch or Sid Richardson Scout Ranch. You can send crews of older youth and adults may do the unique and exciting Chisholm Trail Adventure on Lake Bridgeport at Sid Richardson. Individual youth and adults may spend a week learning wakeboarding at the Steele Island Aquatics Base. And you can also take patrols and units on our Brazos River Canoe Trip 50–miler, based at Worth Ranch. All high adventure programs require a separate reservation and deposit. Separate transportation arrangements should be made for high adventure contingents.

Camps and High Adventure 2008 booklet (1.4 MB)

Camp Tahuaya section (303 KB)

Camp Staff Application

Click here to request our Texas High Adventure Video by U.S. Mail: camping@longhorn.org

If you have high speed internet, you can download the video. It's a BIG 106 Megabyte file.
Download Texas High Adventure and SUmmer Camp Video -106 MB
(The CD has detailed info in addition to the video.)


For High Adventure, Troops can send crews of older boys to do living history and high adventure in the unique Chisholm Trail Adventure, wakebaording at Steele Island, and canoe camping on the Brazos River Canoe Trip 50 Miler.