Longhorn Council
Home of the Texas High Adventure Base
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SUMMER MERIT BADGE ACADEMY & UNIT WEEKEND CAMPING
unit camping, equipment rentals, and also Merit Badge classes & 1-day high adv. programs at Summer Merit Badge Academy.
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High Adventure 2021 Info
Get a pontoon boat for a week and do our High Adventure and Watersports outposts on a 12,000 acre lake!
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June & July 2020 Unit Camping Opportunities
June & July 2020 LHC Unit Weekend Camping, Summer Merit Badge Academy Events flyers.
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Welcome to Longhorn!
The Longhorn Council is proud to be the home of the Texas High Adventure Base and 3 summer camps, offering many unique adventures for youth and adults. Troops and Crews from 44 states, England, Scotland, and Mexico have come to our flagship program: Chisholm Trail Adventure. Check it out! And be sure to look over the programs available through the new Longhorn Activity Center. – John Coyle, Scout Executive (read more)
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Pre-requisite for Weekend Camping, Summer Merit Badges, and High Adventure Days
Read the Full ArticleScore-O 2019 is here!
2019 scores are posted.
Over 30,000 Scouts and adults have competed!
Watch the “Adventures in Texas” video!
Building outdoor adventures! We ARE fun in the outdoors!
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Cub-O 2020: You are invited!
See the Cub-O article from Scouting Magazine!
The most poplar orienteering event in North America! 2,100 attended in 2019.
Texas High Adventure Base
Longhorn Council is home to Texas High Adventure Base, offering outstanding BSA High Adventure programs including the unique outposts and water sports of our flagship program: Chisholm Trail Adventure. Scouts from 44 states, England, Scotland, and Mexico have attended Chisholm Trail Adventure.
The Texas High Adventure Base also offers the Steele Island Wakeboarding program, the Brazos River Canoe Trip, and the Tahuaya Sea Kayak and Caving Adventure.
Chisholm Trail is a week of boating and high adventure on a 10,000 acre lake! Use a pontoon boat to travel to the high adventure outposts and water sports bases on our camp’s 15 miles of shoreline. High Adventure outposts include US Cavalry, Texas Rangers, Drone Racing, Cowboy Cooking, Vikings & Medieval Combat, Sporting Clays, Rock Climbing, and Covert Ops.
Our water sports include The Blobs, tubing and wakeboarding, and a Sailing Base with 30 sailboats and fleets of sailboard, kayaks, and stand-up paddleboards, . We do living history battle reenactments at our US Cavalry, Texas Ranger, and Viking outposts. Click here for High Adventure Base details.