Chisholm Trail Adventure

A Week of High Adventure and Watersports on a 12,000 Acre Lake!

You get a pontoon boat for a week and do a new high adventure outpost every day on our camp’s 15 miles of Lake Bridgeport shoreline. Choose from Vikings, US Cavalry, Texas Rangers, Covert Ops, ATV’s, drone racing, climbing, sporting clays, Comanche Village, Highland Games, and cowboy cooking. Cool off with watersports every afternoon: sailing, wakeboarding, tubing, Blobs, kayaking, SUP’s & more! OA members can also sign up individually for the OA High Adventure Trail Crew.

Chisholm Trail is a unique and unforgettable high adventure base, our flagship program. Your crew is certain to have an outstanding high adventure experience!  Troops and Crews from 44 states, England, Scotland, and Mexico have come to Chisholm Trail. Located 60 miles west of DFW airport.

May 16 Update: The Longhorn Council has made the difficult decision to NOT operate our summer RESIDENT camps and high adventure camps this summer at Camp Tahuaya, Worth Ranch, and Sid Richardson Scout Ranch.  This decision was made after a lengthy and difficult process of information gathering and discussion, with the main concern being for the safety of our Scouts, leaders and camp staff. Units may receive full credit for a future camp reservation, or transfer the fees to another camp or program, or request a full refund. Click here for the message from Scout Executive John Coyle regarding closure of 2020 summer resident camps.Click here for our COVID-19 Postponement, Cancellation, and Refund Policies.

We will continue to update as necessary our event, camp, and training calendars and our recommendations to units as we receive new guidance from our public health leaders. We will reopen unit camping reservations as soon as it is possible so that units to camping again and do their own programs. Some individual programs and equipment will be available for individual units camping on their own at Longhorn Council camps this summer.

Register Now for Chisholm Trail

  • Week 1  June 7-13
  • Week 2  June 14-20
  • Week 3  Jun 21-27
  • Week 4  June 28-July 4

OA-High Adventure Trail Crew 2020. – NEW! Arrowmen from any council can sign up for a week of cheerful service and High Adventure. Experienced OA staff will lead OA participants on 3 days of on trail conservation, construction, and maintenance, and 3 1/2 days on a doing high adventure outposts and water sports at Chisholm Trail. Check it out!
Sign up for the 2020 OA High Adventure Trail Crew:

Chisholm Trail Leader’s Guide

It’s world-class living history and high adventure!  Every evening you go to a different high adventure outpost, leaving the next day at noon to drive your pontoon boat to your next watersports base.  Watersports include wakeboarding & tubing, the Blobs, sailing, windsurfing, SUPs (stand-up paddleboards), and kayaking.  Click on the video at right for the LATEST HD video!

Our Chisholm Trail Programs:


U.S. Cavalry
Vikings		 A Drone banking into a turn on the race course at Chisholm Trail's Drone Racing Outpost.
Drone Racing
Chisholm Trail participants at the ATV Trail Ride Outpost. After completing their training course they do a 3-4 hour trail ride in our wilderness.
ATVs		 Chisholm Trail participants communicate with their search teams in the operations center at the Covert Ops Outpost.
Covert Ops		 It's 1840 and a crew at Chisholm Trail's Texas Ranger Outpost fires a volley in a battle reenactment with outlaws on the Texas Frontier.
Texas Rangers
A crew member shooting a round of Sporting Clays at Chisholm Trail.
Sporting Clays		 A Chisholm Trail participant takes a break climbing on the cliffs of Hermit's Cave. The camp has 5 miles of cliffs.
Climbing		 Two of our 24 Chisholm Trail pontoon boats head out on the main lake from the sailing Base - heading for their next outpost.
Boats & Info
Part of our fleet of sailboats out on the main lake at Chisholm Trail.
Sailing Base		 Launched from the Blob into the lake at the Chisholm Trail marina.
The Blobs		 A Scout wakeboarding at Chisholm Trail. Youth and adults can also spend a whole week learning wakeboard skills at our Steel Island Program.
Wakeboarding
2 Scouts tubing in the afternoon at Chisholm Trail.
Tubing

We are 71 miles from DFW airport.

2019 CAMP DISCOUNTS

Week 3 Special: Troops and Crews attending during Week 3 receive a $5 per person discount.
$10 CAMP + HIGH ADVENTURE SPECIAL: For each youth registered in the merit badge summer camp at Camp Tahuaya, Worth Ranch, or Sid Richardson Scout Ranch, the unit gets $10 off one youth or one adult attending a Longhorn Council High Adventure program (up to the number of youth and adults attending high adventure). Includes Troops and Crews from the same chartering organization.

2020 FEES – PER PERSON
In Council.
Reserve by January 1:       $410.00
Reserve by February 28:   $430.00
Reserve after Feb. 28:       $450.00

Out of Council
Reserve by January 1:       $420.00
Reserve by February 28:   $440.00
Reserve after Feb. 28:       $460.00.
Register Now for Chisholm Trail

  • Week 1  June 7-13
  • Week 2  June 14-20
  • Week 3  Jun 21-27
  • Week 4  June 28-July 4

Camp Staff interview UPDATE. In view of the current precautions being taken in regards to the coronavirus, we are cancelling in-person face-to-face Camp Staff interviews. To set up an appointment for a phone or online interview please email your request to the camp director.

Sign up for the 2020 OA High Adventure Trail Crew:  NEW!  Register online.

High Adventure & Summer Camp flyer.
Fees, Schedules, and Information.
High Adventure minimum age is 13 years old.
See our High Adventure Base:
High Adventure Open House every Friday.

Camp Staff Application
Camp Staff Interviews

NEW HD Texas High Adventure Base Video!Watch Now

general camp Resources

Maps