Organized camping is a creative, educational experience in cooperative group living in the outdoors. It uses the natural surrounding to contribute to physical, mental, spiritual, and social growth.
Crossroads of America Council offers a variety of year-round camping opportunities for Scouts from day camps and week-long resident camp to leadership-based training camp and camp staff. For more information on the council camping operations, contact Tucker Laprade, Director of Program & Camping, by email or by phone at (317) 813-7084.
Venturing Camping
Crossroads of America Council is proud to provide a unique experience for Venturing crews. Venturing summer camp is a week-long summer camp experience at Ransburg Scout Reservation specifically designed for Venturing crews.
Venturing Camp
Crews will develop a schedule of activities and programs that could included any of the following:
- Mountain biking
- Hand gun shooting
- Rifle shooting
- Black powder shooting
- Skeet shooting
- Archery
- Sailing
- COPE
- Backpack trip
- Day-long or overnight canoe trip
- Board sailing
- Cave exploring
- Water skiing
- Horseback riding / Equestrian
- Land navigation / GPS
- Rock climbing
- Kayaking
- Leave No Trace
- Fishing
- Wave board
Camp Scholarships
Finances should never be a reason for a Scout not to attend camp. Crossroads of America Council offers a Campership program where recipients can be awarded up to 50% of the early summer camp fee in exchange for performing an age-appropriate service project.
For the 2019 Campership application click here. To record your service project for the campership click here.
