Philmont Scout Ranch, The Boy Scouts of America’s premier high-adventure base, challenges Scouts and Venturers with more than 200 square miles of rugged New Mexico wilderness. Backpacking treks, horseback cavalcades, and training and service programs offer young people many ways to experience this legendary country. Adults have opportunities of their own at the Philmont Training Center. World-class courses and seminars cover all aspects of Scouting—all amid Philmont’s dramatic scenery.
Facilities and Activities
Since Philmont’s first camping season in 1939, more than 700,000 Scouts, Venturers, and their leaders have participated in the rugged challenge of its backpacking program. Base camp isn’t quite so rugged, offering the luxuries of a dining hall, showers, platform tents, and a trading post. A medical center is available, as are chapels for different religious faiths. The ranch and surrounding area offer many places to go and things to do. The Kit Carson and Philmont museums and the Seton Memorial Library are well worth visiting before or after your trek. Nearby towns such as Cimarron and Springer are windows to the region’s rich history.
Camping and Adventure
Philmont Scout Ranch provides an unforgettable adventure along its hundreds of miles of rugged, rocky trails. Program features combine the best of the old West (horseback riding, burro packing, gold panning, chuck wagon dinners, and interpretive history) with exciting challenges for today (rock climbing, burro racing, mountain biking, and rifle shooting) in an unbeatable recipe for fast-moving, outdoor fun. There’s a lot more to Philmont than backpacking. Other programs include horseback expeditions called Cavalcades; extended expeditions called Rayado Treks, a 20-day advanced backpacking trek; R.O.C.S., the 21-day Roving Outdoor Conservation School; Order of the Arrow Trail Crew, a 14-day trail-building and hiking program; and Ranch Hands, a 16-day program in which participants work with the Horse Department and experience a Cavalcade.
Contact
Philmont Training Center and Philmont Scout Ranch
Route 1, Box 35
Cimarron, NM 87714
Phone: 505-376-2281
Fax: 505-376-2629
trainingcenter@philmontscoutranch.org
camping@philmontscoutranch.org
www.philmontscoutranch.org
Courtesy of the Coosa Lodge Where To Go Camping Guide.
For more information on the Order of the Arrow Coosa Lodge visit www.Coosa50.org
