Henson Scout Reservation

Individual Camper Application

2005 Boy Scout Summer Camp Application

For full details check out the 2004 Boy Scout Summer Leader's Guide

Information for Parents is included in the Henson Summer Camper Parent & Scout Guide 2004

Scholarship Application - Due on or before May 15

Camp Map - Color version           Camp Map - Line Drawing

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Weekend Use Online Application
Online Watercraft Rental Application

Food Service Options - In order to best meet your needs, Henson Scout Reservation offers two food service options. Our most popular service is conventional family style Dining Hall. Delicious meals are prepared in our kitchen and served family style in our 400 seat dining hall.  We have a 7:30 am to 8:15 am Breakfast buffet that has proven very popular. Scouts sit and eat at their assigned tables. Troop Commissary is also available for units that would like to provide their own food and cook and eat it in their campsite. We provide all of the necessary cooking gear and propane stoves for each patrol! All units participate in a campwideng Chicken-Bar-B-Que on Sunday evening.

Campsites include wide wall canvas tents on full platforms with wooden outriggers. Each patrol site of tents also has a dining fly and picnic table, complete with patrol kitchen equipment for those units eating in their campsite. Each campsite also has a flagpole and assembly area, central latrine and water supply. All campsites are located within close proximity to all program areas and the dining hall. Shower facilities are also nearby in modern comfort stations with flush toilets. Henson Scout Reservation was designed using National Engineering standards in the 1960’s. This camp is as close as possible to the "perfect" camp design.

BMX Biking and Trail Biking on our BMX racing track and woods trails, will be available for all Boy Scout campers on a first come, first served sign-up basis in 45 minute blocks. This rough and tumble program provides hills, thrills, dips and more. All safety equipment and bicycles will be provided.

Brownsea Troop Training - The activities in this First Year Camper program operate on the same basis as the troop program does year round. New Scouts may work on Tenderfoot through First Class ranks simultaneously. Each morning’s or afternoon's activities center on skills development for these first three ranks. Some Scouts may have attained some of these skills before attending camp, and may work on those skills they need to improve. This program provides a great start for boys on the great advancement trek! A special Brownsea patch will be issued to all participants.

Aquatics Programs - A great variety of the highest quality water programs are available. A full range of swimming activities, including swimming instruction, Swimming and Lifesaving merit badges, the Mile Swim, BSA lifeguard, and Snorkeling BSA are provided in our pool. The pool may also be made available for individual unit activities as time provides. Henson Scout Reservation is bounded by two of the most productive tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay in the Nanticoke Watershed area, the Nanticoke River and the Marshyhope Creek. Boating activities include sailing, rowing, canoeing, water-skiing, motorboating. We also have a 24’ Pontoon boat for fishing expeditions and an inland bass pond for the true angler!

Other Exciting Features include a Handicraft Lodge with a full range of equipment and supplies for activities including the handicraft merit badges, a Nature Lodge with a highly trained staff, all the best equipment and over 1400 acres of outdoor laboratory, a Shooting Sports Program that includes instruction and practice in archery, rifle shooting, shotgun shooting and a new program this year muzzle loader shooting, a Scoutcraft area that boasts of the highest participation by new campers of any other area in the camp! Henson Scout Reservation is also proud to be able to offer completely accessible campsites and program facilities to meet the needs of all campers.