Latest Annoucements
Sign up for May 2025 Outing – Backpacking Mason Neck State Park
When: Saturday, May 24 to Sunday, May 25
When/Where: Meet at 7:30AM on Saturday May 24th at St. Francis Episcopal Church and return to Great Falls Library on Sunday May 25th about 2:00PM.
Scouts will enjoy backpacking along a three-mile moderate trail to a primitive group campsite along the Potomac River at Mason Neck State Park outside of Lorton, Virginia. We’ll camp one night and hike back the next morning.
Information and registration are found here on Scoutbook calendar.
Sign up for April 2025 Outing – Gettysburg Battleground Camp and Hike
When: , April 26 to April 27, 2025
When/Where: Meet at 6:30AM on Saturday April 26th at St. Francis Episcopal Church and return to Great Falls Library on Sunday April 27th about 2:00PM.
Scouts will enjoy camping at Camp Tuckahoe, a Scout Camp near the Pennsylvania/Maryland border and hiking the Gettysburg Heritage Trails and touring the battleground and museum.
Information and registration is found on Scoutbook here.
Sign up for March 2025 Outing – Assateague Island National Seashore!
When: March 29 – 31, 2025
Where: Assateague Island National Seashore Campground, Berline, Maryland
Time: Arrive at St. Francis at 6:30am on Saturday, March 29th; Return to Great Falls Library around noon on Monday, March 31st.
Scouts will enjoy camping at Site G-2 at Assateague Island National Seashore starting Saturday afternoon, and participating in fun beach sports and other activities.
Sign up for February 2025 Outing – Camping/Ice Skating
When: February 15-16, 2025
Where: Camp William B. Snyder, Reston Town Center Ice Skating Pavilion
Time: Arrive at St. Francis at 10:00am on Saturday, Feb 15th; Return to Great Falls Library around noon on Sunday, Feb 16th.
Scouts will enjoy camping at Camp Snyder in Haymarket, VA starting Saturday afternoon after ice skating at the Reston Town Center Ice Skating Pavilion.
To Sign up, Click HERE
Register Now For Jan. 2025 Ski Outing!
When: Jan 31-Feb 2, 2025
Where: Whitetail Mountain, Mercersburg, PA
Lodging: Joy El Camp & Retreats, Greencastle, PA
Time: Meet at the St. Francis parking lot at 6:30 PM Friday, Jan 31, returning around noon on Sunday, Feb. 2nd.
Scouts will enjoy skiing/snowboarding at Whitetail Mountain resort in Mercersburg, PA. on Saturday. The troop will spend Friday and Saturday night at Joy El Camp and Retreats in group cabins – about 25 min from Whitetail Resort. Click here to Register and see all the Details!
2024 Dec 13-14 Cooking Competition, Campout & Webelos Visit
When: December 13-14, 2024
Where: St. Francis Church in Great Falls, VA
Time: Arrive at the St. Francis at 8pm on Friday, December 15 after dinner at home or bring a bag dinner. Cooking competition and Webelos visits will take place on Saturday, December 14th. Click here to register and see all the details!
Register Now For Troop 55 Nov 2024 Harpers Ferry Hiking!
When: November 2-3, 2024
Camping: Rohrbach Group Campground, Sharpsburg, MD
Hiking: Harpers Ferry Maryland Heights Trail (Saturday), Antietam National Battlefield Park (Sunday)
Arrive: St. Francis parking lot 7:00 am on Saturday, November 2nd, 2023
Return: to St. Francis late-afternoon on Sunday, November 3rd
At the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers, on the ancestral home of the Tuscarora and Shawnee people, lies Harpers Ferry. Here you can explore John Brown’s Raid against slavery. Find your connection to the struggle for freedom, education, and civil rights at Storer College.
The Civil War battle at Antietam is known as the bloodiest day in American history. Over 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of fighting on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia’s first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Click here to register and see all the details!
