Latest Annoucements
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!
Register Now For Troop 55 Sept 2024 Dolly Sods Backpacking!
When: October 12-13 , 2024
Where: Dolly Sods Wilderness, Monongahela National Forest, WV
Time: Arrive at the St. Francis parking lot at 6:30 AM on Saturday morning, October 12
Return to Great Falls by late afternoon(~3pm) on Sunday, October 13
Dolly Sods and its’ environs are considered the premier backpacking locales east of the Mississippi River. They feature varied terrain and eco-zones more reminiscent of parts of Canada than the mid-Atlantic. The scouts will backpack and camp in patrols along Red Creek or along the many scenic meadows above the bogs of the wilderness. Click here to register and see all the details!
Sign up for September 2024 Outing – Billy Goat Hiking or C&O Canal Towpath Biking
When: August 31- September 2, 2024
Where:
Camping – Robert C McDonell Campground, 7701 Tuckerman Ln, Rockville, MD 20854
Hiking/Biking: Billy Goat Trail or C & O Canal – Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, 11710 Macarthur Blvd, Potomac, MD 20854
What: Camping & Cooking, Hiking at Billy Goat Trail section A or Biking at C & O Canal Towpath
Time: Arrive at the St. Francis parking lot at 6:30 PM on Saturday night, August 31st Finished at Great Falls Library around 8am on Monday September 2nd
To Sign up, and See all the details Click HERE
August 2024 Outing – Lower Yough Whitewater Rafting!
When: August 17-18, 2022
Where: Lower Yough River
Time: Arrive at St. Francis Parking at 1:00 PM on Saturday, August 17, Return to Great Falls Library late afternoon 5pm on Sunday, August 18.
The Lower Yough is Class III-IV and stretches 7.5 miles and contains over 30 rapids, all surrounded by the beauty of a spectacular wilderness canyon… Click here to Register and see all the Details!
