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 […]

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 […]

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. To Sign […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]