Boy Scout Programs

• Geology Merit Badge
• Mammal Study Merit Badge
• Geocaching Program and Merit Badge Workshops
• Boy Scout Geology & Mammal Study Merit Badge Event & Camporee
• NEW Boy Scout Geology & Geocaching Program/Merit Badge Workshops Camporee
• Overnight Options

Geology Merit Badge

The Geology Merit Badge program is designed to meet all requirements of the badge. This badge program features hands-on Geology workshops conducted by registered Badge Counselors plus 'An Introduction to Speleology' pre-tour program, a special interpretive tour of the caverns, a light snack, a rock collection for all boys, PLUS an all new fossil collection for the scouts.

Featured Workshops Include:

• Rocks & Minerals
• Maps & Mineral Resources
• Earth History
• Fossils
• Careers in the Geosciences

Overnight Options

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Mammal Study Merit Badge

The nine hour program features four interactive workshops conducted by registered Badge Counselors plus 'An Introduction to Speleology', pre-tour program, a special flashlight interpretive tour of the caverns, and a bat house for each troop.

Featured Workshops Include:

• Intro. to Mammals & Classification
• Bat Anatomy
• What Bats Eat
• Building Bat Houses

Overnight Options

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Geocaching Program/Merit Badge Workshops

NEW BSA Geocaching Merit Badge premiers second quarter 2010 and Lincoln Caverns is ready with their new nine hour program featuring four interactive workshops conducted by our experienced staff plus 'An Introduction to Speleology' pre-tour program, a special interpretive tour of the caverns, a light snack, and letterboxing materials for each boy.

Featured Workshops Include:

• Geocaching & CITO
• GPS Unit Basics
• Mapping
• Go Geocaching!

Overnight Options

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Boy Scout Geology & Mammal Study Merit Badge Event & Camporee OR

NEW Geology & Geocaching Program/Merit Badge Workshops Camporee

Plan now to join boys from Pennsylvania and surrounding states for our eighth tri-annual Boy Scout Camporees! By participating in pre-scheduled event dates no minimum numbers of participants or minimum fees are required for your troop to attend. Enjoy all the excitement and educational fun of just one or both merit badges offered to scouts on these special camporee weekends, as well as meeting Boy Scouts from other states and camping together for this special weekend.  One Day/One Night options are also available.

• Friday-Sunday, September 24 - 26, 2010:  Geocaching & Mammal Study Merit Badge Camporee
• Saturday/Sunday, October 23-24, 2010:  Ghosts & Goblins Party w/ Geocaching Merit Badge
• Friday-Sunday, February 4-6, 2011:  Geology & Mammal Study Merit Badge Winter Camporee
• Friday-Sunday, June 10-12, 2011:  Geology & Geocaching Merit Badge Camporee

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Overnight Options

Bring your sleeping bags and spend the night in heated/air-conditioned comfort upstairs in our learning center. There is room to sleep up to 60 people. Restroom facilities are located in our Visitors' Center wing and refrigeration is available. Coffee maker and TV with VCR on site. Indoor lodging available for one night only: the night prior to or the night during your program.

OR

March thru November:

Enjoy primitive camping in our new group campground atop Warrior Ridge. Private, level sites in wooded areas adjoining a large field for group activities. At each group site porta-johns, fire rings, picnic tables, water for putting out fires, and trash barrels are provided. Drinking water must be carried from the Visitors Center. Firewood and ice is available for a small fee. Easy access from Route 22 via a gravel road. Stay as long as you like: primitive camping nights unlimited.

Overnight programs include special flashlight tours of the caverns!

A two-day option with lodging elsewhere is also available.

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