Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors, & Ambassadors

• Digging Through the Past Badge *Retiring*
• Wildlife or Going Batty Badge
• Hi Tech Hide & Seek Badge *Retiring*
  
• Badge Combinations
• Badge Events for Girl Scout Cadette, Seniors, & Ambassadors
  
• Overnight Options

Digging Through the Past Badge

The nine hour program features four hands-on Geology 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 a rock collection for each girl.

Featured Workshops Include:

• Rocks & Minerals
• Surface Geology & Mapping
• Soil & Groundwater
• Fossils & Geologic Time

Overnight Options

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Wildlife or Going Batty Badge

Girls can use this program to fulfill the requirements for either the Wildlife (GSUSA) Badge  or the Going Batty Badge (courtesy of Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois).  This nine hour program features 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 a bat house for each troop to hang in their community.

Featured Workshops Include:

• Intro. to Mammals and Bats of the World
• Mammal (Bats) Research
• What Bats Eat
• Building Bat Houses

Overnight Options

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Hi Tech Hide & Seek Badge

This new nine hour program features 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 girl.

Featured Workshops Include:

• Letterboxing
• What is Geocaching?
• Geocache Hunt
• Create Your Own Earthcache

Overnight Options

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Badge Combinations

Spend the weekend at Lincoln Caverns - Choose 2 Badges to complete during your stay.  Enjoy a Saturday evening flashlight tour of the two beautiful crystal caverns, Lincoln Caverns and Whisper Rocks. 

Overnight Options

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Badge Events for Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors, & Ambassadors

These Badge Events cater to small troops who do not have the opportunity to participate in a Council sponsored program at Lincoln Caverns or have date conflicts with their Council's dates, so they can participate in a badge program with no minimum fees required. Lincoln Caverns will offer opportunities for troops to register directly with Lincoln Caverns and participate in the badge programs offered during their visit.

Friday evening indoor lodging is available to participants of the Saturday program which runs from 8:45 AM - 3:30PM. A special evening Introduction to Speleology program will be presented to participants in either badge program, followed by a unique flashlight tour of Lincoln Caverns and Whisper Rocks (6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Saturday evening). The Sunday morning program begins at 8:45 AM and finishes at 3:45 PM. Indoor lodging on Saturday night will be available for participants in the Sunday programs.

• Saturday/Sunday, October 15 - 16, 2011 - Ghosts & Goblins Party w/Going Batty Badge
• Saturday/Sunday, October 29 - 30, 2011 - Ghosts & Goblins Party w/Hi Tech Hide & Seek Badge
• Friday-Sunday, November 18 - 20, 2011 - Last Chance Weekend! Digging through the Past & Hi Tech Hide & Seek Badges
• Friday - Sunday, February 24 - 26, 2012 - Digging Through the Past & Going Batty Badges
• Friday-Sunday, April 20 - 22, 2012 - Going Batty & Hi Tech Hide & Seek Badges

Pre-registration is required and will be accepted on a first-come/first-serve basis. Receive information packet by signing up in our Scout Leader Area  Registration/Deposit Payment is now available online by clicking on the event of your choice in our Events Calendar.

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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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