Things you may need...

On this page you will find Permission Slips, Driving Directions, Contacts, and other Scouting Links.

Later a site map will be added to the menu which will help you find obscure files such as the cold-weather advise page, the trip checklist and Troop Calendar.

Instructions

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Standard Forms

Scout Fund Reimbursement Form

Required to use money from the scout's account on outside purchases. Download

Driver's Auto Insurance

Required to be on file before driving Scouts to an event. Download

Driver's Roster

Simple form to track who's driving to and from and which scouts they are taking. Download

Generic Consent Form

BSA 19-673 Consent Form. Download

BSA Local Tour Permit

Required before any event not sponsered by the Westmoreland-Fayette Council. Should be mailed 2 weeks before event so that tour leader gets the response back from Council. Download
Send complete form to:

BSA Westmoreland-Fayette Council
2 Garden Center Drive
Greensburg, PA 15601

Phone: 724-837-1630
Fax: 724-832-8780
Email: bsainfo@wfbsa.org

Official Scouting Forms

You can find Medical Exam, Class 1, 2, and 3. They have just a form for just about anything you can think of on this site.

Example Forms in Word Doc's

These forms are saved in Microsoft Word so that you may customize for an event Table of Contents

Contacts

Bowling

♠ Lokay Lanes, (Bowling - Jim Lokay - 412-372-3046

Campgrounds

♣ Loyalhanna Lake, Check for $xx made out to "FAO, USA ED, Pittsburgh" with a note saying that we would like to reserve the Kiski Group Camping area needs to be sent to:

Loyalhanna Lake
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
440 Loyalhanna Dam Road
Saltsburg, PA 15681-9302

Phone: (724) 639-9013

♥ Fort Necessity National Battlefield, James Tomasek - 724-329-5811 or 724-329-5905

♦ Prince Gallitzen, Rich Cunningham 814-674-1000 (must call 1-888-pa-parks to make reservation.

♣ Bushy Run Battlefield, Obtain a "facilities use form" and return it along with a copy of insurance obtained from council. Notify PT Police (714-836-1119) so that they are aware of our cars being parked at the site.

Bushy Run Battlefield
Attn: David Miller
PO Box 468
Harrison City, PA 15636

Phone: (724)527-5584 ext 202

♦ B-Y Park, contact Nick Petrucci or Tom Baric, may need to attend bourough council meetin to get approval to use the park.

♥ Overly's Country Christmas Light Display, contact Trish at 724-423-1400.

♠ Greater Pittsburgh Council, Joe Bailey(?spelling) 412-471-2927, for Heritage Reservation Camping first obtain Camp Facility Rental Application to reserve a site (have used the Valley Forge site in the past).

Directions

Westmoreland Fayette Council has driving directions to all its camps on their site.

Level Green Community Building

(Site of Weekly Meetings) From Rt 130, Turn North on Murrysville road (at the Library ballfield), the Community building is about 0.2 of a mile on the right.

Level Green Church

(Staging site for road trips & Committee Meetings) From Rt 130, Turn onto Wayne Drive at the Pizza Shack, go 100 yards and turn right onto Olive Drive, church is on the right at 105 Olive Drive.

Camp Conestoga/Buck Run (WFC)

Direction from Council

Take PA Turnpike to Donagal, Exit 91 (old Exit 9),
Follow Rt. 31 East about 10 miles to Bakerville,
make right onto Jimtown Rd (Little Luthers is on left).
Go straigth on Jimtown it will become a dirt road, do not make the sharp left.

Camp Tenacharison (WFC)

Direction from Google Maps. Best route is from Council:

76 East, Turnpike Exit - 75 New Stanton
70 W 3 miles - Exit 54 Madison
100 yards - Left 100 yards -
Left towards Mendon - Walts Mill Road Cross Bridge
Straight on state route 150 2.6 miles -
left on route 31 East 100 ft -
Right, road is unmarked - Oden Road,
road curves several times, remain on main road for 3.7 miles
right on 981 100 ft -
left Boy Scout Road 1.2 miles
Tenacharison parking lot on left

Or the longer yet simple way:

Take PA Turnpike to New Stanton, Exit 75 (old Exit 8),
Follow Rt.119 south toward Connellsville to Mt. Pleasant exit.
West on Rt.31 toward Ruffs Dale, 0.2 mile,
left onto Valley Kitchen Rd. 0.5mi,
make a slight right onto 981 south.
Follow 981 for about 5 miles, go past Reagantown,
make left onto Boy Scout Camp Rd.

You can use the map below to get oriented, zoom, pan, turn off the satellite, etc. The little box at the bottom is Camp Tenacharison. Click on the word WikiMapia, shown in red to go full screen.

Trafford Sportsmen Club

From Rt 130, Turn on to First Street Extension (by Level Green Citco). The club is about 1.0 mile up this road on the left. Club phone 412/372.3820, Pistol Building phone 412/372.0280. Club meetings second Thursday of each month at 8:00.

Heritage Reservation (GPC)

From US Rt 40 in Uniontown, 11.5 miles south to Farmington,
then another 2.4 miles south make right onto SR2011,
2.6 miles southwest towards Lake Courage, Heritage is on the right.

Greater Pittsburgh Council's Camping.

Loyalhanna Lake

From Route 22 in Murrysville, East to New Alexandria.
At light in New Alexandria (Corner Restaurant on the right),
make a left onto Route 981 North (see signs to Loyalhanna Lake - 8 miles).
Follow 981 to Bush Road on left, (There looks to be two entrances to Bush Road, the second one, further up Route 981 may be closer to the group camping area.).
The scouts will be staying at the Kiski Group Camping Area which is located on the east side of the lake, just off of Bush Road, and about ?? mile south of the intersection of Bush Road & Route 981.

Some phone numbers in case of emergency:

Resource Managers' Office: 724-639-9013
Lake & Recreation Info: 724-639-3785

Yough River Trail, Buena Vista Access Site

Follow Rt. 48 from Monroeville to McKeesport.
Turn Left onto Walnut Street /Route 48 South/Orange Belt.
Cross the Yough River at the Boston Bridge.
At Stop Light at End of Bridge, Bear Left onto Renzie Road, Go up the Steep Hill
At top of hill, bear Right onto Greenock - Buena Vista Road.
Follow Greenock -Buena Vista Road down into the valley for ~ 1.5 miles.
In Buena Vista, Turn Left onto Styche Street (Just After Tressler Auto Service).
Turn Right at Wood Street. Follow Wood Street 1 Block, Across Bike Trail, to Parking Area.

BSA Camps in Pennsylvania

Beware, some of these links are 404. Index. Westmoreland-Fayette also has a page.

Valley Forge

Turnpike east to Valley Forge exit, their details were scant, but it looks as though you get in the park, past the vistor center, past the church on the right, eventually coming to a right on to Audibon. More direct coming from the otherside getting onto Audibon via Trooper.