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:
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 LakeU.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 BattlefieldAttn: 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)
- 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
- 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.
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.
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.
Scouting Links
Wagion Lodge 6
The Order of the Arrow is a special program within the Boy Scouts. Its principal purposes are to honor scouts and scouters who exemplify the scout oath and law, promote camping, and to build habits of helpfulness in young men.
BSA Home
National Boy Scouts of America website.
MeritBadge.com
Helpful reference of merit requirements.
Scouter's Library
Some clipart and links directory.
Animated Knots
So that's how you do it. No really, watching the animation is easier than typical know diagrams.
More Knots
Use Vivisimo clustering search engine to find more knots.
Camp Cooking
Scoutmaster Rule #47: "No Boy Scout ever starved to death on a weekend campout." Everything from Dutch Ovens to Foil Pack.