Longhorn Council is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America serves Scouts in a 23 county area of North Texas and Central Texas. Its headquarters is in Hurst (near Fort Worth), with an additional service center in Waco. See also Scouting in Texas.
History[]
Districts[]
Each District coordinates scout leader training. activities and other resources for community based scouting programs. This council is divided into 20 Districts:
- Aguila LC District, serving Soccer and Scouting[6] units in Fort Worth
- Brazos Valley LC District, serving Young, Hood, Jack, and Palo Pinto Counties, and most of Parker County (except for Azle and Azle ISD).
- Chisholm Trail LC District, serving Falls, Milam, and Robertson Counties, and most of Bell County (except Killeen ISD and Florence ISD)
- Comanche Trails LC District, serving Freestone, Limestone, and Leon Counties
- Cross Timbers LC District
- Frontier Trails LC District, serving Cooke County and Denton County
- Indian Nations LC District, serving McLennan County
- Lakeview LC District
- Leon Valley LC District - serving Coryell County and Killeen ISD and Florence ISD in Bell County
- Mustang LC District =
- Roadrunner LC District -
- Santa Fe LC District =
- Silver Star LC District =
- Tejas LC District =
- Three Rivers LC District - serving Bosque, Hamilton, and Hill Counties
- Tonkawa LC District -
- Topsanah LC District -
- Trailblazer LC District, serving Tarrant County
- Trinity Trails LC District
- Woodbine LC District
Council Camps[]
Longhorn Council Camps feature many resources for organizing exciting outdoor adventure group activities and are available for rental by scout groups, families and other youth groups. Some camps feature an organized week long campership program during summer months.
- Worth Ranch
- Sid Richardson Scout Ranch
- Camp Tahuaya
Council Special Events[]
- Council Scout Fair
- Wood Badge
- University of Scouting
Order of the Arrow[]
Order of the Arrow is the National Honor Society of Scouting and recognized those who uphold the scouting ideals of camping, service and citizenship.
- Netopalis Sipo Schipinahck Lodge is the OA Lodge for this council.
Eagles Nest[]
Noteworthy scouts and service projects of the council:
External Links[]
- longhorncouncil.org - Official Website of Longhorn Council