Every Scout dreams of fun and adventure at summer camp. Since 1926 Camp Meriwether has been bringing these dreams to life. This facility is now part of a 780 acre Scout reservation.

The mighty Pacific Ocean provides the dramatic backdrop for this full service camp with 2 miles of private beach. The camp includes Lake Chamberlain, a fresh-water lake for swimming and boating, a trading post, a .22 rifle range, a shotgun range, an archery range, a black powder range, scoutcraft, handicraft and an ecology study center. For experienced campers, Meriwether offers high adventure hikes and a rock climbing program on our 35' tower.

There are 18 individual troop campsites, some with platform tents and some with adarondack cabins. Meal times in the dining hall is one of the most popular parts of camp! Meriwether also has a beautiful chapel with a view of the ocean.

Far more important to a Scout than these wonderful facilities are the outstanding young men and women of the Meriwether staff. The staff is the kind of older Scout that each camper will look up to and want to be like. They are trained at National Camp School to make every Scout feel special and give him a great camping experience.

Frontiersman Program This is a camp-wide program which includes requirements in each of the program areas of camp. If a Scout achieves all of the requirements by participating in all of the camp program areas, he is entitled to attend the camp Rendezvous with the Black Powder Staff on Thursday Night. He can earn a bear claw for his achieving the first level of the Frontiersman Program. If he is back at camp for his second year, he can work on the Trapper requirement and likewise, if he is a third year camper and demonstrates that he can pass the requirements needed for pioneer and trapper, he can work on the Mountain Man skills.

Shooting Sports Program If your Scouts just want to hang around they can earn the Archery, Rifle Shooting - both .22 and black powder option as well as Shotgun Shooting Merit Badges.

Oceanography Camp Meriwether is one of the only Boy Scout camps to offer oceanography. Come explore the Marine Gardens at the base of Cape Lookout during a tidepool hike to see the Pacific Ocean's natural beauty at its best.

Black Powder Range Learn how to load and shoot a black powder muzzle loading rifle like Lewis and Clark used during their expedition to the Pacific Northwest. Throw a tomahawk, make a candle, black smith and visit the trade tent in the reproduction of American history.

More than 2,700 Scouts and 700 leaders enjoy Camp Meriwether each summer.