Scouting in Utah has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.
Image: Scouts Marsh guns and Camp Tracy
Image: Topaz, Utah. Members of the drum and bugle corp, formerly a boy scout troop at Los Angeles, pose fo . . . NARA 538693
Image: Girl Scouts visit the Senate Chamber in the Utah State Capitol Feb. 2011
Scouts at Camp Tracy
Utah National Parks Council
The Utah National Parks Council (UNPC) is a former local council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) that served youth in areas of Utah who live south of Salt Lake County and in some isolated areas of Nevada and Arizona. It was headquartered in Orem. As of December 31, 2013, UNPC was the largest of 272 local councils and is geographically within the Western Region of BSA. In 2011, the UNPC was recognized by the Utah Best of State Foundation as Utah's Best Humanitarian Organization. UNPC is a non-profit corporation governed by Scouting policies and a local community-based Executive Board. In April 2020, it combined with the former Great Salt Lake and Trapper Trails councils to create the new Crossroads of the West Council.
Former headquarters of the Utah National Parks Council in Orem, Utah, February 2017
Entrance to Camp Jeremiah Johnson in Hobble Creek Canyon, June 2016
