The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, often shortened to Summit Bechtel Reserve or The Summit, is a High Adventure base owned by Scouting America and located in Fayette and Raleigh countie
Overlook of the Summit site, cleared out before general construction in 2011.
Sunrise at Summit Betchel Reserve
Consol Energy Wing Tip Footbridge at The Summit, viewed from one of three observation points; two on opposite sides and one underneath the bridge.
The National Jamboree is a gathering, or jamboree, of thousands of members of Scouting America, usually held every four years and organized by the National Council of Scouting America. Referred to as
Summit Bechtel Reserve
…Camp, and John D. Tickle National Training and Leadership Center. The reserve is over 14,000 acres (22 sq mi) in size and is the current home of the National Scout Jamboree. The Summit is one of Scouting America's four high adventures bases, the others being Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, Northern Tier in Minnesota…
Opening of the first Jamboree, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., June 30, 1937
Comanche Trail Council Indian Camp at the National Scout Jamboree in Washington, D.C., July 1937. The counterclockwise swastika emblems used for decoration still hold ancient meanings of luck and well-being, and not to be confused with clockwise Nazis symbolism.
Scouts from all over the country and the world showed up for the 2005 jamboree.
Dutchess County Council (NY) troop at the 1977 National Scout Jamboree, held at Moraine State Park, Pennsylvania