Pacific Skyline Council

Pacific Skyline Council (#031)
Owner Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters Foster City, California
Country United States
Founded 1932
President Pamela Swain
Council Commissioner Chris Morrison
Scout Executive Brian Curtis
Website
pacsky.org

One of the six Boy Scouts of America councils that serves the San Francisco Bay area, the Pacific Skyline Council was founded in 1940 as the Stanford Area Council (#031).[1] In 1994, the Stanford Area Council merged with the San Mateo County Council (#020) to form the current council which serves youth in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.[2]

Organization

  • Discovery District
  • Redwood District
  • Stanford District

Camps

A photo of the entrance to the Boulder Creek Scout Reservation in Boulder Creek, California
Boulder Creek Scout Reservation entrance
  • Cutter Scout Reservation (located in the Santa Cruz Mountains) is a Scout camp set in a redwood grove north of Big Basin Redwoods National Park. The camp contains many activities including a pool, a lake (Lake Gamlin), and an operational C.O.P.E. course. Many council weekend events are held at the reservation including Camporees, Order of the Arrow ordeals, and fellowships.[3]
  • Boulder Creek Scout Reservation is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Boulder Creek, California. The reservation is home to the council's National Youth Leadership Training program performed every summer.[4]
  • Camp Oljato is a camp for Boy Scouts located at Huntington Lake in Lakeshore, CA (Fresno County) that was founded in 1941 as a Jewish boys' singing camp. In 1942 the camp was converted to a Boy Scout camp. The camp's property ranges in elevation from 7,000 to just under 8,000 feet (2,400 m) above sea level. Camp Oljato is accessible only by pontoon boats; these boats run on a regular schedule during the Scout camping season running from mid-June to mid-August.[5]
The swimming area at Camp Oljato, about 1973.

Order of the Arrow

  • Ohlone Lodge #63[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation.
  2. ↑ Quick Facts about Pacific Skyline Council.
  3. ↑ Lodge Calendar Ohlone #63. Retrieved August 5, 2016
  4. ↑ Nation Youth Leadership Trainning Pacific Skyline Council. Retrieved August 5, 2016
  5. ↑ "Camp Oljato". Pacific Skyline Council. 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  6. ↑ http://ohlone63.org
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