Re: Re; BSA Historis Trails
(no name) ((no email))
Sun, 26 May 1996 16:19:52 -0500
Someone asked:
> Doesn't national publish a complete list of the historic
> trails. Our troop recently did Gettysberg and had a
> wonderful time. They now want to do other trails.
They sure do. The BSA's Camping and Conservation
Service maintains something called "Campex". It was done
on a old UNISYS machine (for those computer wonks out
there!!) that lists BSA Council Camps, state and federal
camping sites, military facilities and Historic Trails which
were "found" by or "created by" Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts,
and Explorers.
I don't know if this was updated or not.
Whenever you participate in or create a Historic Trail, the
original copy of the form you complete in order to get the
patches is sent to the Camping and Conservation Service
for entry into Campex. That should tell you that Campex
is *REALLY NOT UP TO DATE* and reflects everything
out there, maintained or not.
You can send a request to Campex requesting a listing of
sites enroute to or from wherever you want to go. The form is
available inside any edition of the BSA's Tours and Expeditions
Booklet (BSA #3734). But let's cut to the chase...you don't
the booklet: just send your request to:
Camping and Conservation Service, S209
National Office, BSA
1325 West Walnut Hill Lane
Irving, Texas 75015-2079
(the program was renamed in 1977 to "Campways BSA",
but folks still know it as "Campex". Either name will work.)
If you want to see what kind of information they will provide you,
look on page 38 of the Tours and Expeditions Booklet.
I am hoping that somehow we will be able to come up with a BETTER
version of "Campex", something that can be easily accessed without
informing everyone and their uncle of our "possible plans".
Is there anyone working on this?
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