Merit Badges

We offer more than 30 merit badges for your Scouts. Here's a tentative list for 2022:

Merit Badges

Archery
Astronomy
Automotive Maintenance
Basketry
Camping (Click here for outing planning forms -- useful for this merit badge)
Citizenship in the World
Climbing
Communications  
Cycling (Mountain Bike Option)
Electricity
Environmental Science
First Aid
Forestry
Geology
Indian Lore
Leatherwork
Lifesaving
Mammal Study
Metalwork (Blacksmithing option)
Mining in Society
Nature
Photography
Pioneering
Pottery
Rifle Shooting
Sculpture
Shotgun Shooting
Soil and Water Conservation
Space Exploration
Swimming
Theater
Welding
Wilderness Survival (Click here for information on making a survival kit)

Other Awards and Recognitions
BSA Lifeguard
Mile Swim BSA
Frontier Survivor
Tribe of Matilija
NRA Marksmanship Awards

NOTE: Many merit badges have prerequisites that should be done at home if the Scout wants to finish the badge at camp. Unit leaders should familiarize themselves with these prerequisites and encourage Scouts to complete them. Details will be provided in the Camp Leader's Guide