CAMPING ZONES

Three Things needed before a camp site is confirmed: 

1. Submit completed Camping Request Form

2. Paid Registration

3. Sign-up for an unit scouting display/activity.

For the Activity: Email Info@ScoutingTheZoo.org

Email: "Info@ScoutingTheZoo.org" with questions not answered in the FAQ

Note: that all units will be required to get an "All Clear" from a site commissioner before being able to exist the Zoo.

Request for Camping spaces in 2025 exceeded the usual amount, please submit your request early.

No general restrictions

• Cooking on stoves are off the ground with plywood underneath the area, so that no part of the ground is scorched.

• Weather permitting a firepit may be allowed. 

SOME RESTRICTIONS

• NO firepit or open flame allowed. 

• Some areas may be closed due to high sensitivy of the creatures in close proximity.

• Sites are assigned based on 

  1. 1. Choices submitted on the form "Zoo Campsite Request"

     2. Number of registered participants

     3. Unit Display / Activity Type

     4. Food / Cooking needs / Fire Needs

• Trailers will be allowed to transport gear in and out of the zoo on both Friday night and Sunday morning, but no trailers are allowed in the zoo between 9:00 p.m. Friday and 6:30 a.m. Sunday. 

• Camping follows the BSA Overnight 72-hour camping rules.

We will again ask all Scouts BSA, Venturing, and designated Cub Scout Packs to create a public-facing display that demonstrates a Scout skill or activity. The displays should engage the scouts and the public, and be hands-on if possible. Units are expected to encourage participation from the Scouts and Scouters attending, along with the general public but those units choosing to do cooking demonstrations are prohibited from giving out samples. 

There are 2 kinds registration: BSA Registration and Event Registration. 

BSA Registration. Effective Sept. 1, 2023, all adults staying overnight in connection with a Scouting activity must be BSA registered as an adult volunteer or an adult program participant. Cub Scout parents or legal guardians taking part in an overnight Cub Scout program with their own child or legal ward are not required to BSA register as leaders. This is called the Cub Scout overnight exception. 

A BSA unregistered parent or legal guardian must be accompanied by a BSA registered leader any time they are with youth members other than their own child or ward. Any other adult that wishes to camp at a BSA event — no matter the age of the youth at the event — must register as a member of the BSA. 

Event Registration. BSA Registered youth and adults and "Cub Scout overnight exception" parents who want to attend the private event are asked to register and pay for the event through the Council Website. A wristband is provided for all Event Registered attendees so they can take part in the private event.