About Specialty Weeks
Join us at Camp Snyder for the 4th year of our Scouts BSA Program! In 2023 Scouts earned over 700 Merit Badges during this amazing camp.
Camp Snyder has awesome facilities. Among those are our Woodshop, our STEM facility, swimming pool, archery and air rifle ranges, as well as the Scouterhorn climbing tower. We have created our Scouts BSA Specialty program with all the activities Scouts expect from a summer camp. Want to earn your Woodworking Merit Badge? Want to learn about Drones or spend some time in our STEM lab. Do you need to learn basic Scouting skills to advance in rank, like how to start a fire, prepare an outdoor meal or safely use a knife and axe. Come out and spend a week of your summer with us.
Have newly bridged scouts looking for rank advancement skills training and knowledge instruction for obtaining Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class ranks try our Green Bar Bill Program. It’s Perfect for new Scouts! NOTE: Green Bar Bill will be offered on Week 1 in 2024.
Combine your interest in merit badges with camping, dining, swimming, boating, and many other summer camp favorites.
There are two attendance options: 1) Stay at Camp Snyder from Sunday – Saturday, complete your merit badges & enjoy a series of fun evening activities or 2) choose to attend from 9-5 Monday-Friday as a day-only participant for the merit badges class and rank advancement sessions.
Individual Scouts BSA (ages 11 – 17)
Sunday afternoon – Saturday morning
Merit Badge Program
Merit Badge class Registration will open April 17, 2024.
We plan to offer a wide range of Outdoor Merit Badges and Specialty Merit Badges. Classes sizes will be small.
The Merit Badge Catalog will be available in March of 2024
A sampling of our previous offerings are listed below. Eagle-required badges are in bold.
Eagle Required
Cit. in the Community
Citizenship in the Nation
Citizenship in the World
Communication
Emergency Preparedness
First Aid
Aquatics
Canoeing
Lifesaving
Rowing
Swimming
The Range
Archery
Rifle Shooting
Nature
Animal Science
Mammal Study
Nature
Environmental Science
Fishing
Forestry
Geology
Plant Science
Soil & Water Conservation
STEM
Aviation
Nuclear Science
Photography
Robotics
Search & Rescue
Space Exploration
Weather
Michael’s Woodshop
Woodworking
Scout Skills
Geocaching
Pioneering
Orienteering
and more…
American Cultures
American Heritage
Architecture
Chess
Climbing
Energy
Plumbing
Meet your 2024 Directors
Camp Director
TBD
Program Director
TBD
Want to be part of our awesome summer staff?
2024 Dates & Rates
The merit badge catalog will be finalized by March of 2024 and Merit badge registration will open on April 17th.
We will be accepting applications for Camperships in Spring of 2024
Session 1 Session 2
July 14 – July 20, 2024 July 21 – July 27, 2024
| Resident Camper Price | Day Camper Price | Adult Price | If paid by… | |
| Early Bird | $470 | $370 | $230 | April 14 |
| On Time | $500 | $400 | $270 | May 12 |
| Late | $530 | $430 | After May 12 |
1 Leader is FREE with a Troop registration of 5 or more Scouts. Units who plan to send 5 or more scouts must provide a minimum of 1 adult leader per 5 scouts to chaperone in their campsite.
Interested in teaching Merit Badges or staying as a Provisional ASM please reach out to Camp.Snyder@Scouting.org
Get more information about registration on the main Summer Camp page.
Forms & Downloads
BSA Medical Form (ABC) with NCAC Health Advisory [PDF]
2023 Parents and Leaders Guide – Scouts BSA Week [PDF]
2023 Menu (for reference)
Course Catalog 2023 (for reference)
Event Cancellation Policy:
All refunds will be granted less a 15% processing fee if requested on or before June 15th, 2024. All units are encouraged to find a replacement for Cub Scouts and Adults who must cancel. Cancellations requested after June 15th, 2024 require documentation to support the emergency that caused the cancellation. After July 31st, no refunds will be granted.