Troop 268 & 1268

BSA Scouting for the whole family Serving youth boys and girls age 11 to 17.

Scout Citizenship

Recognition of Achievements

Merit Badges

Earning Eagle Rank

Camping at the troop 1268 Campsite

Boys Troop 268 and Girls Troop 1268 each have their separate section to camp in our campsite at the Walkersville Watershed

Winter Camping

We camp all year round about 1 weekend a month

Urban Camping

Sometimes the scouts take a more roughing it style.

Wilderness Survival Camping

Wilderness Survival is one of the many Merit Badges that can be earned

Camping at BSA Summit High Adventure Base

Backpacking Camping

Beach Camping

Annual Camping Trip to Assateague Island on the Maryland shore

Beach Campfire

Backpacking Trip on the AT

Troop Canoes

The troop has both its own canoes and kayaks

Summer Kayaking

Troop learning water rescue

Whitewater rafting on New River

BSA Summit High Adventure

BMX

BSA Summit High Adventure

Rock Climbing

BSA Summit High Adventure

Archery

We have multiple US Archery instructors in the troop

Archery at Walkersville Watershed

Learning to shoot

BSA Summit High Adventure

Search and Rescue Drill 2019

Training Search and Rescue Dogs

Working with rescue dog teams, summer 2020

AT Backpacking Hike 2020

Hiking Merit Badge Rest Stop

Klondike Derby Sled Race

Hot Summer Swim in Monocacy

Calvert Cliffs

Spring 2021 Shark Tooth Hunt camping trip

Wilderness Beach Cooking

Puffin

Mascot of the Puffin Patrol of Troop 1268

Puffin Patrol Supporting Each Other

Practicing First Aid Carries

Learning To Sail

BSA Sea Base High Adventure 2019

BSA Sea Base

Sailing Adventure

Raising the sails

Beautiful Florida Keys

Blackbeard Scuba 2017

Scuba Liveaboard High Adventure

Bahama's Sea Cave

Blackbeard's Scuba

Dinner Anyone

Chillaxing Scuba Style

Locals

Wreck Dive

BSA Northern Tier High Adventure

Portage

Gear for 8 days in the wilderness

Dinner Time

Out for a Paddle

75 mile trip into the wilderness

Sometimes some great fishing

Central Fire Ring

Campsite Improvement

Tree Lots Setup Complete

Canon

Antietam Campout

Luminaries

Luminary Setup

Battlefield Troop Hike

Luminaries

Battlefield

Indoor Court of Honor

Pre Covid Indoor court of honor.

Pumpkin Carving

Davey Jones

Troop Mascot

Eagle Project

Zach's eagle project was a new "Circa 1930's style" firewood shed for Camp Round Meadow in Catoctin Mountain Park (NPS)

Eagle Project Construction

Eagle Project Construction

Eagle Project

Ashlyn's Eagle project was build mobile storage containers for holding donations of clothing a food for a local health charity.

Reiley's Eagle Project

Reiley built a Kayak Launch dock for the Lake Linganore community.

Eagle Project

Aiden's Project was removal of invasive plants from a local park and planting native species.