Making Reservations for Your Unit Instructions
The following services are offered FREE OF CHARGE to partner units of the North Florida Council. Partner units host a Family Friends of Scouting presentation & participate in both the spring camp card sale and fall product sale.
- FREE campsite reservations
- FREE use of shelters, pavilions, buildings, campfire rings and program areas
- FREE use of aquatics center and pools
- FREE use of COPE & climbing towers
- FREE use of canoes, kayaks & paddleboards
If your unit qualified as a partner unit for 2022, your unit leader and committee chair received an email on August 24th with a redemption code to use at checkout.
Baden Powell Scout Reservation
Located in Hawthorne, FL on over 1,000 acres of diverse terrain, BPSR is home to the North Florida Council's summer and winter camping programs in addition to many other programs offered throughout the year.
Camp Shands offers 11 large campsite areas, housing, a beautiful lake, pavilions, a dining hall, and meeting rooms. Camp Shands can cater to multitudes of Scouts and their families.
In addition to great campsites, other features include:
- Our incredible shooting sports areas, geared to help teach Scouts and adults about safe rifle, shotgun, pistol, BB gun and archery activities
- A beautiful waterfront on Lake Osborne, with great opportunities for swimming, fishing, and boating
- Miles of beautiful hiking trails
- C.O.P.E. and a 65' climbing wall
- Xtreme Obstacle Course
- A water park equipped with swimming pool, water slides, wading pool, and pavilions
Baden Powell Scout Reservation is open for troop and individual camping from September through April. Summer Camp is May through August. Winter Camp is in late December.
No reservations can be made May through Labor Day
Address:
1453 Baden Powell Rd.
Hawthorne, FL 32640
Aquatics Center Usage Rules (pdf)
Camp Shands Map (pdf)
Camp Usage Rules (pdf)
Camp Shands Reservation Fees (pdf)
If you see a problem with any facilities at Camp Shands, please use the link below to better help us maintain the camp. Please be as specific as possible.
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