| Weekend Camping Facilities at Camp MinsiAre you looking for a great weekend campout destination? Centrally and conveniently located in the heart of the Poconos, Camp Minsi has a variety of year-round camping options for your unit. To make a reservation, use our online Weekend Camping & Facilities Rental reservation system. For assistance, or more information on camping facilities at Camp Minsi, please call the Minsi Trails Council's help desk at 610-465-8568 or email Bonnie Keller.
 | Weytrex Cabin Weytrex Cabin is a dual-sided cabin facility (with a separate side "A" and a side "B"). Each side sleeps 18 people with bunkbeds and includes a bathroom with a shower. The cabin has wood heat stoves in addition to gas heat and electric lights and receptacles. Kitchen areas include refrigerator/freezer, sinks, stoves, and countertops. Outdoor areas contain fire pits, picnic tables and parking area. |  | Wilcox Lodge The Wilcox Lodge (also known as the summer camp Handicraft building) provides space for 26 people with bunkbeds and picnic tables. The building includes a large wood heat stove and electric lights and receptacles. Kitchen area includes countertops for camp stoves and chuck boxes. Outdoor area contains fire pits, charcoal grill, and a covered pavilion. |  | All-season Tabins Camp Minsi's tabins (tent/cabins) provide a unique camping experience. These hard-wall shelters, with dual-layer canvas roofs sleep 8 Scouts with built-in bunks. Each tabin is equipped with wood stoves that make them warm cozy even in the coldest weather. The Winter Meal Lodge (the summer camp nature lodge) is available as a cooking and dining space for units using the tabins. |  | Adirondack Shelters Camp Minsi's Adirondack shelters provide a rustic camping experience for Scouts. The four shelters can hold approximately four Scouts each. The site includes reflector fireplaces, picnic tables, and a nearby latrine facility. |  | Weygadt Group Tenting Sites Camp Minsi has four beautiful lakeside tenting sites. Bring and pitch your own tents in the clear and grassy tenting area. The sites include fire rings, picnic tables, and a nearby latrine facility. Site names include: Arrow Island, Indian Head, Mt. Tammany, and Kittatinny Ridge. |  | Summer Camp Troop Campsites Camp Minsi has 13 large summer camp troop sites located in central camp. Bring and pitch your own tents; each site includes fire rings, picnic tables, and latrine facilities (water is available year-round, but it is turned off in the sites from mid-October through mid-April). Due to the rocky terrain of many of the sites, you may need to pitch your tents on, or near, the tent platforms. Site names include: Mohican, Tuscarora, Iroquois, Mohawk, Onondoga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, Lenape, Shawnee, Sacagawea, Tatamy and the Staff Site. |  | Backcountry Outpost Sites Camp Minsi has several small backcountry outpost sites for a more rustic camping experiences. There are over 20 miles of hiking trails throughout the camp that give great opportunities for a beginner backpacking events or shakedown hikes. Outpost sites include a clearing for pitching tents and an established fire ring. Sites can be up to 2 miles from central camp facilities, roads and water. |
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NRA Pistol Instructor
Date - Saturday March 25th 2023
(BIT) Only
Location- Camp Trexler Nature lodge
8am to 1pm Saturday
This a part one of a...
| | NRA Pistol Instructor
Date - Saturday April 1st 2023
Location- Camp Trexler Nature lodge
8am to 6 pm Saturday
This is part two of a 16 hr....
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22nd Annual
ALLENTOWN TRADE-O-REE
Scout Patch Collecting and Memorabilia Show
www.AllentownTOR.com
Hosted by: OA...
| | The Northampton District Committee meeting is held the first Wednesday of every month at the Council Office.
Please contact Mike Caffrey...
| | Carbon/Luzerne Meetings
April will be something completely different. We will be having our regularly scheduled District...
| | The Minsi Trails Council Business Office & Scout Shop will be closed on this day. Please plan accordingly.
If you need assistance,...
| | The Minsi Trails Council Business Office & Scout Shop will be closed on this day. Please plan accordingly.
If you need assistance,...
| | This event has been postponed to later in the year
Still accepting nominations for Fellowship and District Award of Merit for 2021
Contact Mike...
| | Monroe District Meeting
and Council Roundtable
This month is something completely different. Join us at Northampton Community College Monroe Campus...
| | | | Minsi Trails Council Spring 2023
Introduction to Outdoor Leadership Skills (IOLS)
This is the second of the courses required to be taken to...
| | 2023 Lehigh District Pinewood Derby Registration Information
NEW LOCATION
Saturday April 15, 2023
$10.00 per Scout
Fee includes patch for...
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For your convenience you can now pay online
For printable event flyer please click here
For current Minsi Trails Council PWD...
| | Monthly meeting of the Minsi Trails Council Commissioners
3rd Tuesday at 7:30 pm
https://powerschool.zoom.us/j/95244083745?from=addon
Council...
| | | | 2023 Pocono Friends of Scouting Dinner
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR FULL PRINTABLE EVENT BROCHURE
CLICK HERE TO DONATE...
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MINSI TRAILS COUNCIL, BSA
LEAVE NO TRACE TRAINER COURSE
COURSE:
This course helps you learn Leave No Trace skills and how to teach these...
| | WFA Flyer Course 2023
WFA Info Sheet 2023
WFA Course Registration...
| | Join us for a Community Day at Camp Minsi! The event is free for Scouts and Non-Scouts of all ages, so current Scouts are encouraged to bring their...
| | Friends from Lake Naomi
Friends are invited to visit Camp Minsi. When was the last time you were at summer camp to enjoy the smell of a campfire or...
| | WFA Flyer Course 2023
WFA Info Sheet 2023
WFA Course Registration...
| | | | Lehigh District Annual Recognition Dinner
Date; Thursday, April 27, 2022
Time; Doors Open at 6:30 PM, Dinner and Program at 7:00 PM
$35.00 per...
| | The Northampton District Committee meeting is held the first Wednesday of every month at the Council Office.
Please contact Mike Caffrey...
| | Carbon/Luzerne District Recognition Gathering
In place of our May meeting we will be celebrating our Carbon/Luzerne District volunteers. Join...
| | 2023 Lehigh District's Merit Badge Weekend...
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THIS WEEKEND FILLS FAST!
Akelaland Beaver Weekend is a Family Scouting Work Weekend. It is a unique opportunity for service, fellowship,...
| | This free weekend of camping is an opportunity to visit Trexler Scout Reservation even earlier!
Troops converge at camp for a weekend of...
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(Range Master)
Date -...
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A special Eagle Scout Court of Honor and Recognition Dinner is planned to honor Scouts who achieved their Eagle. All Eagles from the...
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