Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation

Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation
Scouts swimming in the lake on a c. 1950 postcard
Owner	Baltimore Area Council
Location	1929 Susquehanna Hall Rd Whiteford, MD 21160
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Country	United States
Coordinates	39°41′24″N 76°15′54″W / 39.69°N 76.265°W / 39.69; -76.265
Camp size	1,676 acres (6.78 km2)[1]
Founded	1948[2]
Website broadcreekbsa.org
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Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation, more commonly called just Broad Creek, is the sum of eight separate areas in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The reservation is 3 miles (4.8 km) from the Maryland and Pennsylvania border within Harford County, 25 miles (40 km) from the Maryland and Delaware border, and 28 miles (45 km) from Baltimore. The Camp Saffran component hosts summer camp, while Camp Oest is now often used for special events, such as Woodbadge and NYLT. During the non-summer season Camps Oest, Saffran, and Spencer are open for weekend tent and cabin camping. Five other less developed areas of the reservation, Camp Cone, Camp Finney, The Pines, The Hemlocks, and OA Hill, are used for outpost camping and hiking. The facilities at the reservation in 2012 were used by 36,000 youth, 17% of which were not affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America.^[3]