Big Trip Information:
Once a year in the February / March timeframe, the entire pack goes on the Big Trip. It is our marquee event and it’s a huge adventure for scouts and parents. We always need help with planning so join the Big Trip Planning Committee.
Big Trips in the past have been to:
- Tennessee Aquarium in Gatlinburg / Incline Railway / Ruby Falls – spend 1 night in the aquarium
- Cave Trip – Racoon Mountain – this cave was too difficult for the younger scouts, need to pick an easier one next time like Lost Seas.
- Huntsville Space Camp
- USS Yorktown, Patriots Point (http://www.patriotspoint.org/ ) – spend 1 night on ship and 1 in hotel
- Nightcrawlers camping at Zoo Atlanta
Other Ideas for the Big Trip:
Other Ideas for the Big Trip:
- Georgia Aquarium – spend 1 night in the aquarium
- National Naval Aviation Museum scout camp-in, Pensacola
- Camping at Robbins Air Force Base (also has an air museum and Blue Angels perform there sometimes), suspended as of late July 2011
- National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Pooler GA has an overnight program https://www.mightyeighth.org/ next day or day before , goto Ft Pulaski National Park outside of Savannah
- North GA zoo overnight https://www.northgeorgiazoo.com/night-owl—zoo-overnights.html
Record of Big Trips:
- 2007 – USS Yorktown
- 2008 – Huntsville Space Camp
- 2009 – Tennessee Aquarium / Ruby Falls / Incline Railway
- 2010 – Racoon Mountain Caving
- 2011 – USS Yorktown
- 2012 – Huntsville Space Camp
- 2013 – Tennessee Aquarium (Limited to 80 people total including scouts)
- 2014 – Atlanta Zoo Nightcrawler
- 2015 –Â USS Yorktown
- 2016 –Â Huntsville Space Camp
- 2017 – Gatlinburg Aquarium
- 2018 – DeSoto Caverns
- 2019 – USS Yorktown
- 2020- no Trip
- 2021 – Huntsville Space Camp
- 2022 – Gatlinburg Aquarium
- 2023 – Atlanta Zoo Nightcrawler
- 2024 – Washington DC