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:

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 – USS Yorktown
2016 – 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