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In April 2021 at Sid Richardson we had our Climbing Campout. It was a fun campout which gave scouts the opportunity for natural rock climbing, as well as getting the climbing merit badge. The scouts had a great time climbing up the rocky cliffs and exploring the cave complex beneath the rocks. All of the […]

May 18-20, 2018, Cypress Spring Lake (Scoggins, TX) An adventure with your family!!! We will be camping at Sandy Pastures, a working farm on Lake Cypress Springs less than 2 hours away. We encourage the whole family to come as we have activities for everyone including: Water skiing and tubing Pontoon boat rides Swim area […]

April 13-15, 2018. Trinity Forest Adventure Park. Challenge and ropes courses.  

March 23-25, 2018. Camporee at Cedar Hill State Park. This month we welcome our new crossover scouts by showing them how T570 camps and how we rock with our scouting skills as we compete in cooking, pioneering, first aid and camping activities. Of course there will be a big capture the flag tournament and a […]

February 16-18, 2018 Wilderness survival campout at Circle C Ranch Giddings, TX

January 19-21, 2018. Camp Meisenbach at Clements Scout Ranch, Athens, TX

December 8-10, 2017: fun with Archery, shotgun, and rifle shooting at the Gann Ranch.

November 17-19, 2017 at Sid Richardson Scout Ranch. We exercised our climbing skills, and got to enjoy nighttime use of the climbing tower.

September 22-24, 2017. Kayaking and fun in the water at Tyler State Park. Movie night at the campout. 

May 19-21 2017. Water Sports at Lake Lewisville. Pontoon and Ski Boat Rentals with wake boards and tubes and tons of water fun. And a nighttime movie as well!

Our troop’s summer camp from June 26 to July 2, was the best one we’ve had in a while. From earning Eagle required merit badges for older scouts or getting TFC requirements for the first years, we did it all. Something else that’s cool is how many awards we won! We won Chess (3 years […]

May 20th – 22, 2016. Cleanup at the Trinity River Trash Bash, followed by kayaking and stand-up paddle boarding in the Trinit River, and then a double-feature at the Coyote Drive-In in Ft. Worth.

Our orienteering was an excellent campout, especially one planned on such short notice. Our Scoutmaster, Mr. Spraggins, took it upon himself to set up an orienteering course just so our troop could have a campout this weekend. The course was incredible, offering just the right amount of challenge, and does well to prepare our boys […]

Our district’s annual Camporee on March 18-20 was, to say the least, a complete success. We won the Best Troop and Best Troop Patrol awards, and worked very hard to earn them. We held sessions to learn the skills, had meetings to practice skills, and finally show them off at Camporee. For every single person […]

January 16-18, 2015. Wilderness Survival at Mr. Wilson’s ranch.

December 27-31, 2014. Cold but fun!

Dec 5-7, 2014. Mineral Wells State Park.

November 14-16, 2014. Bradford, TX. A bit cold, but a hit with the .22 cal rifles, shotguns, and archery.

November 7-9, 2014. Troop 570 was in charge of staffing the canoeing and row boating at Webelos Woods (Clements Scout Ranch, Athens, TX). A good time was had by all attending cub scouts.

October 10-12, 2014 at Camp Meisenbach, Clements Scout Ranch, Athens, TX

at Sid Richardson Scout Ranch September 12-14, 2014.

  This time around, Troop 570 traversed way out to Wichita Mountains Wildlife Reserve in Oklahoma where we planned to boulder and climb and boulder and climb. It wasn’t all that bad a drive. We left around 6:30 PM and got to the campsite around 11 PM. It was pretty chilly, especially for May. We […]

For this campout, Troop 570 drove all the way to Mulberry River close to Turner Bend in Arkansas. It was a long drive–a good 5 hours–where we only stopped once. But once we got there, it was worth it. We set up camp around 11 PM, unloaded the Beast and we all hit the hay. […]

March 21-23, 2014. Games, contests, food, fun.

Another consecutive year of the troop going to Group Dynamix, and although the number was lower than years past, it was a blast. We all rolled in around 8 o’clock to the vast warehouse district way down Arapaho where Group Dynamix is located. This is a place where groups can come to build leadership and […]

For the first campout of the spring season, hosted by the University of North Texas Sailing Club, Troop 570 went out to Lake Ray Roberts State Park in Pilot Point, TX and Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club in Oak Point, TX. We left Spring Creek Elementary at around 6:30 PM and arrived at our destination at […]

2013-12-13 to 2013-12-15 We got there Friday night. About 15+ scouts attended. We set up our tents and rain fly and went to bed. The next morning we woke up, had breakfast, and went to a part of the area to cut down trees that would be used in shelter building. When we went back […]

2013-09-22 to 2013-09-24

October 18-20 2013

We got to Rancha La Rosa Friday night. About 20+ scouts attended. We set up our tents and rain fly and went to bed. The next morning we woke up, made breakfast, and went to the main part of the ranch to clean the trash, scrap metal, and other junk off the ground. When we […]