Camp Daniel Boone

★★★★★Michael Nash

I attended this camp in 1986. We spent the week hiking in the mountains, canoeing, and repelling at devil's courthouse. I earned my 50 miler afoot afloat badge. It was a week I will never forget. If they still do the high adventure trip I reccomend it.

★★★★★Lance Odvody

Solid Scout reservation with nice facilities. Picturesque with the river flowing through camp feeding the lake. Great fishing, quality climbing program, and a well built out summer program for all ages of Scouts. The high adventure program takes full advantage of the outdoor challenges the Appalachians can provide.

★★★★Seth

I can't speak from a scout masters point of view but we just came back from Daniel Boone last week and this was a great camp! The food was pretty good, and most of the staff were very friendly. They have lots of great merit badges you can work on and the views are great. (The hikes are horrible) The layout of the camp is a bit confusing but it was pretty great. They even have their own little 1700's village with Tavern nights. However, I would recommend not doing any aquatics at this camp, The Lake is Freezing! On our last day there one of my friends attempted the Mile swim and got Mild hypothermia. She was put into the Health Lodge and was doing good by the next morning but please be careful. Overall this was a great camp though.

★★★★★Daniel Gildersleeve

As a lifelong scouter, Eagle Scout, scout parent, volunteer leader, as well as former professional scouter and former camp staffer (not CDB), I give Camp Daniel Boone my highest recommendation. Our troop of 38 boys and 13 adults traveled over 16 hours by charter bus to be here and were not disappointed. The camp’s summer program handles 600-1000 visitors every week and is very well organized for that high volume of Scouts, leaders, and staffers. From medical to kitchen to rangers and programming, the staff went above and beyond to ensure that our experience exceeded our expectations. Was everything perfect? No. Was it safe, memorable, and fun? Heck yeah. Did our Scouts and leaders have opportunities to learn, grow, take risks, and try new things? Absolutely. Are there hills, rocks, bugs, spiders, long walks, occasional rain, hot days, cold nights, and in-ground latrines? Yes. It’s SUMMER CAMP. But are there also hot showers, running water, air conditioned dining hall, rifle ranges, climbing walls, zip lines, white water rafting, mountain top hikes, a 1700s town, and more merit badge options than you can shake a stick at? Oh yes. I will also add that the trading post is well-stocked and very affordable, including a snack shack in the middle of camp for easy access. Lastly, if you know anything about summer camps, the tenure and retention of the staff speaks volumes - and they have a very senior leadership team with years of experience serving the Scouts, leaders, and programs of Camp Daniel Boone. Big shout out to some key leaders on the 2022 camp staff team who made our experience exceptional. Melinda, Tucker, Ian, Sweetpea, Thomas, Dave, Wendy, Sam, and the many others working on the frontlines of the scouting movement. Thank you for delivering on the promise of scouting. We look forward to putting Daniel Boone into our summer camp rotation and seeing you again in a few years.

★★Asa Schlobohm

The camp is well advertised. That’s why we chose it. But it’s not a great camp after all! The location is amazing(not the fact we have to hike big hills everyday). The camp was very uncoordinated and not so organized. Food was awful first few days but got better through the week; I actually received food poisoning (along with many other scouts, projectile vomit at 3AM was not an enjoyable experience. Staff are way too lackadaisical and not the happiest to be there. I don’t really recommend this camp unless it’s convenient for your troop. And also, they didn’t stress anything about the amount of hornets and yellow jackets. Although the stressed the importance to stay hydrated, but they failed to provide sources of drinkable water around the camp.