H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation is a 4,200-acre Boy Scouts of America camp outside Osceola, operated by the Heart of America Council. It runs week-long overnight Scout summer camp across three camps (Lone Star, Sawmill and Piercing Arrow) and is home to the Tribe of Mic-O-Say honor program dating to 1929, hosting thousands of Scouts each summer. Enrollment is through Scout troops.
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★★★★★Robert CollinsMy opinion: the best camp in the USA. Ignites excitement in Scouting to inspire the path to Eagle. The hills are calling...
★★★★★gregory hildnerHave not been back since the reservoir was damned. So that dates me but I had 5 years of great experiences late 60s and early 70s. Made it to Warrior and went on the Dan Beard camping for multiple merit badges!
★★★★★Gunnar ToddGreat! I can't wait to go to scout camp this year. It is my favorite place to be.
★★★★★NatFletchBeen going here for multiple years, spent months worth of time here at camp and I wouldn’t take back a single day. This place inspires me so much to be greater and it’s always the best and I love every aspect of Bartle. The food has also been getting better so there is actually zero bad things I can say about this place.
★★★★★MC PickaxeThe H Roe Bartle Scout Reservation is my favorite place to be. I went back this year for my 3rd time and had a great time. I met a lot of cool people working on staff and enjoyed helping out the staff at the eco-lodge. It was so much fun working on badges and doing outposts. I plan to work on staff in a couple years. I also got to go back for another week at camp for NYLT which was probably the best week of my life. The dining hall was very loud and fun. This camp is very epic.