Join scouts and leaders from Troop 49 for a visit to a truly memorable and historic place: Antietam Battlefield Maryland

— Learn about the Bloodiest Day in American History –

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Visitors Center Address Antietam National Park

5831 Dunker Church Road, Sharpsburg, MD 21782

NOTE: Siblings/Families are invited. There are hotels right near the campsite

We will be staying at the Treehouse Camp

https://www.thetreehousecamp.com/index.shtml

For siblings & families, the campground has four and six person cabins if you wish to stay at the campground in a cabin.  Payment for a cabin will be made by you and not through the troop.  Please let me know though that you are planning on staying at the campground.

Itinerary   (To be updated – times/days of hikes may change)

Friday:

5:00 PM or 17:00          Meet at OLPH

5:15 PM or 17:15          Leave OLPH for Treetop Campground – pack a dinner for the road

10:15 PM or 22:15        Arrive and Set-Up Camp

11:00 PM or 23:00        Lights Out

 

Saturday:

7:00 AM              Reveille and Breakfast

9:00 AM              Arrive at National Park Visitors Center and Tour the Center

10:00 AM            Ranger Talk

10:30 AM            Hike the Battlefield and Lunch

3:00 PM              Head back to the Campground for Dinner

7:00 PM              Head back to the battlefield for a drive through to see the luminaries

 

Sunday:

8:00 AM          Reveille and Breakfast and prepare lunch for the road.

Gear:

• Personal gear including water bottle, knife, fork, spoon, cup, bowl and/or plate.
• Cold weather clothes, boots, hats, gloves, sleeping clothes, etc.

NOTE: Refer to Pathfinder website for cold weather tips ://www.thepathfinders.org/Pathfinders/coldweather.htm

Cost:
Estimated to be $50 for adults and $50 per scout.  This covers two nights cabin 3 meals Saturday and 2 meals Sunday.  Extra money for gift shop. 

Car Pools:
If someone else is driving your son on this trip, please consider providing them with a fair stipend for gas, etc. 

Cooking/Food:

• Scouts will be split into patrols. Hot breakfast, cold lunch and hot dinners!
• Plan for Saturday — Breakfast, Lunch, Supper; Sunday – Breakfast.

Siblings:  Siblings welcome to join the hike and hang with the troop at the campsite.  If you wish to dine with the troop for dinner note that on the registration form.    An adult must be with a non-Scout sibling at all times. Siblings/Families do not have to participate in the hikes but are certainly welcome to.

References:

National Park Site      https://www.nps.gov/anti/index.htm

QUESTIONS? EMAIL!

Scoutmasters in Charge:
Lynda Angus lyndaangust49@gmail.com