SCOUTS BSA RESIDENT CAMP!
This year you can choose between Traditional Summer Camp & HIGH Q!
Traditional Summer Camp program at Quivira Scout Ranch functions as a tool to develop character, leadership, citizenship, and fitness to help your unit carry out the mission of Scouting.
HIGH Q adventure week features 8 different programs for older Scouts looking for adventure and new experiences at camp.
Click here to register and join us at the 3,000-acre Quivira Scout Ranch for an exciting summer camp experience with programs like Conquer the Water, Jet Ski’s, FISH Camp, Climbing, Shooting Sports and so much more. We can’t wait to see you there!
Click here to download the 2024-2025 Resource Guide for all Quivira Council Programs!
Quivira Scout Ranch Activities
Quivira Scout Ranch is not just for summer!
Quivira Scout Ranch is nestled in the Chautauqua Flint Hills of Southeast Kansas, just 90 minutes southeast of Wichita, Kansas. This majestic camp property that is both, beautiful and adventurous, is 3,000 acres of wooded, rugged, sprawling, solitude prairie land perfect for a camping and hiking experience. Enjoy canoeing, kayaking, stand-up paddle boarding and fishing on the 500-acre Murray Gill Lake.
Take advantage of the great opportunities at Quivira Scout Ranch to enhance the experience for Scouts, Families, Churches, Reunions, and other groups. Plan your own outpost adventure and hike the Border Patrol, one of the older activities at Quivira Scout Ranch. While backpacking, you can explore the history of The Ranch and find the remnants of the Clark Walker, Charlie Woodworth and other homesteads.
Learn more HERE!
Border Patrol is one of the oldest activities at QSR. Hiking around the QSR border or Fence line a self-motivation. This can be a day hike, or one can make it an overnighter.
*Maps are available for purchase at the council office.
Canoeing, Fishing, boating, and so much more! Plan your weekend trip to QSR and enjoy all that it has to offer. If you are not attending an official council event, please contact the Scout Office to acquire a short-term camping permit and make appropriate arrangements.
This is a council event it so follows under the NCAP. You will need the BSA updated Health Medical forms both for each scout. If you don’t have them, you unit will not participate in this event. You will need to prove your own two deep leadership.
The following activities require registration
Quivira Scout Ranch is not just for summer and not just for Scouts!
Quivira Scout Ranch is nestled in the Chautauqua Flint Hills of Southeast Kansas, just 90 minutes southeast of Wichita, Kansas. This majestic camp property that is both, beautiful and adventurous, hosts 3,000 acres of wooded, rugged, and sprawling prairie land. The property boasts unique characteristics of sandstone cliffs. It is perfect for camping, hiking, fishing or just enjoying solitude of the outdoor experiences.
Come and fish on the private 400-acre Murray Gill Lake. It has been listed as one of the premiere lakes in the state! It is also the largest of the BSA Council owned lakes in the United States.
2025 Camping & Events
This workshop will be presented in the morning and is hosted and sponsored by Meritrust Credit Union. These classes will present the scouts with information and guidance pertaining to the Personal Management merit badge, an Eagle-required merit badge. The instructor for this workshop is a financial education specialist from Meritrust. Personal management is about the scout learning the life skills to take control of his or her life by setting and attaining goals, financial and otherwise. Information presented and classroom activities performed will prepare the scout to meet with a Personal Management merit badge counselor and complete several of the merit badge requirements.
This premier Council level co-ed training experience teaches the concepts of what a Leader must BE, what they must KNOW, and what they must DO. These key elements bring together the HOW TO’S of Leadership. Your Leadership skills will come alive as you embark on your Quest for the Meaning of Leadership in one week-long course.
Your week will focus on leadership principles located in and around your camp area with excursions throughout the week.
Camporee allows scouts to participate in one of the oldest traditions in the history of Scouting, an opportunity to match skills against other patrols and troops. There is fun, friendship, competitions and of course the annual Dutch Oven Cook-Off for both youth and adults. The theme this year is Pirates. Be prepared to test your pirating skills. Scouts will test their skills of navigating, building towers, starting fire with a bow drill, teambuilding and scaring a dragon. We will also have a flag retiring ceramony. Bring your old flags. Check with your local VFW or organization. The Dutch oven cook off is going to be a Iron Chef-style cooking! Buccaneers will have the opportunity to build a wooden chest, create an eye patch and other Buccaneering things. Teams of three scouts from each troop are given ingredients and timed with the goal of creating the best dish possible using standard cooking staples plus the “secret ingredient.”
Please join a small group of supporters at Quivira Council’s Spring Fishing Retreat on April 25-27, 2025. This exclusive fundraiser, benefiting the Quivira Council F.I.S.H. Quivira Program, is a great time for a great cause!
Guests will enjoy a full day of guided fishing on Murray Gill Lake at QSR. The largest private lake in the state of Kansas and largest Scout owned lake in the country! Friday evening will begin with a relaxing campfire, made even better by good conversation and your favorite campfire grub. After a hearty breakfast on Saturday, you and your expert guides will head out on the lake, where bass, crappie, channel cat, and walleye await. After a lunch break at the Bradshaw Lodge, an afternoon of fishing awaits, followed by a tour of the camp and hatchery. You’ll end Saturday with a delicious dinner that, with any luck, will include your catch of the day. You’ll depart after breakfast on Sunday morning.
Accommodations are provided at the rustic Bradshaw Lodge at QSR.
This Quivira Council STEM Adventures Day will be located at Exploration Place in Wichita, and will be an opportunity for Cub Scouts to get hands on experience doing the Earth Science branch of STEM!
The day consists of two, one-hour rotations of STEM activities appropriate to the ranks of each Cub Scout, one movie in the Dome Theater, one Live Science Show, and an opportunity to interact with the Exhibits, allowing your Cub Scouts to complete all the requirements for the STEM Adventure Elective belt-loop for the Engineering thread and for rank advancement.
Traditional Summer Camp program at Quivira Scout Ranch functions as a tool to develop character, leadership, citizenship, and fitness to help your unit carry out the mission of Scouting.Toggle Content
Overnight units will arrive at 6pm on Thursday the 26th for check in and set up. Day Campers will arrive on Friday July 27th at 8 am for check in and be ready for program at 9am. All campers will be off property by 4pm on June 29th.
Camp Tawakoni, 8492 SW Tawakoni Rd, Augusta, KS 67010-8111
Three days where Cub Scouts, and their adults, explore and have fun!
Spook-o-ree is a fun, exciting weekend event for Cub Scouts (kindergarten through 5th grade) kick off the Scouting year.
QSR Trail Crew!
Think you have what it takes to blaze trails at QSR? Join the QSR Trail Crew and help build and mark permanent trails at Quivira Scout Ranch.
