Scouting in Utah has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.

Early history (1910-1950)

Since the 1920s, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been influential in the Boy Scouts of America, and it was adopted as an official youth program of the Church. It is not uncommon for Utah Boy Scouts of America Councils to field large, predominantly LDS troops and contingents to national and worldwide scouting events.

Recent history (1950-1990)

Up until the 1980s or 1990s, the Lake Bonneville Council covered northern Utah. Those districts are now part of the Trapper Trails Council.

Scouting in Utah today

There are five Boy Scouts of America local councils in Utah.

Great Salt Lake Council

See also: Operation On-Target and Camp Steiner

• City Creek District
• Cottonwood District
• Deseret Peak District
• Eagle Peaks District
• East Millcreek District
• Farmington Bay District
• Golden Eagle District
• Granger District
• Granite Trail District
• Indian Springs District
• Lone Peak District
• Olde English Fort District
• Pony Express District
• Red Butte District
• Silver Mesa District
• Stone Creek District
• Summit District
• Union Fort District
• Wagon Wheel District
• Wasatch Peaks District
• Westview District
• White Buffalo District

Great Southwest Council

Main article: Scouting in New Mexico

The Great Southwest Council of the Boy Scouts of America is headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and provides Scouting to youth in northern New Mexico, northeast Arizona, Utah south of the Colorado River, and the Durango and Mesa Verde areas of Colorado.

Snake River Council

Main article: Scouting in Idaho

Snake River Council serves Scouts in Idaho, Nevada, and Utah.

Trapper Trails Council

Trapper Trails Council serves Scouts in Utah and Idaho.

• Arrowhead District
• Bear Lake District
• Bear River District
• Bird Haven District
• Bridger Valley District
• Elk Horn District
• Francis Peak District
• Franklin District
• Golden Spike District
• Island View District
• Lakeview District
• Mount Ogden District
• Mountain View District
• Old Ephriam District
• Old Juniper District
• Pilot Butte District
• Platte River District
• Snow Horse District
• Weber View District
• Wyuta District

Utah National Parks Council

• Alpine District
• Beaver District
• Bridal Veil Falls District
• Buckhorn District
• Carbon District
• Cathedral Gorge District
• Cedar Breaks District
• Deseret District
• Fishlake District
• Grand District
• Hobble Creek District
• King's Peak District
• Lehi District
• Millard District
• Mount Nebo District
• Palmyra District - Boundaries include the communities of Spanish Fork, Utah, Salem, Utah, Woodland Hills, Utah, Palmyra, Utah, Benjamin, Utah, Lake Shore, Utah, and Leland, Utah.
• Panguitch District
• Paria River District
• Pilot Peak District
• Pony Express District
• Powell Point District
• Provo District - Covers roughly the "southern half" of Provo, Utah.
• Provo Cascade District - Covers roughly the "northern half" of Provo, Utah.
• San Juan District
• Sanpete District
• Silver Lake District
• Snow Canyon District
• Squaw Peak District
• Timpanogos District
• Uintah District
• Utah Lake District
• Virgin River District
• Wasatch District
• Wayne District

Girl Scouting in Utah

There is one Girl Scout council office in Utah, Girl Scouts of Utah in Salt Lake City. The Cloud Rim Girl Scout Lodge in Brighton is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Web Site: http://www.gsutah.org

Girls Scouts of Utah serves over 9,000 girls in Utah, Freedonia, Arizona, and Wendover, Nevada

Camps

• Camp Cloud Rim is 27 acres at over 9,000 feet near Park City, Utah.
• Trefoil Ranch is 123 acres near Provo, Utah.

The first Girl Scout troop in Utah was registered in 1921.

See also

• Thomas S. Monson

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