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Monday - 10:00 AM to 7:30 PM
Tuesday & Wednesday - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Thursday - 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Friday - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
1st & 2nd Saturday of each month - 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
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West Central Florida Council serves Pinellas County and west Pasco County. Two main Scout camps are Sand Hill Scout
Reservation in Spring Hill and Camp Soule in Clearwater. West Central Florida Council was originally chartered as the Pinellas
Area Council in 1917. When the Pinellas Area Council accepted west Pasco County in the late 1970s, the council changed its
name to the current title. Over 20,000 youth and 4,000 adult volunteers are currently served by the West Central Florida Council.
More than 100 young men earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 2008. The West Central Florida Council earned the prestigious 2008
Centennial Quality Council Award from the Boy Scouts of America.
West Central Florida Council is divided into four distinct geographical Districts to best serve the youth of Pinellas and West
Pasco Counties.(Northern Pinellas County): Is named after the Calusa Native American tribe
native to Southwest Florida. More than 55 Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, and Venturing Crews serve areas including
Safety Harbor, Clearwater, Dunedin and Tarpon Springs.
· Sand Hill Scout Reservation is a Scout camp of over 1,212 acres (4.90 km2) in the west central Florida region,
located near Brooksville, Florida. Sand Hill Scout Reservation belongs to the Cub Scouts, Boy
Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venturers of the West Central Florida Council and Gulf Ridge Council and is intended for
their instruction and enjoyment. Sand Hill Scout Reservation offers many different activities
including archery, small-bore rifle, shotgun trap and skeet shooting, hiking, camping, course, climbing wall, repelling
tower, swimming pool, large athletics fields, 10 improved campsites (complete with shelters,
water, latrines, and hot water shower facilities), handicapped accessible campsite and facilities, 2 primitve campsites,
chapel, large dining hall, trading post, camp medical center, activities shelters, nature center,
staff cabins, and training buildings. This camp is also the residential Boy Scout Summer Camp for the West Central
Florida Council. Hundreds of boys from the Greater Tampa/St. Petersburg area and throughout
Florida attend camp every summer. Thousands of Scouts, leaders, and outside organizations use Sand Hill Scout
Reservation every year for camping, training, and other activities. A full-time Camp Ranger lives on
the property. Sand Hill Scout Reservation is large enough to host more than 1,500 Scouts at one time. Sand Hill has
hosted Scouts since the early 1980s. Sand Hill is also home to the Brooksville Raid Civil War
reenactment every January. Sand Hill Scout Reservation map
· Camp Soule Camp Soule serves the West Central Florida Council. It is located on 53 acres (210,000 m2)
of pristine wilderness, in the heart of Clearwater, Florida. It offers protected trees, wildlife, and beauty centered in the
most populous county of Florida. Camp Soule offers five improved campsites, nine primitive campsites, a dining hall,
trading post, large activity fields, Olympic-size swimming pool, pool house, BB gun range, Cub Scout and Boy Scout
archery ranges, two cabins, Council campfire ring, chapel, and a home occupied by a full-time camp ranger and his
family. Camp Soule is constantly utilized for short-term Boy Scout camping, Cub Scout family camping, Cub Scout
Summer Day Camp, Tiger Growl, training courses, and various other activities. Camp Soule has served the West Central
Florida Council
since the 1930s.Camp Soule map