Troop Library

Troop Library

Use this page to quickly find websites and forms to assist you in your Scouting experience. Most forms, books and reference materials are stored on and served from the Troop’s Dropbox.  All websites are provided as a resource service with the express declaration that Troop 279 is not responsible for the content of any external website.

Troop Library

Merit Badge Books

Note: Please be sure you are using the most up-to-date requirements for all merit badges.  Always confirm the merit badge book, both soft and hard copy from the Troop’s library contains the most recent set of requirements. If the troop does not have a copy of a merit badge book (soft or hard-copy), it is recommended that you at least obtain the latest requirements and work book from USscouts.org.

Eagle Required Merit Badges

  1. Camping
  2. Citizenship in the Community
  3. Citizenship in the Nation
  4. Citizenship in the World
  5. Citizenship in Society
  6. Communication
  7. Cooking
  1. Emergency Preparedness –OR– Lifesaving
  2. Environmental Science –OR– Sustainability
  3. Family Life
  4. First Aid
  5. Personal Fitness
  6. Personal Management
  7. Swimming –OR– Hiking –OR– Cycling

All Merit Badges

  1. AMERICAN BUSINESS
  2. AMERICAN CULTURES
  3. AMERICAN HERITAGE
  4. AMERICAN LABOR
  5. ANIMAL SCIENCE
  6. ANIMATION
  7. ARCHAEOLOGY
  8. ARCHERY
  9. ARCHITECTURE
  10. ART
  11. ASTRONOMY
  12. ATHLETICS
  13. AUTOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE
  14. AVIATION
  15. BACKPACKING
  16. BASKETRY
  17. BIRD STUDY
  18. BUGLING
  19. CAMPING
  20. CANOEING
  21. CHEMISTRY
  22. CHESS
  23. CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY
  24. CITIZENSHIP IN THE NATION
  25. CITIZENSHIP IN SOCIETY
  26. CITIZENSHIP IN THE WORLD
  27. CLIMBING
  28. COIN COLLECTING
  29. COLLECTIONS
  30. COMMUNICATION
  31. COMPOSITE MATERIALS
  32. COOKING
  33. CRIME PREVENTION
  34. CYCLING
  35. DENTISTRY
  36. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
  37. DISABILITIES AWARENESS
  38. DOG CARE
  39. DRAFTING
  40. ELECTRICITY
  41. ELECTRONICS
  42. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
  43. ENERGY
  44. ENGINEERING
  45. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  46. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
  1. EXPLORATION
  2. FAMILY LIFE
  3. FARM MECHANICS
  4. FINGERPRINTING
  5. FIRE SAFETY
  6. FIRST AID
  7. FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
  8. FISHING
  9. FLY FISHING
  10. FORESTRY
  11. GAME DESIGN
  12. GARDENING
  13. GENEALOGY
  14. GEOCACHING
  15. GEOLOGY
  16. GOLF
  17. GRAPHIC ARTS
  18. HIKING
  19. HOME REPAIRS
  20. HORSEMANSHIP
  21. INDIAN LORE
  22. INSECT STUDY
  23. INVENTING
  24. JOURNALISM
  25. KAYAKING
  26. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
  27. LAW
  28. LEATHERWORK
  29. LIFESAVING
  30. MAMMAL STUDY
  31. MEDICINE
  32. METALWORK
  33. MINING IN SOCIETY
  34. MODEL DESIGN AND BUILDING
  35. MOTORBOATING
  36. MOVIEMAKING
  37. MUSIC
  38. NATURE
  39. NUCLEAR SCIENCE
  40. OCEANOGRAPHY
  41. ORIENTEERING
  42. PAINTING
  43. PERSONAL FITNESS
  44. PETS
  45. PHOTOGRAPHY
  46. PIONEERING
  1. PERSONAL MANAGEMENT
  2. PLANT SCIENCE
  3. PLUMBING
  4. POTTERY
  5. PROGRAMMING
  6. PUBLIC HEALTH
  7. PUBLIC SPEAKING
  8. PULP AND PAPER
  9. RADIO
  10. RAILROADING
  11. READING
  12. REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN STUDY
  13. RIFLE SHOOTING
  14. ROBOTICS
  15. ROWING
  16. SAFETY
  17. SALESMANSHIP
  18. SCHOLARSHIP
  19. SCOUTING HERITAGE
  20. SCUBA DIVING
  21. SCULPTURE
  22. SEARCH AND RESCUE
  23. SHOTGUN SHOOTING
  24. SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND CODES
  25. SKATING
  26. SMALL-BOAT SAILING
  27. SNOW SPORTS
  28. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
  29. SPACE EXPLORATION
  30. SPORTS
  31. STAMP COLLECTING
  32. SURVEYING
  33. SUSTAINABILITY
  34. SWIMMING
  35. TEXTILE
  36. THEATER
  37. TRAFFIC SAFETY
  38. TRUCK TRANSPORTATION
  39. VETERINARY MEDICINE
  40. WATER SPORTS
  41. WEATHER
  42. WELDING
  43. WHITEWATER
  44. WILDERNESS SURVIVAL
  45. WOOD CARVING
  46. WOODWORK

More digital copies coming…

Troop Posts

Trail Maps

Under Construction – many item listed below are “place-holders” for future links

Hikes & Backpacking Trips

  • Troop 185 to Kings Gap
  • Flat Rock Loop
  • Tom’s Run AT Shelter
  • Cherry Springs
  • Darlington AT Shelter (Lambs Gap)
  • Worlds End State Park
  • Sones Pond
  • Loyalsock Canyon Vista
  • Quarry Gap AT Shelter
  • Tumbling Run AT Shelter

Bike Rides

  • Jim Thorp
  • Hickory Run
  • Conewago Rail-to-Trail

Orienteering Courses

Gettysburg

  • Intro (read prior to all hikes)
  • Visitor’s Center & Museum
  • National Cemetery
  • Johnny Reb Trail
  • Billy Yank Trail
  • Historic Downtown
  • Eisenhower Tour

Antietam Battlefield

  • Historic Trail Guide
  • GaiaGPS Original Trail Map

Contact Troop 279

St James Presbyterian Church
1425 Orrs Bridge Road
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
scouts@troop279.us

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