62 Years of Camping

Every year Camp Strake becomes home to 850 Scouts and 300 Leaders and Staff from all over the council working on a wide variety of merit badges.  Winter Camp is so BIG that we use two sub camps for this monumental undertaking.  The traditional Garnd Lake and the historical Tall Timbers sub camps: Grand Lake has 21 primitive campsites. Tall Timbers has 12 primitive campsites. There are two full service kitchens with dinning halls for each, A full time trading post, office and health lodge in each sub-camp.

Opportunities

Camp Strake Winter Camp offers over 70 different merit badges to help your scout have a full schedule while at camp. The merit badges offered at Winter Camp are as varied as the Scouts who come to camp, Most merit badges that are offered at camp are the non-traditional meritbadges that a scout may not have the opportunity to earn at other camps. All instructed by Adult Scouters with vocational experiance with the merit badge.  Ranging from traditonal badges like Wilderness Survival and Astronomy to Radio and Atomic Energy.  Winter camp also offers nine Eagle Required Merit Badges. Winter Camp also offers a wide variety of programs, from Movie night to the BIG THEME SHOW.  Winter camp is the best place to spend the last week of your year.

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Background

This 2,288 acre property is located 2 miles south of Conroe on Interstate 45 in the Texas Piney Woods. Grand Lake has 21 troop sites and operates 8 weekly sessions during the summer. Grand Lake incorporates several specialty programs including sailing and water skiing into the summer sessions. Because of its close proximity to the Metropolitan area, Camp Strake is the world's most used Scout facility.

Directions

Here's a MapQuest link to a map of Camp Strake's location. The address for Camp Strake is 11322 Interstate 45 South, Conroe, Texas 77304.   Going North on I-45 and after crossing the San Jacinto River, take the "Camp Strake Road" exit number 83. Continue north to the stop light, turn left under the freeway, and left again onto the southbound feeder. The Camp Strake entrance is about 200 yards south on the right.    Going North on I-45 and after crossing the San Jacinto River, go past the "Camp Strake Road" exit and go to the loop 336 South exit number 84. Continue north to the stop light, turn left under the freeway, and continue west on loop 336. The Camp Strake Cub World entrance is just over a half mile west on the left.