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Main article: Capitol Area Council

Capitol Area Council (#564)
Owner	Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters	12500 North IH 25 Austin, Texas 78753
Location	Texas
Country	United States
Founded	1912
Membership	24,000 youth
President	Marietta Scott
Council Commissioner	Jack Gindler
Scout Executive	Jon Yates
Website https://www.bsacac.org/

Capitol Area Council is a Boy Scouts of America (BSA) chartered council that serves Scouts and Scouting volunteers in 15 Central Texas counties surrounding Austin, Texas. The council serves Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Dewitt, Fayette, Gillespie, Gonzales, Hays, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Mason, Travis, and Williamson counties. Founded in 1912 and based in Austin, the council serves around 24,000 scouts and is led by current Scout Executive Jon Yates. The Order of the Arrow is represented by Tonkawa Lodge.

Organization

The council is divided into 12 districts:

• Armadillo District
• Bee Cave District
• Prairie District
• Chisholm Trail District
• Colorado River District
• Hill Country District
• Live Oak District
• North Shore District
• Sacred Springs District
• San Gabriel District
• Thunderbird District
• Waterloo District

Camps

Lost Pines Scout Reservation

Lost Pines Scout Reservation
Location	785 FM 1441 Bastrop, TX 78602
Coordinates	30.173157°N 97.268402°W / 30.173157; -97.268402
Camp size	542 acres
Founded	1965
Ranger	Kenny Wines
Weekend Ranger	Kevin Smith
Website https://www.bsacac.org/activities/camping/lost-pines/

Lost Pines is the councils main camp. It hosts the council's Summer and Winter camps. The camp consists of roughly 542 acres of land on the northers shores of Lake Bastrop which has excellent Catfish and Largemouth Bass fishing. DOK's Tower is the tallest climbing tower in Texas.

The original "A" Building from the old Camp Tom Wooten was relocated to Lost Pines and is now situated in the Living History area near DOK's Tower.

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Camp Tom Wooten

Camp Tom Wooten
Location	785 FM 1441 Bastrop, TX 78602
Coordinates	30.173157°N 97.268402°W / 30.173157; -97.268402
Camp size	150 acres
Ranger	Kenny Wines
Weekend Ranger	Kevin Smith
Website https://www.bsacac.org/activities/camping/cub-world/

Camp Tom Wooten is located inside Lost Pines Scout Reservation and is the home of the council's Cub World. The camp consists of roughly 150 acres with access to Lake Bastrop. Some program areas at the camp include, BB Gun Range, Archery Rang, Swimming Pool and Fishing.

Cam Top Wooten gets its name from the original Camp Tom Wooten that overlooked Bull Creek and Lake Austin, just south of FM 2222. The original camp opened in 1934 on land donated by Dr. Goodhall H. Wooten. The property was sold in 1983 during the construction of Loop 360.

Griffith League Scout Ranch

Griffith League Scout Ranch
Location	424 Oak Hill Cemetery Rd Bastrop, TX 78602
Coordinates	30.215804426364095°N 97.25523628655044°W / 30.215804426364095; -97.25523628655044
Camp size	5,000 acres
Founded	1999
Website https://www.bsacac.org/activities/camping/griffith-league/

Griffith League Scout Ranch is one of the few remaining intach land grants from the Republic of Texas. It is a federally designated habitat for the Houston Toad. The camp follows the Leave No Trace guidelines.

Griffith League is home to the council's C.O.P.E. course.

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Camp Alma McHenry

Camp Alma McHenry
Location	County Rd 121 Giddings, TX 78942
Coordinates	30.281046280082613°N 96.8262007988742°W / 30.281046280082613; -96.8262007988742
Camp size	250 acres
Website https://www.bsacac.org/activities/camping/alma-mchenry/

Camp Alma McHenry is a primitive campground located about 90 minutes from Austin. The property consists of about 250 acres of pastureland, oak trees and several private stocked fishing ponds.

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Camp Green Dickson

Camp Green Dickson
Location	County Rd 354 Shiner, TX 77984
Coordinates	29.502240974555693°N 97.25833760228235°W / 29.502240974555693; -97.25833760228235
Camp size	335 acres
Ranger	Billy Mikesh
Website https://www.bsacac.org/activities/camping/green-dickson/

Camp Green Dickson is located between Gonzales and Shiner, Texas. The camp consists of both regular and backpacking campsites with roughly 5 miles of hiking trails. Green Dickson is home to the council's National Youth Leadership Training course.

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Roy D. Rivers Wilderness Scout Camp

Roy D. Rivers Wilderness Camp
Location	172 Split Oak Rd Smithville, TX 78957
Coordinates	29.961085254435147°N 97.24070973003072°W / 29.961085254435147; -97.24070973003072
Camp size	400 acres
Website https://www.bsacac.org/activities/camping/roy-d-rivers/

Roy D. Rivers Wilderness Camp is a heavily forested, rugged wilderness camp located about 60 minutes from Austin near Smithville, Texas. The camp is only primitive-style camping and is perfect for low impact wilderness camping or backpacking.

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Smilin V Scout Ranch

Smilin V Scout Ranch
Location	250 County Rd 286 Spur Liberty Hill, TX 78642
Coordinates	30.64562999104422°N 98.02151700896576°W / 30.64562999104422; -98.02151700896576
Camp size	91 acres
Ranger	PJ Brown
Website https://www.bsacac.org/activities/camping/smilin-v/

Smilin V Scout Ranch is 91 acres of improved Hill Country ranch land located near Liberty Hill, Texas. Smilin V is open for Cub Scout camping only.

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Rathgeber Wilderness Scout Camp

Rathgeber Wilderness Scout Camp
Location	Dripping Springs, TX
Coordinates	30.194369°N 98.046953°W / 30.194369; -98.046953
Camp size	60 acres
Website https://www.bsacac.org/activities/camping/rathgeber/

Rathgeber Wilderness Scout Camp is a 60 acre primitive campground that follows Leave No Trace principals.

Order of the Arrow

Tonkawa Lodge (#99)
Founded	January 20, 1937
Founders	Joe Lindsay, Jr. Joe Lindsay, Sr.
Membership	1,500 arrowmen
Lodge Chief	Evan H.
Lodge Advisor	Richard South
Staff Adviser	Rick Denison
Website http://tonkawa99.org

Tonkawa Lodge is the local chapter of the Order of the Arrow. It was first chartered by the National Council on January 20, 1937, by Joe Lindsay, Jr. and Joe Lindsay, Sr., Tonkawa Lodge #99 started as Tejas Lodge but was later changed to Tonkawa in 1938 with lodge 72 already having the name. Tonkawa Lodge #99 was proudly had one of its members become the Order of the Arrow National Chief in 2011, Jonathan "Bunker" Hillis. Currently Tonkawa Lodge #99 has 12 Chapters that are aligned and named with the above-mentioned Districts.

See also

• Scouting in Texas