• Oct. 18, 2008 - Sterling Hill Mine & Museum

  Ever want to go down into a real mine? Here's your chance. Our tour of the Sterling Hill Mine will start in the mine museum with a 30 minute introduction in the exhibit hall. After that, the group will be divided into smaller groups and assigned a tour guide. The tour guide then will  lead each group from the exhibit hall to the outside exhibits and then  into our most unique feature....the underground mine! Tour length is 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
   

• December 13-14, 2008 - Battle Ship New Jersey Sleepover

  Sleep over on the Battleship New Jersey
  
  Spend a night on the legendary Battleship New Jersey, a floating museum on the Camden Waterfront across from Center City Philadelphia. From the moment you walk up the gangway, you'll be greeted with a breathtaking display of the battleship's size- nearly three football fields long and eleven stories high. During your stay, you'll develop an appreciation of her strength- an Iowa-class battleship built to "keep floating and keep fighting". Imagine her awesome power including nine 16-inch guns that once reached land targets nearly twenty-three miles away. Provide a lifetime of memories for your group with an Overnight Encampment aboard the Battleship New Jersey.

• January 2009 - Camp Bernie Winter Fathers (Uncle, Grandpa, or Male Mentor) Camp Weekend
  Date: TBA  

• January 31, 2009 - Saddle River Valley Cultural Center
  Time: TBA
  Marionette Play: The Dragon King

• February 2008 - Visit the Gravity Vault
  Date: TBA

  Hands on introduction to rock climbing by experts in the field.

  • 90 minute session
  • Introduction to rock climbing program
  • Scouts will learn climbing commands, safety rules, top roping, and traversing in a fun, safe environment
  • Good for scouts of all climbing levels and experience

  Check it out: http://www.gravityvault.com/

• March 2009 - Visit The Newark Museum of Art
  Date: TBA

Group tour provided by our own art historian and educator, Dr. Kristin Baxter.

Past 2008 Outings (See images for these events in the photo section.)

• June 21, 2008 - Celery Farm Hike
  
   
• July 11-13, 2008 - Family Camping Weekend
  
  Camp Glen Gray in Mahwah, NJ - Swimming, boating, handicrafts, games, archery, hiking, fishing, nature and much more. Four meals are provided: Sat. breakfast, lunch, dinner and Sunday breakfast. The whole family is welcome.
  
  For an application form click on the link below, print it out and send directly to Camp Glen Grey with your payment. Add a note that you wish to camp with Pack 308.
  http://www.glengray.org/Family_Camp_Weekend_2008.html
  
   
• July 19, 2008 - Hike to Osio Rock and Tourne Mountain
  
  Group leaves Traphagen at 9 am and returns around 12:30.

  You'll be treated with excellent 360 degree views and an interesting stone living room. Hike will be three miles round trip.
  
   

• Aug. 9, 2008 - Hike Sterling Lake Loop
  
  Group leaves Traphagen at 9 am and returns around 12:30.

  Visit the old Sterling furnace built in the 1700's and restored in the 1950s. Hike will be three miles round trip.
  
   

• Aug. 10, 2008 - Swim Party at the Waldwick Pool
  Time: 5 pm to 8 pm (Pizza will be served at 6 pm)
  
  Pack 308 will provide dinner (pizza and juice/water) for everyone. I know that many of the families have pool passes. If you do not have a pass there will be a fee to enter to pool. But, dinner is on us! To RSVP via e-mail click here and provide the number of kids and adults that will be attending.
   
• Sept. 13, 2008 - Hike the Great Falls of NJ

Group leaves Traphagen at 9 am and returns around 12:30.

Of all eastern waterfalls, only the Niagara's thundering water volume is greater than the raging torrents of the Passaic River's 280-foot-wide and 77-foot-tall Great Falls. This is a great hike for the whole family.

• Sept. 27, 2008 - Poricy Park Fossil Beds

Join us as we wade in a stream hunting animals fossils from 65-135 million years ago (upper Cretaceous period) at the time of the dinosaurs. At that time Poricy Park was a shallow sea. The fossils are found in the gray layer called marl. You will be provide with materials to dig and locate fossils that you can take home at the end of the day. This is your opportunity to be a fossil hunter for they day.