| Hawk Mountain Council | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Scouting America | ||
| Headquarters | Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||
| Location | Berks County,Schuylkill County, and part ofCarbon County | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1970 | ||
| Membership | 4,000 (2025) | ||
| Scout Executive & CEO | Davis Fox | ||
| Website hmc-bsa.org | |||
 Scouting portal | |||
TheHawk Mountain Council is aScouting America service council serving youth inBerks,Schuylkill, andCarbon counties inPennsylvania. The council is headquartered inReading, Pennsylvania.[1]
The Council was formed in 1970 with the merger of the Appalachian Trail and Daniel Boone councils.[2]
Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation (HMSR) is the camp owned and operated by Hawk Mountain Council. It is located nearSummit Station, Pennsylvania on Blue Mountain Road. The reservation consists of Camp Meade for Scouts BSA and Camp DuPortail for Cub Scouts. The camp is open for tent and cabin camping year-round.
The property has 635 acres (257 ha) of forest and a man-made lake, known as Lake Nalaheman. The camp also offers two swimming pools, a COPE (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience) Course, a climbing tower, and a confidence-building course forCub Scouts. HMSR also maintains a shooting sports program in which participants are taught the safe and responsible use of firearms and archery; facilities include ranges for.22 caliber rifles and archery, as well as shotguntrap shooting, an action archery course, and sporting arrows. TheNortheast Region's National Camp School is often held at the camp in early summer for one week.[3]
Kittatinny Lodge 5 is theOrder of the Arrow lodge that serves the council. It was formed from the lodges of Appalachian Trail Council (Memeu 125) and Daniel Boone Council (Mindi 5) when the two councils merged in the 1970s.[4]
