How to earn the 50-Miler Award

Fifty miles is a long way to travel, whether you’re hiking, bicycling, boating or canoeing. That’s why the BSA’s 50-Miler Award exists — to recognize these achievements and to promote activities that improve personal fitness, self-reliance, knowledge of the outdoors.

Learn more about the award’s requirements in our story from the March-April 2011 issue of Scouting magazine.


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Aaron Derr is the senior editor of Scout Life and Scouting magazines, and also a former Cubmaster and Scouts BSA volunteer.