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Gear Up for Adventure: Enter the 2026 Scout Life camping gear giveaway

April 21, 2026 0

The contest is now open and runs through May 31. The amazing gear in this prize package is offered by ALPS Mountaineering.

App Feed - For Parents

Send us a video of your favorite outdoors experience for the chance to win two terrific prizes

December 14, 2023 0

The best part of Scouting is the outings, and if you send us a video highlighting your favorite Scout campout, you’ll be entered to win both a GoPro Max and a Klymit Cross Canyon 4P

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#GetReadyforCamp: A week full of deals, contests and prizes no Scout should miss

May 7, 2019 5

Scout Shop has huge surprises for shoppers next week. To help you #GetReadyForCamp, it’s rolling out an epic lineup of incentives. (Pro tip: Read this entire post to find out how you can start taking

Where Am I?

January-February 2014 ‘Where Am I?’ winner, location revealed

February 27, 2014 0

You don’t have to be an astronaut to recognize the terrain in our January-February “Where Am I? – Rise From the Ashes” contest. 284 readers submitted their guess of the mystery location, and we randomly

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September-October ‘Where Am I?’ winner, location revealed

October 23, 2013 2

One look at the photo is all it took for our September-October “Where Am I?” winner to recognize the mystery location: the Wind River Range in Wyoming. 142 readers submitted their guesses and random number

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November-December ‘Where Am I?’ contest winner, location revealed

January 2, 2013 0

Aloha! We received a tremendous response to the November-December “Where Am I?” contest, which racked up 466 entries — 395 of those were correct guesses! The answer to the riddle? Pu’u Loa Petroglyphs, located in the Hawai’i

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Where Am I?

September-October ‘Where Am I?’ winner and location revealed

October 22, 2012 1

What a view! And it’s one that doesn’t come without a little effort, either. If you want to perch atop this rock wall, you’ve got to rope up and climb nearly 75 feet of vertical

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