Suffolk County Council (Boy Scouts of America)


Suffolk County Council is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America that serves youth in Suffolk County, New York. The council currently has a membership of 11,000 youth and 4,000 adult volunteers.

Organization

The council operates a Council Service Center in Medford. The council is divided into four districts:
The original council was the Smithtown Council in Smithtown, New York.

Camps

Baiting Hollow Scout Camp, which opened in 1926, is a year-round camping facility owned by the council, located in Calverton, New York. Baiting Hollow Scout Camp is a nearly 300 acre piece of property on the North Shore of Long Island along the Long Island Sound. Other than the Long Island Sound, the property holds a large freshwater lake and a brackish marsh. The hilly property offers sights of wild animals ranging from deer, to osprey, to wild turkey. While it is easy to wander about the property, it is almost impossible to get lost due to the road accessibility and distance from any of cabins and campsites.
The property offers the following accommodations, some things might be seasonal or weather dependent.
The Order of the Arrow is represented by Shinnecock Lodge 360. The lodge was founded on June 20, 1947. The lodge totem is the tern.