Orienteering
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Orienteering is a popular Summer Camp Merit badge.
![]() | This is the Orienteering Merit Badge. Cub Scouts & Webelos Scouts can earn the Cub Scout Map and Compass Belt Loop & Pin |
Orienteering merit badge | ||
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Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 1974 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 080 | |
Requirements revision: | 2004 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2008 |
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Orienteering requirements | ![]() | ||
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Requirement resources
1: First aid:
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See First Aid Skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: First Aid Merit Badge Pamphlet - First Aid Kit - Emergency Kit - Guide to Safe Scouting - Annual Health & Medical Record
3-4: Map & Compass:
- REI Videos: Parts of a Compass - Topographic Maps - Map to Compass - Compass to Map - Triangulation - Declination
- REI:Navigation Basics
- Topographical Maps Free US Geological Survey - Topozone.com - Google Satellite, Street, and Terrain Maps
4c: Online Declination Calculator
6a: International Control Descriptions An online interactive quiz for learning or reviewing the IOF symbols
6ab: 2004 Int'l Specification for Control Descriptions - 29 pages (pdf)
6ab: One Page Control Description Cheat Sheet (pdf)
6c: Better definitions than in the merit badge handbook
Related awards
- Outdoor Skills Awards
Sports and Fitness Awards
Sports-related awards
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See also
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
- Canadian Orienteering Federation
- Intl. Orienteering Federation
- Geocaching.com
- Geocaching to Promote Scouting
- Orienteering Games for the Computer
- Schoolyard Compass Game
- Scout Skills Orienteering Badge UK
- U.S. Geological Survey
- U.S. Orienteering Federation
- AE Orienteering
- The Compass Store
- Orienteering Unlimited
- Orienteer Website