All awards
National Outdoor Achievement Award (Hiking)
Scouts BSA
2010 requirements, effective August 1, 2010
Requirements
Hiking. A Scout, Sea Scout, or Venturer may earn the National Outdoor Badge for Hiking upon successfully completing the following requirements:
1.
Earn the Scouts BSA First Class rank or Sea Scout Apprentice rank,
or complete Venturing Ranger Award requirements 1 through 6.
Complete 1 of the following
(a)
First Class
(b)
Apprentice
(c)
Venturing Ranger Award requirements 1 through 6
2.
Complete the requirements for one of the following: Hiking merit badge, Backpacking merit badge, or Venturing Ranger Backpacking elective.
Complete 1 of the following
(a)
Hiking merit badge
(b)
Backpacking merit badge
(c)
Venturing Ranger Backpacking elective
3.
Complete the requirements for one of the following: Orienteering
merit badge or Geocaching merit badge or Ranger Land
Navigation core.
Complete 1 of the following
(a)
Orienteering merit badge
(b)
Geocaching merit badge
(c)
*Pathfinding merit badge
(d)
Venturing Ranger Land Navigation core requirement.
4.
Complete 100 miles of hiking, backpacking, snowshoeing, or cross country skiing under the auspices of the Boy Scouts of America, including miles hiked as part of requirements 2 and 3. (any Cub Scout hiking may be counted)
*Only the Scouts who have already earned the Pathfinding merit badge during Scouting's centennial celebration in 2010 and first quarter of 2011 can receive credit for this requirement. This badge has been discontinued since then, and can no longer be earned.
A gold device may be earned for each additional 50 miles hiked, backpacked, snowshoed, or skied as outlined in requirements 2 and 3. A silver device is earned for each additional 200 miles of hiking. The youth may wear any combination of devices totaling his or her current number of miles hiking.
A gold device may be earned for each additional 50 miles hiked, backpacked, snowshoed, or skied as outlined in requirements 2 and 3. A silver device is earned for each additional 200 miles of hiking. The youth may wear any combination of devices totaling his or her current number of miles hiking.