Reference guide of places to take cubscouts for outings. This handbook is for Cubscout den leaders in Orange County California

1. Cub Scout Handbook of Outings
The purpose of this document is give you ideas of places to visit that will meet the
requirements for rank advancement, but more importantly, be engaging and fun.
Nothing is better for learning than to experience it first hand. You’ve probably
heard it said more than once “Scouting is Outings”. Outings create great experiences
that are fun, engaging and leave a lifetime of memories. As a side benefit, outings
also make us visible in the community. Non-scouting parents, children,
grandparents who see us doing things in the community may be seeing scouts in
action for the first time. We hope that this triggers a thought in their minds to check
out our program and see what we’re about.
This document is nowhere near complete. Orange County is large and has a long
history in the state of California. So please use this handbook as a starting point, not
as a be-all end-all guide. Be creative, and most importantly talk to the other leaders
of your pack, district and council. Go to your roundtable and ask other leaders
about what they’ve done. The scouting network is vast and is always willing to
share information. I’ve always been surprised at the things I’ve learned talking to
other leaders at roundtable, camps and other scouting events.
Purpose of scouting
“Let us, therefore, in training our Scouts, keep the higher aims in the forefront, not
let ourselves get too absorbed in the steps. Don't let the technical outweigh the
moral. Field efficiency, backwoodsmanship, camping, hiking, good turns, jamboree
comradeship are all means, not the end. The end is character with a purpose. And
that purpose, that the next generation may be sane in an insane world, and develop
the higher realization of service, active service of love, and duty to God and
neighbor.” – Lord Bayden Powell
Teaching Moments
When on an outing you’ll likely have a goal (or goals) in mind that you’d like to
achieve. Often there will be things that will pop up that can be used as teaching
moments for the boys. Pay attention to those moments and highlight them for your
boys. There is nothing better than overhearing your boys saying “Remember the
legless lizard we saw last year on that hike at camp?” Be ready to let go of your own
agenda and go with the flow. At summer camp one year, one of my boys found an
opossum skull. I immediately asked him to show me and we took the whole group
of boys over to it to get a closer look. We got a stick and poked at it, flipping it over
and talking about what it was and how it got there. That ended up being the best
part of the entire week.

2. Art
Disney Youth Programs
http://www.disneyyouth.com/our-programs/education/sp/youth-
education-series/#categories-youth-education-series,locations-DLR,ages-
elementary
Civics
Santa Ana Court House
http://ocparks.com/historic/oldcourt
Various city halls
Federal Reserve Bank Los Angeles
http://www.frbsf.org/our-district/about/visit-us/
Community History
Heritage Museum
http://heritagemuseumoc.org/
Heritage Hill
http://ocparks.com/historic/heritage/
Arden Modjeska House
http://ocparks.com/historic/modjeska/
Irvine Historical Society
http://www.irvineranchhistory.com/tours.html
Ramon Peralta Adobe Historic Site
http://ocparks.com/historic/ramon
Huntington Beach Historical Walking Tour
http://www.surfcityusa.com/things-to-do/itineraries/historical-
walking-tour/
Flag Ceremony
Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial
Northwood Community Park at the corner of Bryan and Yale in Irvine has a
wonderful war memorial. Once your scouts have practiced and are really good at
doing a flag ceremony, take them outside and do it at this memorial. The website
below also has a poem “A Litany of Remembrance” that is worth reading during the
ceremony.
http://www.northwoodmemorial.com/
Hikes
O’Neil Park
O’Neil Park has a 23 miles of trails, from easy 1-2 mile hikes to much longer harder
hikes. You can also camp at O’Neil Park and they have a nature center that’s small
but very nice.

3. http://ocparks.com/parks/oneill/
Thomas F. Riley Wilderness Park
http://ocparks.com/parks/thomas/
Trabuco Canyon
Holy Jim Trail
Crystal Cove
Irvine Ranch
Star Ranch
http://www.starrranch.org/PDF/2011SRFEPflyer-BoyScouts.pdf
Museums
Marconi Auto Museum
Bower Museum
http://www.bowers.org/
Orange County Museum of Art
https://www.ocma.net/
Balboa Island Museum
http://www.balboaislandmuseum.org/
Beall Center for Art & Technology
http://beallcenter.uci.edu/
Childrens Museum of La Habra
http://www.lahabracity.com/custom.cfm?name=cmlh.cfm
California Science Center
http://californiasciencecenter.org/programs/onsite-programs/scout-
days
Columbia Space Center
http://columbiaspacescience.org/
Miscellaneous
Fullerton Airport Tour
http://www.ci.fullerton.ca.us/depts/airport/
Knotts Berry Farm Youth Program
https://www.knotts.com/student-youth-programs/adventures-in-
education
Tanaka Farms
http://www.tanakafarms.com/tanaka-tours/
Western University School of Veterinary Medicine Open House
http://www.westernu.edu/cvmopenhouse/badgesinfo.html
TSpoons Cooking Classes

4. http://tspoons.com/teens&kids.asp
Sawdust Factory – Woodworking projects & classes
http://www.thesawdustfactory.com/
Nature
Anaheim Oak Canyon Nature Center
http://www.anaheim.net/title/Community+Services/Oak+Canyon+N
ature+Center/#Home
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden
http://www.csulb.edu/~jgarden/
Bolsa Chica Conservancy
http://bolsachica.org/programs/learn/scouts/
Environmental Nature Center
http://encenter.org/
ExplorOcean
http://explorocean.org/about/
Irvine Regional Park
Fullerton Arboretum
http://fullertonarboretum.org/home.php
O’Neil Park Nature Center
Turtle Rock Nature Center
Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary
http://www.tuckerwildlife.org/
Irvine Open Space
http://letsgooutside.org/explore/irvine-open-space-preserve/
Audobon Society
Bat Walk
http://seaandsageaudubon.org/BatInformation/batwalkssummer.ht
m
Other Birdwatching Places
http://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/BirdInfo/birdinfoparksoc.htm
Centenial Farms Garden Classes
http://www.ocfair.com/ocf2/community_programs/CentennialFarm.
aspx
Newport Landing Whale Watching
http://newportwhales.com/
Newspapers / Newsrooms / Libraries
Los Angeles Times Tour
http://www.latimes.com/about/la-building-tour-story.html
Sports
Frisbee Golf Courses

5. Huntington Beach Library Park
Roller Rinks
Archery
Mile Square Archery Center
http://ocparks.com/parks/mile/archery_range
Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center
Oso Lake
Archery Stores
BB Gun
OEC
Boating/Sailing/Kayaking
http://www.newportseabase.org/
Zoo & Aquarium
Orange County Zoo
http://ocparks.com/zoo/
Santa Ana Zoo
http://www.santaanazoo.org/
Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific
www.aquariumofpacific.org
Pacific Marine Mammal Center
ZOOMARS Petting Zoo
Planetarium
Tessmann Planetarium
http://www.sac.edu/AcademicProgs/ScienceMathHealth/Planetarium/Page
s/Our-Shows.aspx
Fire Stations / Police Stations
Just about every fire station and police department will take tours. Call your
local fire department or police station on their regular line (not 911!) and see about
arranging a tour.