Books
Backpacking and Hiking merit badge pamphlets
Scouting America Handbook
Fieldbook
Websites
Backpacker Magazine
Trails.com
Related Program Features
Camping, Geocaching, Hiking, and Orienteering
Photo and Illustration Credits
(matches, Scouting America file; Shutterstock.com, courtesy: backpacker, ©Florin Stana; hiking equipment, ©EloPaint; hat, ©Michaelpuche; sleeping bag, ©Konjushenko Vladimir), (Scouting America file), (backpackers, Scouting America/Brian Payne; clothing, rain gear, flashlight, and boots, Scouting America file; backpack,
Omega Studios) (illustrations, Scouting America/John McDearmon), and (Shutterstock.com, courtesy: stopwatch, ©edel; soccer ball, ©pnDI)
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to writer Mark Ray, Louisville, Kentucky, who helped develop the Backpacking program feature.