Council Geographic Area Information

The Western Massachusetts Council serves the communities of - Adams, Agawam, Aldenville, Alford, Allendale, Amherst, Ashfield, Ashleyfalls, Bancroft, Becket, Belchertown, Berkshire, Bernardston, Blackinton, Blandford, Blanford, Bondsville, Brier, Brightwood, Brimfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Cheshire, Chester, Chesterfield, Chicopee Falls, Chicopee, Clarksburg, Colrain Conway, Cummington, Cushman, Dalton, Deerfield, Drury, East Deerfield, East Hampton, East Lee, East Longmeadow, East Springfield, East Whatley, Egremont, Erving, Fairview, Falls, Farley, Farnams, Feeding Hills, Florence, Florida, Forest Park, Gill, Glendale, Goshen, Granby, Granville, Great Barrington, Greenfield, Griswoldville, Hadley, Hampden, Hancock, Hatfield, Hawley, Haydenville, Heath, Highland, Hinsdale, Holyoke, Housatonic, Huntington, Indian Orchard, Interlaken, Lake Pleasant, Lanesboro, Laurel Park, Lee, Leeds, Lenox, Lenoxdale, Leverett, Leyden, Lithia, Long Meadow, Ludlow, Lyonsville, Middlefield, Mill River, Miller Falls, Mittineague, Monroe Bridge, Monroe, Monson, Montague City, Montague, Monterey, Montgomery, Montville, Moores Corner, Mount Hermon, Mount Tom, North Adams, North Agawam, North Amherst, North Egremont, North Field, North Hadley, North Hampton, North Hatfield, North Leverett, North Wilbraham, Nagawam, Negremont, New Ashford, New Boston, New Marlboro, New Salem, Old Deerfield, Otis, Palmer, Pelham, Peru, Pittsfield, Plainfield, Richmond, Rowe, Russell, South Amherst, South Ashfield, South Deerfield, South Egremont, South Hadley, South Hampton, South Lee, South Sandisfield, South Vernon, South Williamstown, South Worthington, Sandisfield, Savoy, Segremont, Shattuckville, Sheffield, Shelburne Falls, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Southfield, Southwick, Springfield, Stateline, Stockbridge, Sunderland, Swift River, Thorndike, Three Rivers, Tolland, Tryingham, Turner Falls, Tyringham, West Chesterfield, West Cummington, West Deerfield, West Dudley, West Granville, West Hampton, West Hatfield, West Hawley, West Holyoke, West Springfield, West Stockbridge, Wales, Washington, Wendell Depot, Wendell, Westfield, Westover Air Force Base, Whately, Wilbraham, Williamsburg, Williamstown, Willimansett,Windsor, Woronoco, Worthington

Council Merger History

The Berkshire Council and the Hampshire-Franklin Council merged in 1968 to form the Great Trails Council.

The Great Trails Council merged with the Pioneer Valley Council to become the Western Massachusetts Council on June 28, 2008.

Boy Scout Camp Information

Chesterfield Scout Reservation
22 Sugar Hill Road
Williamsburg, MA 01096-9302
TEL: Camp Ranger Tim Vogel 413-296-4249
Camp Lat: 42.383109 Lon: -72.811806

Click HERE for a Road Map to Camp.

Click HERE for a Topographic Map.

This camp is over 60 years old and occupies 521 acres near "Scout Pond" (the pond is more than 10 acres). They offer swimming, canoes, sailboats, rowboats, tent camp sites, Adirondack (lean-to) shelters and winter cabins for overnight use and family camping, an activity field for athletics and camporees, rowboat and canoe rentals for overnight groups, a summer camp dining hall, patrol cooking for Boy Scouts, and extended Cub Scout camping. Their camp trading post is only open during the summer.

Campsites

The rates shown below are for a TWO NIGHT STAY (you pay the same for one night or two night stay). The lodges are heated by a wood stove and have bunk cots with mattresses.

Directions to Camp

• From the West: Take Route 8 South to Hinsdale. Turn on Route 143 East. Drive approximately 20 miles and take a to Left onto Sugar Hill Road. The Camp Entrance will be 200 yards down on the right.

• From the East: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike I-90 to Interstate 91 North (Exit 4). Get off I-91 at Exit 19 in Northampton. Drive West on Route 9 towards Chesterfield and Williamsburg. After passing through Williamsburg, take a left on Route 143 West (there is a small BSA Camp sign). Stay on Route 143 for approximately 4 miles. Turn right onto Sugar Hill Road. The camp entrance approximately 200 yards down on the right.

Horace A. Moses Scout Reservation
310 Birch Hill Road
Russell, MA 01071

• Click HERE for a Topographic Camp Map.

• Click HERE for a Road Map to the Camp (Red Star Marks the Spot).

This Scout Reservation is home to three Boy Scout camps, Camp Woronoak, Camp Frontier and Camp Knox. It consists of over 1600 wooded acres and 90 acre Russell Pond, (once known as Woronoco). They have a Ham Radio Shack, a dining hall and a trading post that is open for summer campers. Their three camp's waterfronts offer swimming, rowing, sail boats, kayaks, and canoes. They offer a rifle range, a shotgun range, an archery range and field archery, a C.O.P.E. (Challenging Outdoor Physical Experience) course, a climbing wall and rock climbing. They also have what may be the only Blacksmithing Shop in a New England Scout Reservation. The Blacksmithing Shop is open to troops year-round. Blacksmith Training is available to unit leaders every Monday evening during summer camp.

General Henry Knox stopped here with his troops back in the winter of 1775-76, leading ox-drawn wagons loaded with artillery on the way to meet General George Washington in Cambridge to help drive the British army out of Boston. Because of this history, all the camps here have a Revolutionary War theme, with campsite names like "Saratoga," "Nathan Hale," "Bunker Hill" and "Ethan Allen."

• Campsites
  There are 12 summer tenting sites at camp and showers are available during the summer. The Woronoak Area and Frontier Area are open year round for tenting. Tents have cots and mats.

• Buildings (Cabins) and Rental Fees
  Cabins are available for rent from September through May. Cabins are not available from the end of May through mid September because of Summer Camp and to allow for camp maintenance.
  
  2012 CAMP RATES
  
  FEATURES: E=Electricity, GS=Gas Cooking Stove, H=Heated, R=Refrigerator, S=Showers, WS=Wood Stove

  FACILITY	CAPACITY	COST	DAMAGE DEPOSIT
  Tenting in Woronoak	-	$20 PER UNIT	$20
  Adirondack A, B & C	Sleeps 30	$50	$20
  Nikomis Adirondack 3 Shelters	Sleeps 12+	$30	$20
  Hillside (co-ed)	Sleeps 12 WS-E	$80	$25
  Quimby Lodge	Sleeps 12 WS-E	$85	$25
  Guyton (co-ed)	Sleeps 24 WS-E	$120	$25
  Cabin 1 (co-ed for 4)	Sleeps 24 WS-E	$120	$25
  Cabin 2 (co-ed for 4)	Sleeps 24 WS-E	$120	$25
  Aquatics (co-ed)	Sleeps 30 WS-E-R	$150	$30
  T-Lodge (co-ed)	Sleeps 24 WS-H-E-R-S	$275	$50

• Directions to Camp
  From Mass Pike (I-90) take Exit 3 Westfield, turn right on Route 10/202 South, travel 5 sets of lights, turn right onto Route 20 West, travel 5.5 miles, turn left onto Route 23 South, travel 1.4 miles, turn left onto General Knox Rd., travel 0.2 miles, turn right onto Birch Hill Road, follow until you see Lake Woronoak and Ranger's Office on left.

Cub Scout Camp Information

No Information Available, contact the Western Massachusetts Council

Order of the Arrow Lodge Information

Pocumtuc Lodge, Section NE-2A

Click HERE to visit the Lodge Web Site.