National Outdoor Badge for Camping
Rank, then Camping and two of Cooking, First Aid and Pioneering, then 25 days and nights of camping including a week at an accredited resident camp.
6 steps. · Version 1, published 9 October 2026 · About National Outdoor Badge for Camping
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This is the whole plan: everything that could apply to anybody.
The steps
Stage 1 of 6
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Your unit leader signs it off Milestone
There is no counselor for the badge itself. You sign the application to say you have done the requirements, and your unit leader signs to affirm it. Any merit badges inside it are earned the usual way.
Stage 2 of 6
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1. First Class, Apprentice, or Ranger 1 to 6 Milestone
Earn First Class rank, or the Sea Scout Apprentice rank, or complete Venturing Ranger Award requirements 1 through 6.
Usually comes after Your unit leader signs it off.
Stage 3 of 6
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2. Complete the Camping merit badge requirements Requirement
Stage 4 of 6
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3. Two of Cooking, First Aid and Pioneering Requirement
Cooking merit badge or Ranger Cooking core; First Aid merit badge or Ranger First Aid core; Pioneering merit badge. Any two.
Stage 5 of 6
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4. 25 days and nights of camping Requirement
Under the auspices of Scouting America, including nights from requirements 1 to 3, and six consecutive days (five nights). Sea Scouts may be on a boat.
For Scouts, the six consecutive days (five nights) must be at a Scouting America accredited resident camp.
Stage 6 of 6
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Submit it, then get the badge Milestone
Through Internet Advancement (preferred) or a signed copy to the council service center, then buy the segment at a Scout shop. Your first National Outdoor badge comes with the center emblem.
Usually comes after 1. First Class, Apprentice, or Ranger 1 to 6, 2. Complete the Camping merit badge requirements and 2 others.
This plan is a planning aid: the current Boy Scouts of America publication is always the authority, and the sources used here are listed in full. Each step names its own.