National Outdoor Badge for Riding

Rank, one riding merit badge with its own mileage, then 200 miles of riding in Scouting.

5 steps (4 parts inside them). 4 parts depend on questions you have not answered yet. · Version 1, published 9 October 2026 · About National Outdoor Badge for Riding

No questions answered

This is the whole plan: everything that could apply to anybody. Answering the question at the address above takes out the parts that are not for you.

Which of this applies to you

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Answer the questions

The steps

Stage 1 of 5

1 step

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 5

1 step

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 5

1 step

2. One riding badge, with its own miles Requirement

A merit badge or Ranger elective and the distance that goes with it.
4 parts
- 2(a). Cycling, and 100 miles of cycling Optional May not apply
- 2(b). Horsemanship, and 20 miles on horseback Optional May not apply
- 2(c). Motorboating, and 100 miles of motorboating Optional May not apply
- 2(d). Skating, and 20 miles of skating Optional May not apply

Stage 4 of 5

1 step

3. 200 miles of riding in all Requirement

Under the auspices of Scouting America, including the miles from requirement 2. ATV or personal watercraft riding counts at an approved council program.

Stage 5 of 5

1 step

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. One riding badge, with its own miles and 3. 200 miles of riding in all.

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.