Camping Packing List

Personal Camping Gear

Individual Outdoor Essentials

  • Pocketknife (Whittlin' Chip card holders and adults only)
  • Water Bottle
  • Flashlight
  • Trail Food

Clothing for the season

  • Extra day clothing
  • Night clothes
  • Rain Gear
  • Swimsuit (if applicable)
  • Gloves (if applicable)

Sleeping Bag

Sleeping Pad

Eating Kit

  • Plate
  • Bowl
  • Cup
  • Fork / knife / spoon

Cleanup Kit

  • Toothbrush
  • Toothpaste
  • Dental floss
  • Comb
  • Washcloth
  • Towel

Optional Extras

  • Watch
  • Notebook
  • Pencil or pen
  • Sunglasses
  • Small musical instrument

Family Camping Gear

Home on the Plain

  • Tent
  • Ground Cloth
  • Camp chairs
  • Lantern
  • Brush and dustpan for tent

Optional Extras

  • Camera and film or memory

Family Essentials

  • Paper towels
  • Toilet paper

Special Needs

  • Special Dietary Needs
  • Medicines

Den (Leader) Camping Gear

Group Outdoor Essentials

  • First Aid Kit
  • Walkie Talkies
  • Matches and fire starters
  • Wood for camp fire
  • Map and compas
  • Garbage bags
  • Shovel
  • Rope and/or twine

Food

  • Materials to make each meal
  • Drinks
  • Snacks
  • Run your meal plan by the den parents in case of allergies, religious requirements, etc.

Cooking Gear

  • Camp stove
  • Fuel for stove / lantern
  • Pots and pans
  • Coffee pot
  • Can opener
  • Cooking utensils, e.g., spatula
  • Seasonings
  • Condiments, e.g., ketchup, pancake syrup
  • Cleanups (dish soap, scrubber)
  • Water container

Notes:

Page updated 9/7/14.

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