page_title: The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve / Location
caption_attribution_description: The Summit: Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve - The future home of the Boy Scouts of America 2013 National Jamboree and the Summit High Adventure Base.
context_page_description: The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, often shortened as Summit Bechtel Reserve, located in Fayette and Raleigh counties, near Beckley, West Virginia, is one of four facilities managed by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The others are Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, Northern Tier National High Adventure Bases in Minnesota, as well as Manitoba and Ontario in Canada, and Florida National High Adventure Sea Base in the Keys. The Summit Bechtel Reserve is the current home of the National Scout Jamboree, the Paul R. Christen National High Adventure Base, the James C. Justice National Scout Camp, and the John D. Tickle National Training and Leadership Center. The reserve comprises properties totaling over 14,000 acres. The facility's opening event was the 2013 National Scout Jamboree.
context_section_description: The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve is in southern West Virginia bordering the New River Gorge National River. Approximately 11,400 acres (46 km²) of the property are in Fayette County. The remaining roughly 2,600 acres (11 km²) are in Raleigh County. The property borders the communities of Glen Jean, McCreery, Thurmond, and Mount Hope. To the south is the city of Beckley and to the north is the city of Oak Hill and the town of Fayetteville. To the northwest is Charleston, the state capital.
caption: Overlook of the Summit site, cleared out before general construction in 2011.
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