page_title: National Capital Area Council
section_title: Camp Howard M. Wall
hierarchical_section_title: National Capital Area Council / Camp Howard M. Wall
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the Howard Wall Scout Camp, Fareham, Saint Croix, USVI
context_page_description: The National Capital Area Council is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America within the Northeast Region that serves the Washington metropolitan area, including Washington, D.C., portions of Maryland and Virginia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The council offers extensive training, and administrative support to units. It is rated as a "Class 100" council by the National Council, which denotes that the NCAC is among the very largest in the country. Chartered in 1911, it is also one of the oldest. The council is divided into 21 districts serving ten counties in Northern Virginia, six counties in Maryland, the District of Columbia, the US Virgin Islands, and BSA units throughout the Americas. The council has a 3 to 1 ratio of youth members to adult leaders, which is among the highest of all the councils. The youth retention rate approaches 83%.
context_section_description: Named for Howard M. Wall, who added the estates Fareham, Petronella, and Longford to the Castle Nugent Farms cattle ranch in 1951, the Camp Howard M. Wall at Milord Point Beach on Route 62 at Great Pond Bay, in Estate Fareham, USVI is on the southeast end of Saint Croix. The camp is "located at the west side of Great Pond Bay." The camp offers bunkhouses intended to accommodate eight people per room, a shower house with gender segregated facilities, and a dining hall. Other facilities include a climbing tower, ropes course, central pavilion, and rifle range. Programs include fishing, games, guided kayak tour in Salt River Bay, hiking to the tidal pools, Jeep tour of St. Croix, Jeep tour of the rainforest, kayaking, shooting, snorkeling, snorkeling at Buck Island Reef National Monument, sports, swimming, and visiting historic Christiansted.
  The camp has also hosted events not connected to Scouting. Since 2016 Catch The Vision International has sponsored an annual mission trip where participants stay at the camp. On June 21, 2012 at the camp the Virgin Islands National Guard hosted Shadow Warriors Fun Day, which included meeting Kofi Kingston. On June 25–30, 2012 at the camp the US Virgin Islands National Guard Youth Program held the St. Croix Youth Leadership Camp which included activities focused on agriculture, culture, marine science, masquerading, resilience, self-awareness, storytelling, survival, swimming, team building, and the environment.
caption: View of camp facing Great Pond Bay[54]
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