Hawk Mountain Council
The Hawk Mountain Council is a Scouting America service council serving youth in Berks, Schuylkill, and Carbon counties in Pennsylvania. The council is headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania.
The Council was formed in 1970 with the merger of the Appalachian Trail and Daniel Boone councils.
Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation
Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation is the camp owned and operated by Hawk Mountain Council. It is located near Summit Station, Pennsylvania on Blue Mountain Road. The reservation consists of Camp Meade for Scouts BSA and Camp DuPortail for Cub Scouts. The camp is open for tent and cabin camping year-round.The property has of forest and a man-made lake, known as Lake Nalaheman. The camp also offers two swimming pools, a COPE Course, a climbing tower, and a confidence-building course for Cub [Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)|Cub Scouts.] HMSR also maintains a shooting sports program in which participants are taught the safe and responsible use of firearms and archery; facilities include ranges for .22 caliber rifles and archery, as well as shotgun trap shooting, an action archery course, and sporting arrows. The Northeast Region's National Camp School is often held at the camp in early summer for one week.