Historic Trails Award

The Historic Trails Award is an award of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) designed to promote the ideals of Scouting and in Scoutcraft, citizenship, self-reliance, and appreciation of national history. It is awarded for studying about, hiking or camping along, and performing a service project on a historic trail. The award may be earned by Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts, Venturers and leaders.^[1]

Historic Trails Award
Historic Trails Award patch
Country	United States of America
Created	April 1956
Founder	Boy Scouts of America
Awarded for	Study about, hike or camp along, and perform a service project for a historic trail
Website http://www.scouting.org/awards/awards-central/historic-trails/
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Award

The Historic Trails Award is presented as a cloth or leather patch and as a decal. The award may not be worn on the uniform but is affixed to equipment such as backpacks or vehicles, or sewn onto items such as patch vests or blankets.^[2] The Historic Trails Award was established in April 1956, along with the 50-Miler Award.^[3][4]

Requirements

Although the Historic Trails Award is an individual award, the requirements are performed as a group, where groups may be the pack, troop, ship, or crew or a provisional group composed of members of various units. The trip must be properly planned and may include other opportunities for advancement and recognition.^[5]