Summit Bechtel Reserve

The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, often shortened to Summit Bechtel Reserve (SBR) or The Summit, is a High Adventure base owned by Scouting America and located in Fayette and Raleigh counties, near Beckley, West Virginia. It comprises the Paul R. Christen National High Adventure Base, James C. Justice National Scout Camp, and John D. Tickle National Training and Leadership Center. The reserve is over 14,000 acres (22 sq mi) in size and is the current home of the National Scout Jamboree.

The Summit is one of Scouting America’s four high adventures bases, the others being Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, Northern Tier in Minnesota, as well as Manitoba and Ontario in Canada, and Sea Base in the Florida Keys.