Greater Tampa Bay Area Council serves Scouts in West-Central Florida with the council headquarters in Tampa, Florida. Youth are served in the following nine counties: Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sumter. Greater Tampa Bay Area Council was formed on May 1, 2016 by the merger of Gulf Ridge Council with West Central Florida Council. Organization The council is split into eight districts: Ft Brooke District serving northern half of Hillsborough County Lake Region District serving Hardee County, Highlands County, and the eastern half of Polk County Miccosukee District serving Northern Pinellas County (from 54th Avenue North up to the Pinellas/Pasco county line) Skyway District serving St. Petersburg (south of 54th Avenue North) Suncoast District serving Pasco County (including Trinity, New Port Richey, Land O’Lakes, Dade City, Zephyrhills, and Wesley Chapel) Thunderbird District serving Western half of Polk County Timucua District serving Southern half of Hillsborough County Withlacoochee District serving Citrus, Hernando and Sumter counties Camps Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation (FASR) is a 677 acre Boy Scout Camp located in the pine flatwoods outside of Lake Wales, Florida, on the shores of three spring fed lakes. Sand Hill Scout Reservation Sand Hill Scout Reservation is a Scout camp of over in the west central Florida region, located near Spring Hill, Florida. Sand Hill Scout Reservation belongs to the Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venturers of the Greater Tampa Bay Area Council and is intended for their instruction and enjoyment. Camp Soule Camp Soule serves the Scouting Community in the West Central Florida area. It is located on of pristine wilderness, in the heart of Clearwater, Florida. It offers protected trees, wildlife, and beauty centered in the most populous county of Florida. Camp Soule offers four improved campsites (with Adirondack shelters, latrines, and showers), six primitive campsites, a dining hall, trading post, large activity fields, Olympic-size swimming pool, pool house, BB gun range, Cub Scout and Boy Scout archery ranges, two cabins, Council campfire ring, chapel, and a full time ranger on property. Camp Bigfoot Bigfoot Wilderness Camp (BWC) is a hidden gem at Green Swamp, east of Dade City, Florida. It is located within a wildlife preserve owned by the State of Florida - Southwest Florida Water Management District. The facility includes a cabin with electricity and indoor plumbing on the banks of the Withlacoochee River, two small box stoves for