Sam Houston Area Council area

MySummitKeep for Scout units in Houston

Houston-area units belong to the Sam Houston Area Council. MySummitKeep is a web app for events, advancement, forms and parent communication, with a free Basecamp plan.

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Your council

Houston-area units belong to the Sam Houston Area Council, which describes itself as serving "approximately 27,000 youth in 16 counties in Southeast Texas." Counties listed: Austin, Brazos, Burleson, part of Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Madison, Matagorda, Montgomery, part of Trinity, Walker, Waller, Washington and Wharton.

Its council office, the Cockrell Scout Center, is at 2225 N Loop W, Houston, TX 77008. The council lists 20 districts, including Apollo, Arrowhead, Big Cypress, David Crockett, George Strake, Iron Horse, Lone Star, San Jacinto and Texas Skies.

Council camps

The council lists four properties: Bovay Scout Ranch, Camp Brosig, Camp Strake and Tellepsen Scout Camp.

What a Houston-area unit can do with MySummitKeep

Plan campouts and track permission slips and health-form status. Use the council and district event calendar view to keep council events beside your own, and track advancement. See event planning, council events, pricing and find a unit.

Heat and storm season: build rain and heat plans into permission slips and gear lists.

What MySummitKeep includes

Capability	Included from
Multi-program advancement tracking (Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing, Sea Scouts)	Basecamp
Event creation and registration with capacity limits	Basecamp
Attendance tracking	Basecamp
Import from Scoutbook, TroopMaster, TroopTrack, TroopWebHost or CSV	Basecamp
IA2 advancement export for BSA	Summit
In-app messaging and unit-wide announcements	Basecamp
Meal planning by day and meal	Summit
Equipment catalog and patrol box inventory	Summit
Health form compliance tracking (on file, no medical data stored)	Basecamp
Scout account balances, invoices and a financial dashboard	Peak

See pricing and the full feature list

Why units choose MySummitKeep

Web-based

MySummitKeep runs in your browser and is cloud-based, so there is no desktop install to set up or keep in sync.

All four programs

Track advancement for Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing and Sea Scouts in one platform (included on every plan, including free Basecamp).

Health forms: on file, not on screen

Health form tracking records whether a current form is on file without storing the medical record itself (included on every plan). Health-record fields also get an extra layer of field-level AES-256 encryption.

Free to start

Basecamp is free forever, with no credit card required. Summit is $99 per unit per year and Peak is $179 per unit per year, billed annually, with no per-Scout fees. The first 100 units lock in Summit at $79 or Peak at $149 a year. Summit and Peak each come with a 30-day free trial; when it ends the unit stays on Basecamp.

Frequently asked questions

Which council am I in?: Ask your unit leader, or check the council's website with your address. This page only repeats what the Sam Houston Area Council says about itself on its public website.
How much does MySummitKeep cost?: Basecamp is free forever. Summit is $99 per unit per year and Peak is $179 per unit per year, billed annually, with no per-Scout fees. The first 100 units lock in Summit at $79 or Peak at $149 a year.
Can I import data from my current tool?: Yes. Every plan, including free Basecamp, includes a guided import wizard for Scoutbook, TroopMaster, TroopTrack, TroopWebHost and generic CSV files.

Council facts are quoted from each council's public website, read October 23, 2026.

Start managing your Scout unit for free

Basecamp is free forever. Summit is $99 per unit per year and Peak is $179 per unit per year, billed annually, with no per-Scout fees. The first 100 units lock in Summit at $79 or Peak at $149 a year.

Start free, no credit card

MySummitKeep is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Scouting America or any local council. Place names describe the geographic area served.