Troop Activity Ideas

This page was last updated: January 2, 2012

Girl Scouts of Northern California

LAFAYETTE SERVICE UNIT

Refer to the Association Resource Guide and Council Resource Book for Trip Planning guidelines

So you want to leave your meeting place?  Here is a list of ideas to help take you out locally and beyond. 

• A great place to start is your handbook
  

• Want to have older girls work with your troop or have your troop work with younger girls?  Contact your School Organizer or check out the Troop and Leader Roster
  

• Want to go overnight?
  

  Check out Let's Go Camping

  Check out hostels in the Bay Area

• The Field Trip Factory
  

• Lafayette
  

Lafayette Reservoir

Phone: 935-284-9669

• Close to Home
  

Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve in Antioch

Phone: 925-757-2620

Blackhawk Museum in Danville

Phone: 925-736-2277 ext. 236

Books for the Barrios in Concord

(see community service for information)

Borges Ranch (Walnut Creek Open Space)

Phone: 925-943-5860

Build a Bear in Walnut Creek

Phone: 925-946-4697

Contra Costa County Food Bank in Concord

(see community service for information)

DVC Planetarium in Pleasant Hill (scroll down to Community Resources)

Phone: 925-685-1230

Golden Skate in San Ramon

Phone: 925-820-2525

Heather Farm

Phone: 925-943-5858 (community center)

Phone: 925-947-1679 (gardens)

John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez

Phone: 925-228-8860

Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek

Phone: 925-935-1978

Mount Diablo

Phone: 925-837-2525

Rock Climbing @ Touchstone in Concord

Phone: 925.602.1000

Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek

Phone: 925-210-9663

Sugar Loaf Open Space in Walnut Creek

Phone: 925-944-5766

Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society

Phone: 925-937-1888

Whole Foods Market store tour

Phone: 925-274-9700

A Little Further Out...

Alcatraz Island

Phone: 415-705-5555 (reservations)

Angel Island

Phone: 415-435-3522

Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael

Phone: 415-499-4000

Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield

Phone: 800-JB-BEANS

Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley

Phone: 510-642-5132

Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey

Phone: 831-648-4800

Mrs. Grossman’s Sticker Factory tour in Petaluma

Phone: 800-429-4549

Oakland Zoo

Phone: 510-632-9525

Point Montara Youth Hostel in Montara

Phone: 650-728-7177

San Francisco Zoo

Phone: 415-753-7080

Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland

Phone: 510-530-3480

Ferry Ride on Bay

Phone:  511 or 415-455-2000

Robert Sibley Volcanic Preserve in Berkeley

Phone: 510-562-PARK

Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers Factory tour in Benicia

Phone: 707-746-1900

Dryer’s Grand Ice Cream Factory tour in Union City

Phone: 510-477-3271

Fortune Cookie Factory tour in San Francisco & Oakland

Phone: 510-832-5552

Marin French Cheese Factory tour in Petaluma

Phone: 707-762-6001

New United Motor Mfg Factory tour (Toyota and GM) in Fremont

Phone: 510-498-5765

SBC Park tours

Phone: 415-972-2400

Scharffenberger Chocolate Maker Factory tour in Berkeley

Phone: 510-981-4066

Thompson Candy Company Factory tour in Fairfield

Phone: 877-722-6343

Golden Gate National Park Conservancy, Crissy Field Center

Phone:

Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito

Phone: 415-289-7330

River of Words

Phone: 510-548-7636

Richardson Bay Audubon Center in Tiburon

Phone: 415-388-2524, ext 107

The Watershed Project

Phone: 510-665-3689

Wild Care

Phone: 415-453-1000, ext 12