About Us

With a rich history of Scouting that dates back to 1916, the Golden Gate Area Council (GGAC) serves the Northern California Bay Area communities of San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa, Lake and Solano Counties and supports more than 700 local packs, troops, teams and crews. The Golden Gate Area Council was formed in April 2020 by the merger of the San Francisco Bay Area Council, the Alameda Council and the Mt. Diablo Silverado Council.

The

Council

Headquarters

is

located

in

Pleasanton,

California

near

the

580

/

680

hwy

junction

with

a

satellite

office

in

Alameda.

The

GGAC

maintains

five

nationally

accredited

camps:

Camp

Herms

(located

in

the

hills

of

El

Cerrito,

CA),

Camp

Royaneh

(located

near

Cazadero

in

the

Russian

River

area),

Camp

Wolfeboro

(located

near

Bear

Valley

in

the

Sierra

Nevada

Mountains),

Rancho

Los

Mochos

(located

in

the

hills

south

of Livermore, CA) and Wente Scout Reservation (located east of Willits, CA in the Eel river watershed).