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Merit Badge Programs

Course List

  • Youth group and scouts: Guided adventures
    Share unique discoveries with your youth group or scout troop during a guided adventure at The Morton Arboretum.

  • Youth groups and scouts: Self-guided adventures
    Register your youth group or scout troop for a self-guided adventure at The Morton Arboretum.

  • Geocaching Merit Badge
    Following state recommendations to help slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), this program has been cancelled. For refund and more information, visit the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness and Prevention webpage.

  • Environmental Science Merit Badge
    Following state recommendations to help slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), this program has been cancelled. For refund and more information, visit the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness and Prevention webpage.

  • Nature Merit Badge
    Following state recommendations to help slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), this program has been cancelled. For refund and more information, visit the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness and Prevention webpage.

  • Plant Science Merit Badge
    Following state recommendations to help slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED.. For refund and more information, visit the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness and Prevention webpage.

  • Weather Merit Badge
    Following state recommendations to help slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED.. For refund and more information, visit the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness and Prevention webpage.

  • Hiking Merit Badge
    Let miles of walking trails at The Morton Arboretum roll beneath your feet as you experience and discover the wonders of nature and earn your Hiking Merit Badge. Two Sundays, May 3, 2020, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and August 23, 2020, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

  • Bird Study Merit Badge
    Study the characteristics, behavior, and significance of birds as you earn your merit badge at The Morton Arboretum. Saturday, May 16, 2020, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.