The council's resident camps have long played a key role in providing youth members with an outdoor experience that is conducive to learning Scout skills.

ScoutReach is an opportunity for boys who have not already joined a traditional Pack or Troop to experience the Scouting Program.

When a pack, troop, or crew completes 12 consecutive monthly activities and a leader turns in a form, each youth receives a patch.

[7] The Crystal Lake Construction Crew is a group of volunteers dedicated to building and improving the council's major properties.

Many of the Boy Scout Troops that attend Tesomas are from cities located in the Samoset Council area of Wisconsin.

Activities at Tesomas include the merit badge program areas of Business and Technology, Ecology and Conservation, Personal Wellness, Handicraft, Shooting Sports, Scoutcraft, the Waterfront, Cope & Climbing, and the rank advancement area entitled Eagle Quest.

SirenCon had a news story conducted on local NBC television station WJFW.

The main building is the Mark Program Center, where the kitchen and dining hall are located.

Points of interest are the Lost Ship, Crockett's Glen, Baloo's Cave, Fort Akela, and Huck Finn's Waterfront.

[citation needed] Hanna Venture Base, located near Akela's World, is the smallest part of the Crystal Lake Scout Reservation.

It was named after, and financially supported by Al Hanna, whose achievements include climbing to the top of Mount Everest.

[16] Camp Phillips is located in Weston, Wisconsin, adjacent to the Samoset Council Service Center.

[18] The property includes several campsites, a covered shelter, and a tiered camp fire area.

Since 1974 the camp property has been leased to the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point and is used as Central Wisconsin Environmental Station.

Tom Kita Chara (TKC) is a lodge of the Order of the Arrow, and is affiliated with the Samoset Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

After being chartered in December 1936, the first formal lodge meeting was held early in 1937 in Wausau, Wisconsin.

[21] The name of the lodge, Tom Kita Chara, means "leaping buck" in the language of the Chippewa Indians, who lived in north-central Wisconsin.

In turn, he later sent the lodge a letter and a sword, which are now located in the Archives Room at Tesomas Scout Camp, and are available for public viewing.

Also that same year, a TKC version of the Lenni Lenape legend was written, to be used in the calling-out ceremony.

Later in 1947 the National Order of the Arrow Bulletin published it, and gave TKC full credit for its original development.

The belt buckle is strictly limited-edition and only available to the in-camp Scoutmaster, and one is given to the Tesomas Camp Director.

At the end of each summer, these buckles are destroyed in an extremely large fire to preserve the tradition of only giving them to the Scoutmasters.

[23] All former chiefs of TKC Lodge present at the anniversary banquet signed a Vigil sash, now also on display in the Tesomas Archives Room.

The LEC group meets once per month, and only youth members may vote on lodge matters.