Robert S. Garrett (1875–1961) was among the twenty-five men who organized the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910.

A month prior, Robert Garrett and Laurance Eddy ensured that a patrol of eight Scouts from Mount Washington Troop 1 (organized earlier that summer) attended the first National Boy Scout camp held at Silver Bay on Lake George.

The initial board of directors was composed of Robert Garrett, William H. Morris, James Carey Jr., Frank Smith and Stuart S. Janney.

There are currently six Boy Scouts of America (BSA) local councils serving the youth of Maryland.

Baltimore Area Council partners with approximately 800 community-based organizations providing programs to more than 11,880 youth each year.

[3] Baltimore Area Council operates three full service Scout Shops either directly or thru license with the National Council, Boy Scouts of America in Baltimore City, Hanover and Whiteford in Harford County, Maryland.

In 2008, Baltimore Area Council announced ten top initiative programs to highlight the Boy Scouts of America 100th Anniversary in 2010.

A public ceremony was conducted on February 8, 2009, on the occasion of the 99th Anniversary of the incorporation of the Boy Scouts of America in Washington, D.C., by William D. Boyce, a Chicago publisher.

[4] The Baltimore Area Council includes seven districts: [6] In 2023, total attendance at Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation was 23,950 youth (boys and girls) and adults.

[9] Del-Mar-Va Council serves Scouts in Delaware and the eastern shore portions (east of the Chesapeake Bay) of Maryland and Virginia.

Covering 900 acres (3.6 km2) including the Bull Mountain Wilderness Area, it shares a long border with the woodlands of Elk Neck State Park.

Along with Broad Creek Reservation, Rodney has placed much of its land into conservation easements for permanent legal protection from residential or commercial development.

A number of facilities and campsites directly overlook the Chesapeake Bay which is used for an active aquatics program.

[13] Sinoquipe Scout Reservation (Sinoquipe means Builder of Men) is a remote 500-acre (2.0 km2) forested mountain facility with a 10-acre (40,000 m2) lake located in the rural area two miles (3 km) from the village of Fort Littleton, Pennsylvania in Fulton County.

This council supports girls in several Maryland counties: Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's, Frederick, St. Mary's, Allegany, and Washington.

An international Polish Scout Jamboree with several thousand participants took place in Maryland in the summer of 2006, composed primarily of Scouts-in-Exile from Canada and the United States.