Scout Name ______________________________________________________________ Unit # ____________ Date ____________

Pathfinding Merit Badge Worksheet

Requirement 1
Demonstrate a general knowledge of the area within a three-kilometer radius of your residence or the local
Scout office so as to be able to guide people at any time to points within the area.

Use the circle below to show 3-mile radius of your residence or local Scout office.

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Scout Name ______________________________________________________________ Unit # ____________ Date ____________

Requirement 2
Know the location and general population of five neighboring barangays, towns, or cities selected by your Counselor. Demonstrate
directions for reaching them – by foot, bus, or any other means of transportation, the comparative distances, and possible the fare from
your locality.

# General Directions for Reaching Possible

Name of Barangay, Town, or City
Population By foot, bus, or other means Fare

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Scout Name ______________________________________________________________ Unit # ____________ Date ____________

Requirement 3
If in the country, demonstrate giving directions to a stranger in the place – how to reach the house of the Barangay Chairman, places
where food supplies may be purchased, several places of local interest such as a waterfall, a cold or hot spring, a former battleground,
or any other place selected by your Counselor.

Place Directions
House of the Barangay Chairman (or Mayor)

 Demonstrate

Supermarket

 Demonstrate

Mini-Grocery

 Demonstrate

Place of Local Interest:

_____________________________________

 Demonstrate

Place of Local Interest:

_____________________________________

 Demonstrate

Place of Local Interest:

_____________________________________

 Demonstrate

Place of Local Interest:

_____________________________________

 Demonstrate

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Scout Name ______________________________________________________________ Unit # ____________ Date ____________

Requirement 4
Demonstrate how to direct a person from your home to a gasoline or fire station, or a general auto repair shop or vulcanizing shop.

Place Directions
Gasoline or Fire Station

 Demonstrate

General Auto Repair or Vulcanizing Shop

 Demonstrate

Requirement 5
Give the telephone number, if any, and direction for reaching the nearest police station, municipal building, the nearest doctor’s clinic
and hospital, the steamship or railroad station office, or the jeepney or bus terminal.

Place Directions
Nearest Police Station

Telephone: _____________________________

Municipal Building

Telephone: _____________________________

Nearest Doctor’s Clinic

Telephone: _____________________________

Nearest Hospital

Telephone: _____________________________

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Scout Name ______________________________________________________________ Unit # ____________ Date ____________

Place Directions
Steamship or Railroad Station

Telephone: ______________________________

Jeepney or Bus Terminal

Telephone: ______________________________

Requirement 6
Know something of the history of your community and the location of its principal places of interest and public buildings, as well as
the names of the town’s chief dignitaries.

Write about the history of your community:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Location of principal places of interest and public buildings

Principal Place Location Public Buildings Location

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Scout Name ______________________________________________________________ Unit # ____________ Date ____________

Name the town’s chief dignitaries.

# Name of Dignitary Position

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Requirement 7
 Submit a scaled map not necessarily drawn by yourself upon which you have presently indicated as much as possible the above
required information.

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