About Us

About our Troop:

  • Scouting in Riverside for 33 years.

  • Supported by First United Methodist Church (FUMCOR)

  • Boy led - Scouts manage the program

  • Patrol Method as best we can.

  • We have an annual plan

  • Wide variety of activities

  • Teach basic skills of life

  • Caring & Enthusiastic Leaders

What Will My Son Get Out Of It?

  • Work in a team, his Patrol, make decisions

  • Advance in Rank, knowledge and leadership

  • Deep appreciation for service to others & the community

  • A sense that they are important as individuals

  • Learn new skills. Cooking, fire starting, preparedness

  • See new places. Campouts, day trips, seminars, workshops

  • Advance his knowledge with 136 Merit badge topics

  • And sooo much more....

Who can join Scouting?

  • Be older then 10 or finished the 5th grade and less then 18

  • Live nearby downtown Riverside City.

  • Scouting for Boys in Jurupa Valley, Rubidoux, Mira Loma, Orange Crest, Woodcrest, and City of Riverside. If you are out of area and want to drive in you are welcome to.

  • Find or join a Boy Scout Troop in Riverside on beascout.org or call us to help.

Boy Scouts of America (BSA)

California Inland Empire Council

Mt. Rubidoux District


Boy Scout Troop 270

Chartered June 1, 1987

Riverside, California, USA


Committee Chairman: None

Scoutmaster: Josh Davidson

Assistant Scoutmaster: Steve McGuffey


Troop Meetings:

Mondays, 7:00 PM

First United Methodist Church

4845 Brockton Avenue

Riverside, California, USA

Between Ramona & Terracina

across from the Central Middle School field

We meet in the "Boy Scout House"

(a stand-alone building behind the church)