Guidebooks

Since the earliest days of Philmont, a series of guidebooks were published to provide important and useful information to campers. From 1979 until the present, each guidebook is dated with the year it was intended to be used. Prior to 1979, the guidebooks were undated making it a little more difficult to establish what year they were for.

2010	2011 Reserved	2012 Reserved	2013 Reserved	2014 Reserved
2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1980	1981	1982	1983	1984
Guidebooks to Adventure from 1965 to 1978 are undated.
1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
1965 is the first known use of the name "Guidebook to Adventure" and a forerunner of the the guide books used today. Other Guidebooks - During the 1950s and 1960s, Philmont guidebooks were called "Exploring Philmont". We also found another type of guidebook called "Leaders Guidebook". We can only assume that the data each contained was merged about 1965. The remaining copies of the Exploring Philmont we have found are undated but assumed to be from the 1940s, 1950s and perhaps the early 1960s.
1963 L.G.	1963 or 1964 E.P. speculated dates	1963 or 1964 E.P. speculated dates	1964 L.G.	1964 Guidebook
1960	1961 L.G.	1961 E.P.	1962 L.G.	1962 E.P. speculated date
1956? E.P. speculated date	1957 E.P. speculated date	1958 A.G.	1958 E.P speculated date	1959 E.P. speculated date
1953 E.P. speculated date	1954 E.P. speculated date	1955 E.P.	1956? E.P. speculated date	1956? E.P. speculated date
				1949