scout local

How it works

Find the next right place faster.

Pick your base, choose what you need, and compare local businesses with clear trust signals instead of digging through stale posts.

Explore for families
People playing a ball game outdoors
Game day
People hiking a trail outdoors
Trails & hikes
People volunteering together
Volunteer days
People at a paint night class
Paint nights
A person shaping clay on a pottery wheel
Pottery classes
The move, step by step
1

You get PCS orders.

A new base, and zero local contacts to start from.

2

Open ScoutLocal — it's free.

Browse your new base before you even arrive.

3

Your base, already mapped.

All verified. All in one place.

On-post resources

Gates, MWR, childcare, ACS

Local businesses

Vetted and military-friendly

Spouse-owned shops

Milspouse-verified badge

Community events

MWR, FRG, spouse clubs

4

Belong faster.

Settled on day one, not month six.

Military families and neighbors talking and laughing at a local community gathering.

Home, sooner.

Trust

Badges are earned. Never bought.

Every badge uses the same documented criteria on every listing, so a signal means the same thing everywhere.

Verified Local Military-Connected Owned Founding Partner On Post

Verified Local

A real business with a reviewed physical presence near the listed base.

Military-Connected Owned

Ownership status verified through documentation or a trusted partner.

Founding Partner

Recognition for early verified businesses that helped build the first useful directory.