On Saturday, March 22, 2025, Girl Scouts San Diego hosted the Incredible Race 2025 at Balboa Park, welcoming over 300 Daisy-Ambassador Girl Scouts for a day of STEM challenges and teamwork. The event featured stations scattered throughout the park, with participants deciphering clues to complete tasks.
We extend our gratitude to the San Diego Air & Space Museum, San Diego Auto Museum, Girlie Garage, San Diego Gulls Hockey, Tap Fever, San Diego Surf School, San Diego Vector Control, Japanese Friendship Garden, Helen Woodward Animal Center, Living Coast Discovery Center, Bach to Rock, Ringers, San Diego Model Railroad Museum, San Diego History Center, San Diego Archaeological Center, There She Goes, Tree San Diego, San Diego Girls Rugby, and Fleet Science Center for their participation and support. Special thanks to volunteers from the Padres Volunteer Team, Junior League of San Diego, Volunteer Match, and more for their assistance.
Check out photos from this year's event here.
The 2026 Incredible Race date will be announced soon!
Crossing Boundaries
The Incredible Race crosses generational and organizational boundaries to make connections among science and learning. Modeled after the TV show The Incredible Race, teams travel all through the park completing challenges to progress. Girl Scouts ranging from Daisies to Ambassador (grades K-12) and their adults form teams to participate in the race. Some teams are comprised of troops with girls of the same age level while other teams are comprised of girls in differing age levels.
Our Goal
The key outcomes of the Incredible Race are to build girl’s STEM interest, confidence, competence, and value and to support the STEM pillar of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Girls will develop a strong sense of self, be challenge seeking, and develop healthy relationships. They will build confidence in their ability to solve clues to complete the challenges, learn about different women in STEM and their impact, take risks through participating and learning from the challenges, and work cohesively to make decisions as a team.
Participants
On average, between 300-350 Girl Scouts and 28-30 volunteers participate.
