These publications may be useful in learning more about Philmont, its history and natural splendor etc.
- Philmont - Where Spirits Soar - BSA (1989) - hardbound lush photo book
- Philmont - A History of New Mexico's Cimarron County - Lawrence R. Murphy (1972)
- When The Sun Goes Down - A Collection of Philmont Ghost Stories - Lori and Jared Chatterley (2000) - TOTT
- Philmont Millennium 1 - Elliott, McAdams, Williams (2000) - memoriabilia of Philmont
- Head For the High Country - David L. Caffey (1973) - how Philmont changes lives
- Philmont Fieldguide - BSA - Mary Steuver and Daniel Shaw (1985) - natural features of Philmont - BSA 81-6051
- High Adventure Among the Magic Mountains - Minor S. Huffman (1988) - BSA 18696 - Philmont the First 50 years
- Epigrams - Waite Phillips (1964) - Elliot W. Phillips - sayings of Waite Phillips (BSA reprint 1996)
- Lucien Maxwell - Villian or Visionary - Harriet Freiberger (1999)
- High Country - The Newsletter of the Philmont Staff Association (PSA)
- Santa Fe Trail - National Historic Trail - Mark L. Gardner (1993) - Historic Trail Brochure
- Philmont Philsongs "Sing-along" Songbook (2003) - search online to download
- Philmont Interactive Ranger - mapping software using BLM maps - by Maptrails - TOTT - 2001 updated annually
- Philmanac - A Trekkers's Guide to the Philmont Backcountry - Rock Rohrbacker (1999) - TOTT - each campsite
- Philmont - A Brief History of the New Mexico Scout Ranch - Stephen Zimmer and Larry Walker (2000)
- Philnews - newsletter published weekly for Philmont Staff - available at Philmont News & Photo Service
- Vision, Grace and Generosity - The Story of Waite and Genevieve Phillips and the Philmont Ranch - Stephen Zimmer and Nancy Klein (2002) BSA - Nancy is curator of the Villa Philmonte
- For Good or Bad: People of the Cimarron Country - Stephen Zimmer (1999)
- Beyond the Hills Michael Wallis (1995) - Biography of Waite Phillips
- The Last Flight of Liberator 41-1133 - William F. Cass - story of plane crash on Trail Peak, Philmont