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Roadside signs like this will be set up to guide attendees from US Rt 50 into Timber Ridge Camp, and then back out.

Google Maps warning: On June 21, 2009, I discovered that Google Maps has LOST a short section of the road into Timber Ridge camp. The road really is there, but Google Maps won't show or use it, and will instead try to send you on non-existant roads, as reported down below. Therefore, our Google maps directions have been modified to end where the route to camp branches left off of Hooks Mill Rd (at: 39.224517, -78.457618). Our roadside signs will guide you the last mile from there. We have also added (in parentheses) some Microsoft Bing maps directions, that go all the way to the camp.

Our preferred route from the Washington area is to take the Dulles Toll Rd (VA Route 267) west from the Washington Beltway (I-495), continuing on the Dulles Greenway (also Route 267, with tolls), then VA Rt 7 west to Winchester. This route has lots of traffic, and tolls, but it is not as vulnerable to rain and accidents as I-66. The total tolls are $4.65, payable in cash or with E-ZPass. It is fastest to go around the north end of Winchester by taking I-81 North to Route 37 South. Here are Google Maps directions (Bing Maps) for this route. Or, you can go through Winchester on Rt 7 to Rt 50 (Bing Maps). To avoid tolls, here are Google Maps directions to take VA Rt 7 west all the way from the Washington Beltway (I-495), but note that during evening rush hour, VA Rt 7 westbound is very heavily travelled and often slow at least until you get to Leesburg, VA.

Here are Google Maps directions from Dulles Airport to the camp, via the Greenway and VA Rt 7 west.

Here are the camps "Directions to Timber Ridge Camp." Their directions from Washington, D.C. use Interstate Route 66 to the west. Here are Google Maps directions for that route. That route is toll-free and fairly straightforward, but is very heavily travelled from the Washington Beltway (I-495) west to Gainesville (where US Rt 29 turns south). During Friday afternoon commute/escape, I-66 can get really slow, especially in rainy weather. While Google Maps says "up to 2 hours 10 mins in traffic", I would allow at least 2.5 hours to travel from the Washington Beltway (I-495) to Timber Ridge Camp on a Friday afternoon. For Washington area traffic reports, "every 10 minutes on the 8's", tune to WTOP radio, 103.5 FM.

Here are some landmarks and mileage readings starting at the exit from Route 37 onto Route 50, on the west side of Winchester, VA (Your Mileage May Vary):

From Route 37, take the exit for Route 50 West (toward Romney). If you took the Dulles Toll Rd/Rt 7 and so are going south on 37, turn right on Route 50. If you took I-66 and so are going north on 37, turn left on Route 50. If you drove through Winchester to get here, then you're already on Route 50.
Go 10.7 miles on Route 50 to the Gore Volunteer Fire station - this is a large dark green and tan cinder-block building on your right, usually well lit at night. When you see the fire station, get into the left hand lane of Route 50.
Go 0.5 miles further on Route 50 beyond the fire station and make a LEFT turn onto Route 259.
Go 4.3 miles on Route 259 to the West Virginia state line sign.
Go 0.4 miles further on Route 259 and make a RIGHT turn onto CR-13 - this is just past the (closed) Case tractor dealership on your right.
Go 1.6 miles total on CR-13, bearing left after 0.7 miles to stay on CR-13 and avoid Sunset Dr, then bearing right 0.4 miles later where you meet another branch of CR-13, then 0.3 miles later going between the eponymous church (on your right) and the church office building (on your left) - both are red brick buildings. 0.2 miles beyond the church, make a LEFT turn onto Hooks Mill Road (which is confusingly labelled CR-13/3).
Go 1.4 miles on Hooks Mill, most of it downhill, until you see a "Dead End" sign and the pavement ends. Turn LEFT onto a gravel road. (Google and other mapping services may tell you to go straight here. If so, they are just plain wrong. The road they think you can take isn't there. Going straight is a farmers driveway.)
Go 0.2 miles, uphill to a fork, and take the RIGHT fork, then it's 0.3 miles to the camps gate. Enter the camp and after .2 miles you will start going down a hill.
Follow the camp road all the way down the hill, avoiding turning left until the bottom, then turn left and go a few hundred feet to the purple A-Frame, on your right.
If you need an immediate pitstop before checking in, the small dark blue building just past the A-Frame (on the same side of the road) has bathroom facilities.

At step 5 things can get confusing, if you get your own directions from Google or another mapping service, because the Timber Ridge Camp and FootFall directions and signs (and our pre-canned Google Maps directions here) have you turn right off of Route 259 one road before Google and other mapping services will by default tell you to turn, and BOTH of those roads are labelled CR-13. But they both quickly end up in the same place, so it doesn't really matter which turn you take. And there will be lots of FootFall road signs. The mapping services will have you go 1.3 miles past the state line on Route 259, then make a RIGHT hand turn onto CR-13/Christian Church Road and go 1.3 miles on CR-13, staying left after 0.8 miles where you meet the other CR-13 branch.

If you're coming from the west on Route 50, the drive from Capon Bridge south to Timber Ridge Camp is about 7.5 miles. From US Rt 50, take Christian Church Rd, NOT Cacapon River Rd. Here are Google Maps directions.

Microsoft Bing Maps has by far the highest resolution aerial images that I have found of Timber Ridge camp. Follow this link, then zoom in ALL the way and click on "Aerial" along the top border of the map. You can easily see that the nonexistant roads discussed below really don't exist.

Helpful Google Maps hints: I have not found a mapable street address for Timber Ridge Camp, but this works: CR-13/3 @39.229320, -78.464480

A Caution about nonexistant roads that Google Maps and MapQuest and Microsoft Bing Maps show near Timber Ride Camp: They all show Hooks Mill Rd as continuing onward after the Timber Ridge Camp turnoff, crossing the Cacapon River to end at Cacapon River Rd. Maybe it once did so, but now Hooks Mill Rd dead-ends at the next farm. They also show another entry road into Timber Ridge Camp, reachable by turning off of Hooks Mill Rd at the river, but that also does not exist. So, for the last few miles, from Route 259 to the camp, stick to the Directions to Timber Ridge Camp or the written directions and pre-canned Google Maps directions on this page.