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Directions Roadside signs like this will be set up to guide attendees from US Rt 50 to Timber Ridge camp, on Friday and Saturday, Sept 5 and 6. ![]() Here are the camps "Directions to Timber Ridge Camp." Note that their directions from Washington, D.C. use Interstate Route 66 to the west. Here are Google Maps directions for that route. That route is straightforwad, but is also 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 very slow, especially in rainly weather. While Google Maps says "up to 2 hours 10 mins in traffic", I allow myself 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. An alternate to the I-66 route is to take the Dulles Toll Rd (VA Route 267) west from the Washington Beltway (I-495), continuing on the Greenway (also Route 267, with tolls), then VA Rt 7 west. Here are Google Maps directions for that route. This route also has lots of traffic, but it doesn't seem quite as vulnerable to rain and accidents as I-66. 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 VA Rt 7 is heavily travelled and slow at least until you get west of VA Rt 28. Here are Google Maps directions from Dulles Airport to the camp, via the Greenway and VA Rt 7 west. Here are some landmarks and measured mileage readings starting from the exit from I-81, which is Exit 310 onto bypass Route 37 (all mileages are approximate):
To 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 Live 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.
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 Mapquest and Google Maps and MS Live Maps show near Timber Ride Camp: They all show Hooks Mill Rd as continuing onward after the Timber Ridge 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 actually exist. So, for the last 5 miles, from Route 259 to the camp, stick to the Directions to Timber Ridge Camp or Google Maps directions. |