DIRECTIONS
Getting Here
From Washington D.C.
- Take Interstate 270 North towards Frederick, Maryland
- At Frederick join Route 15 North (the left lanes of 270 become 15 North)
- Travel approximately 25.5 miles and exit at Route 140 West towards Emmitsburg/Taneytown (you depart the highway on a short access road and then turn left at the stop sign)
- Travel 11.3 miles on Route 140 West (Maryland) which becomes Route 16 (Pennsylvania)
- You will cross a railroad track and on your right hand side will be an M&T Bank
- Travel 2.4 miles from the M&T Bank on Route 16 and the entrance for Capital Camps & Retreat Center will be on your left-hand side (there is a left turn lane on the highway and the entrance is on a sweeping left turn portion of the highway)
- Follow the road down to the welcome center – park and enter the Welcome Center building and check in with our security staff (please have a photo ID available)
From Baltimore
- Take I-795 towards Route 140 Maryland (towards Emmitsburg/Taneytown)
- Continue on Route 140 West (Maryland) which becomes Route 16 (Pennsylvania)
- You will cross a railroad track and on your right hand side will be an M&T Bank
- Travel 2.4 miles from the M&T Bank on Route 16 and the entrance for Capital Camps & Retreat Center will be on your left-hand side (there is a left turn lane on the highway and the entrance is on a sweeping left turn portion of the highway)
- Follow the road down to the welcome center – park and enter the Welcome Center building and check in with our security staff (please have a photo ID available)
From Philadelphia
- Take I-76 West for 105 miles
- Merge onto US-15 S via exit 236 toward Gettysburg
- Take US-15S for 40 miles
- Turn right onto N Seton Ave
- Take N Seton Ave for 1 mile
- Turn right onto MD-140/W Main St
- Travel 10 miles on Route 140 West (Maryland) which becomes Route 16 (Pennsylvania)
- You will cross a railroad track and on your right hand side will be an M&T Bank
- Travel 2.4 miles from the M&T Bank on Route 16 and the entrance for Capital Camps & Retreat Center will be on your left-hand side (there is a left turn lane on the highway and the entrance is on a sweeping left turn portion of the highway)
- Follow the road down to the welcome center – park and enter the Welcome Center building and check in with our security staff (please have a photo ID available)
