Directions to YMCA Camping Services

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NEW JERSEY AND THE SOUTH:  Take the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) north to I-80W (local).  Exit on to Route 17N and follow 17N to the New York State Thruway (I-87) north.  Follow "New York City and vicinity" directions below.

NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY: Take the New York State Thruway (I-87) north to Exit 16 (Harriman).  Take Routes 6 and 17W to exit 121W.  Follow I-84W to Exit 1 (Port Jervis, NY).  At the end of the exit ramp, make a left turn at the stop sign onto Route 6W.  Bear right at the next traffic light. *(see below).

MIDWESTERN STATES: Take I-84E through Pennsylvania to Exit 1 (Port Jervis, NY).  At the end of the exit ramp make a right at the stop sign.  Turn left at the first traffic light. *(see below).

NORTHEASTERN STATES: Pick up I-84W in Hartford, Connecticut. Follow I-84W to Exit 1 (Port Jervis, NY).  At the end of the exit ramp, make a left turn at the stop sign on to Route 6W.  Bear right at the next traffic light. *(see below)

*  This is now East Main Street, Port Jervis.  Follow East Main Street (Route 6W) past Bon Secours Hospital and the Port Jervis Middle School (both on your right).  At the traffic light after the school, Mobil Gas Station is on the right, make a right turn on to Route 209N.  Continue for about 5 miles.  Look for the YMCA Camps sign on the right side of the road, directing you to turn left in 1/10th mile onto Peenpack Trail.  Take the next right on to Grange Road.  Take the next left on to Big Pond Road.  Follow Big Pond Road to our entrance (on the right)

RETURN TRIP TO NYC: Turn left out of camp.  At the stop sign make a right on to Grange Road.  At the next stop sign make a left onto Peenpack Trail.  At the stop sign make a right on to Route 209S.  Follow Route 209S to the traffic light in Port Jervis at Mobil gas station (on left).  Make a left on to East Main Street and follow signs for I-84E.  Take I-84E to Exit 4E (Route 17E).  Take Route 17E to I-87S (New York State Thruway).