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Directions To Chestnut Lake Camp

DIRECTIONS FROM SCRANTON / WILKES-BARRE AREA: Take Interstate 81 North to Scranton and when you get between exits 186 and 187 look for signs that state EAST 6 Carbondale. There will be three of those signs.  Get onto EAST 6 Carbondale, and go for about 26 miles into Honesdale, PA.  At the traffic light in Honesdale, take a right hand turn, go over bridge to the next light which is about 1 mile and then take a left hand turn.  Continue on Route 6 East for 2.7 miles and then take a left on Route 652. Go for 4.1 miles and you will see a small Chestnut Lake Camp sign on your right hand side. Take a left turn at that sign and go 1.4 miles to the camp entrance.

FROM THE HARRISBURG AREA: Take Interstate 8I North and follow directions from Scranton, PA. 

FROM THE MARYLAND, WASHINGTON, D.C., VIRGINIA AREA: Take whatever way is easiest for you to get to Harrisburg, PA and then follow directions from Harrisburg.

FROM THE PHILADELPHIA, DELAWARE, AND PARTS OF SOUTH JERSEY AREA: Take the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and get off at Exit 115. Get onto Interstate 81 North and follow directions from Scranton, PA.

FROM NEW YORK: Take the New York Thruway to Rt. 17 to Rt. 84 West into Pennsylvania and get off at Exit 30 (Blooming Grove exit). Take a right on 402 North for 4 miles. Take a left on Route 6 West and go toward Hawley. Continue on Route 6 West about 5 miles past Hawley to the Village of Indian Orchard (Amerigas on left). Take a right onto Route 652. Go 4.1 miles and you will see a small Chestnut Lake Camp sign on your right. Take a left at that sign and go 1.4 miles to camp. 

FROM NEW JERSEY- MANHATTAN: Take Route 80 to Exit 34 (Route 15). Continue on Route 15 to Route 206 into Pennsylvania. Get on Route 6 West passing through the town of Milford, PA. After leaving Milford, at the top of the hill, take Interstate 84 West and get off at Exit 30 - Blooming Grove. Then follow directions frorn New York.

FROM BROOKLYN-WAYNE CALDWELLS, ORANGES, LIVINGSTON, NEW JERSEY AREA: Verrazano Bridge-Cross Staten Island to Goethals Bridge to New Jersey Turnpike North to Exit 15 (Route 280). Take Route 280 West onto Route 80 to Exit 34B (Roue 15). Follow directions from New Jersey-Manhattan.

FROM WESTFIELD, PLAINFIELD, SPRINGFIELD, N.J.: Take Route 22 West to Somerville, N.J. Then take 206 Northi to Milford, PA. Once you get into Milford, follow directions from New Jersey-Manhattan.

FROM MARLBORO, MORGANVILLE, BRUNSWICK, EAST BRUNSWICK AREA: Take the Garden State Parkvvay to Route 280 into Route 80. Follow the directions from Brooklyn.

FROM SOUTH JERSEY AREA: Go north on the Garden State Parkway to Exit 127. Follow U.S. 9 to circle. About 3/4 around the circle follow Rt. 1 South until you come to Rt. 287 to Somerville. Continue north on 287 to Exit Rt. 206. Follow Rt. 206 to Route 6 then follow directions from New Jersey-Manhattan. Note: you may want to take the all-turnpike route from Philadelphia depending how far you are from Philadelphia. Check with your local AAA Automobile Club.

FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK: North of White Plains, Route 684 to Route 84 West to Exit 30 in PA which is the Blooming Grove Exit, Follow directions from New York.

FROM CONNECTICUT AREA: Get on Interstate 84 West and stay on 84 into PA and get off at Exit 30 - Blooming Grove. Follow directions from New York.

FROM WILLIAMSPORT-STATE COLLEGE, PA AREA: Take Interstate 80 East to Interstate 81 North and follow directions from Scranton, PA.

FROM SYRACUSE BINGHAMTON, NY AREA: Take Route 17 East to the Hancock, New York Exit (exit 87). At the stop sign take a left and proceed until you come to a McDonald's and take a right. Go about 1/4 mile and take a right onto Route 191 SOUTH.  Cross the Delaware River and go for about 34 miles into a town called Honesdale, Pennsylvania. When you get into Honesdale take Route 6 EAST for about 4 miles and then make a left hand turn onto Route 652 . Go 4.1 miles and you will see a small Chestnut Lake Camp sign on your right hand side. Take a left hand turn at that sign and go 1.4 miles to the camp entrance which will be on our right. 

NOTE: If you are coming from Route 6 East into Honesdale, there is a McDonald's, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, and Arthur Treachers located just before you take the left on Route 652. If you are coming from Route 6 West, go .7 (tenths) past the right hand turn for Route 652 and you will be able to get lunch. After lunch, just turn around and take a left on Route 652.

 

The actual camp address is:

326 Trails End Road

Beach Lake, PA 18405

If you are using MapQuest, please use the below address:

326 Trails End Road
Honesdale, PA 18430

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