Rainier

 

 
Camp Emerald Forest

 

Directions from: Portland & south, Longview WA/Rainier & north, Vernonia/Forest Grove

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From Portland & South: one page map [284 Kb]

  • Take Hwy #30 off Fremont or St. Johns Bridge North. Drive thru Scappoose. Continue on #30 thru St. Helens. From Columbia Blvd. light, pass 1 more light & watch for Pittsburg Rd.
  • NEXT ROAD IS PITTSBURG RD. TURN LEFT. YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE PITTSBURG RD. Pittsburg Rd sign
  • Approximately 4 miles up is Yankton Church, Grange & School on the right.
  • Turn RIGHT uphill at Yankton School. (Stay LEFT at Gensman Rd. on R.) Curve left-start downhill.
  • Road turns to gravel approximately 11 miles from Highway #30.
  • Approximately 3 1/2 miles from start of gravel, you will cross a little bridge - drive on to 3-way fork ahead.
  • (Left is logging road w/blue gate. Right is Schaffer Rd. - often no sign.)
  • DRIVE 1 MILE UP MIDDLE ROAD TO CAMP EMERALD FOREST SIGN & ENTRANCE ON RIGHT.

From Longview/Rainier: one page map [512 Kb]

  • From South end of Lewis & Clark Bridge: Turn RIGHT go to top of Hill.
  • Turn LEFT at Yellow Blinking Light.
  • Turn RIGHT at bottom of Hill at first Stop Sign onto Old Rainier Hwy. (Hudson Park across road)
  • Proceed Right .7 mile to Apiary Rd. (also called Apiary-Vernonia Rd.) Turn LEFT and drive up the Hill.
  • Proceed approximately 16 miles and pass Teen Trees building on Right. SCHAFFER RD. IS ON LEFT.
  • SCHAFFER RD. has Camp Emerald Forest sign where Schaffer Rd. joins Apiary Rd.
  • Proceed 5 miles on gravel road.
  • At CAMP EMERALD FOREST sign on RIGHT, immediately TURN SHARP RIGHT UPHILL 1 MILE TO CAMP EMERALD FOREST SIGN AND ENTRANCE ON RIGHT.

 

 
From Vernonia/Forest Grove: one page map [221 Kb]

  • From Sunset Hwy #26, take Hwy #47 into and through Vernonia.
  • Pass Spar Tree Restaurant and cross and follow Nehalem River (on LEFT) on Hwy #47.
  • Make a big circle following past BIG EDDY PARK to JUNCTION W/APIARY RD. ON RIGHT.
  • Pass Camp Wilkerson and proceed downhill to SCHAFFER RD., which is on RIGHT.
  • (If you pass Teen Trees on left, you've gone too far.)
  • End of Schaffer Rd. has Camp Emerald Forest sign where it joins Apiary on RIGHT.
  • Turn sharp RIGHT at bottom of hill onto SCHAFFER RD., which is graveled.
  • Proceed 5 miles on gravel road.
  • At Camp Emerald Forest sign on RIGHT, immediately TURN SHARP RIGHT UPHILL 1 MILE TO CAMP EMERALD FOREST SIGN AND ENTRANCE ON RIGHT

 

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