Getting to Camp

Directions to Camp Colman





YMCA CAMP COLMAN
20016 Bay Road KPS
Longbranch, WA 98351
253-884-3844



From Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia


1. Take I-5 into Tacoma
2. Take WA Highway 16 (exit #132) west toward Gig Harbor/Bremerton.
3. Go past Gig Harbor and take the Hwy 302 exit to Purdy/Key Center. Signs for Joemma Beach will let you know that you are going the correct way.
4. At the stop light (presently a 76 gas station) turn left and cross the water.
5. Follow the main road through Key Center making no turns. The road does make a slight Y before Key Center, stay to the left following the main road.
6. Continue through Home. Just at the edge of Home you will cross a bridge. One mile beyond the bridge, turn right on Whiteman Road.
7. After 2.3 miles, take a sharp right onto Bay Road.
8. Go about 1 mile and take the gravel road to the left of the Y. (Going right will take you to Joemma Beach.) Follow along the water, over the spit road and into camp.
9. Park in the parking lot and walk to the main lodge.


From Bremerton


1. Follow HWY 3 south past Bremerton, take HWY 16 south towards Tacoma.
2. Take the Purdy/Key Center exit into Purdy.
3. Turn right at the 76 gas station.
4. See number 5 thru 9 in the From Seattle directions.


From Southworth (via the ferry from Fauntleroy)


1. From the ferry landing, take Sedgewick Road to HWY 16
2. Go East toward Tacoma
3. See number 2 thru 4 in the From Bremerton directions

From out of state?
If you are flying into Washington, you will fly into the Seattle Tacoma Airport (about an hour and a half from camp).  Please coordinate a ride from the airport with other staff or with Jeremy Plane, Summer Camp Director.