Day Camp Directions
Not sure at what site your camp is located? Check the page for the camp and it will detail where the camp is taking place.
Our day camps take place at several locations. Please locate the one for your camp (detailed in your confirmation email) and read up on directions and any special drop-off/pick-up instructions:
- Hendricks Park
- Mount Pisgah Arboretum
- Overnight Camps are at Big Bear Camp
Hendricks Park
Directions to Hendricks Park
Head East on Franklin Blvd./OR-126/OR-99. Turn right onto Walnut St. Turn slightly right onto Fairmount Blvd. Turn left onto Summit Ave. Drive to the top of the hill, veer right at the Wilkins Shelter, then right on Fairmount. During the pandemic, all drop off and pick-ups will take place along Fairmount Blvd. Please pull forward to the waiting Whole Earth instructor and have all parties wait in your vehicle until your child’s instructor can ask some COVID-19 health screening questions and if they pass they will then be asked to exit your vehicle wearing their face-covering and with their backpack to go join their group.
About Hendricks Park
Hendricks Park is Eugene’s oldest city park. Its 78 acres include a mature forest, a world-renowned rhododendron garden, and now a new native plant garden. Laced with trails, the park is a haven for hikers, birders, and others who enjoy retreating to the tranquility of nature. Without leaving the city, visitors can walk among Douglas fir trees two hundred years old, ferns, and wildflowers such as trilliums and irises, and over six thousand varieties of rhododendrons and other ornamental plants.
We hold many Summer Nature Camps here, as well as Winter Break Camps, Spring Break Camps and some of our dates of FOREST Understory!
Mt. Pisgah Arboretum
Important:
Parking at Mount Pisgah
All parking at Mount Pisgah Arboretum requires a Lane County Parks pass. Since we now operate all drop-offs and pick-ups with COVID-19 safety guidelines, you may not find the need to exit your car. See Directions to Mount Pisgah Arboretum below for more information.
If you do find the need to park your car for any amount of time in the parking lot you must purchase a pass. You can purchase a day pass onsite for $5 from the day-pass kiosk or you can purchase an annual Lane County Parking pass for $40 (useable at any of 68 Lane County parks) from the park office.
Both passes are available for purchase online here. You can print your day pass before you arrive and have it displayed in your vehicle to save time at the park.
Lane County has been known to be aggressive in ticketing cars and if you receive a ticket we will be unable to intervene on your behalf. Please be sure that all cars parked at the Arboretum display a valid pass.
Directions to Mount Pisgah Arboretum
Mount Pisgah Arboretum is located at 34901 Frank Parrish Rd, Eugene, OR 97405. It is tucked into the larger Lane County Park called the Howard Buford Recreation Area.
From Interstate 5, Southbound: Exit the freeway at Exit 189. At the base of the offramp, turn right and head towards 30th Avenue. Make a left turn at the stop light at 30th Ave and cross over the freeway. At the stop sign just past the overpass, turn left. Make a right turn onto Franklin Blvd at the Shell Station and cross under the railroad bridge. Follow Franklin around a curve, then turn left on Seavey Loop Road. Continue forward for about a mile and a half. Cross a short bridge over the river. Follow the right fork of the road into the Arboretum parking lot. (See it on an interactive map.)
From Interstate 5, Northbound: Exit the freeway at Exit 189. At the stop sign at the end of the offramp, go forward. Make a right turn onto Franklin Blvd at the Shell Station and cross under the railroad bridge. Follow Franklin around a curve, then turn left on Seavey Loop Road. Continue forward for about a mile and a half. Cross a short bridge over the river. Follow the right fork of the road into the Arboretum parking lot. (See it on an interactive map.)
From South Eugene: Take 30th Avenue past Lane Community College. Cross the freeway overpass and turn left at the blinking stoplight. Turn right after the Shell Station onto East Franklin Blvd. Follow this road about 1/3 mile. Take the first left onto Seavey Loop Road. Continue forward for about a mile and a half. Cross a short bridge over the river. Follow the right fork of the road into the Arboretum parking lot. (See it on an interactive map.)
From Springfield: Take Main Street west, crossing the river at Island Park. Take the first left after the bridge onto Franklin Blvd. (U-Haul is on the corner.) Follow Franklin South, turning left at the first light onto East Franklin Blvd. Continue on East Franklin and turn left just before the Shell Station. Follow this road about 1/3 mile. Take the first left onto Seavey Loop Road. Continue forward for about a mile and a half. Cross a short bridge over the river. Follow the right fork of the road into the Arboretum parking lot. (See it on an interactive map.)
Once you reach the park: On the first day of camps you will need to turn right into the main parking lot and pull forward to the waiting Whole Earth Staff Member, who will give you directions. After the program has started, you will enter the main parking lot and travel toward the river until you reach the lower parking level. Turn right onto the gravel road and pull forward to your waiting Whole Earth instructor and have all parties wait in your vehicle until your child’s instructor can ask some COVID-19 health screening questions and if they pass they will then be asked to exit your vehicle wearing their face-covering and with their backpack to go join their group.
About Mount Pisgah Arboretum
One of the shining jewels of Lane County, Mount Pisgah Arboretum is a 209-acre living tree museum. Its riverside trails, quiet paths through evergreen forests, water garden teeming with life, bright wildflower meadows, and open views across oak savannas delight all ages. Located within Lane County’s Howard Buford Recreation Area, the Arboretum lies between the Coast Fork of the Willamette River and the slopes of Mount Pisgah. Learn more about Mount Pisgah Arboretum