The Museum is located on a 14
acre
forested site inside a city park and was set up by logging engineers in
1964 to look and feel like a logging operation with an operating
railroad
connecting the working sites ("sides" or "shows") with the bunk houses
and bunk cars of the camp. As a National Registered Historic Place,
Camp
6 with its historic buildings, over 500 tons of "Fire Breathin' Steam
Spewin'
Iron Beasts" and railroad equipment is a place for all to visit.
Admission to the Museum's grounds
is free all year round. Indoor exhibits are open April through October,
Wednesday - Sunday from 10 AM until 4 PM
(Summer hours are extended).
The P.D.Q. & K. Railroad
operates
Logging Train Rides on Weekends, April through September, with
departures
starting at Noon.
The Camp 6 Santa Train operates
the first three weekends of December.
Camp 6 is located in the City of
Tacoma's Point Defiance Park
in wonderful Washington State.
Directions:
From Interstate 5 North
or South to City of Tacoma.
Exit onto State Route 16 West.
Travel west until you come
to the 6 Avenue Exit .
Take 6 Ave. exit and stay
in center lane of off ramp so you can go straight at light.
After you cross intersection,
move to the far right turn lane.
Now turn right at corner onto Pearl
St.
and go north to end of street (about 3.5 miles).
If you are coming from the
Olympic
Peninsula on State Route 16 East
across the Narrows Bridge, take
the second exit after crossing the bridge.
At end of exit ramp turn right
on to Pearl Street and go north.
Pearl St. ends at
entrance
to Point Defiance Park.
Enter Park and follow signs to
Five
Mile Drive. At first STOP sign go straight
through intersection then merge
into left lane. Stay to the left as you pass several
turnoffs and two more STOP signs.
The entrance to Camp 6 Logging Museum is on
right side of road just past that
last STOP sign.
WARNING: Watch out for
inverted
speed bumps in our parking lot! (Pot Holes)
See you soon!
Our OUTDOOR EXHIBITS are
accessible
as long as Point Defiance Park
is open, sun-up to sun-down
daily,
all year round.
Please note that severe winds
or
weather may close the park at any time.
Call Metro Parks at (253)
305-1000
weekdays 9 to 5 (Pacific Time) to check on park closings or for
information
on Point Defiance Park's other attractions.
Spring Exhibits:
2008
Camp 6's Outdoor Exhibits are
accessible
as long as Point Defiance Park is open, sun-up to sun-down daily all
year
round.
Admission is same as 1964's rate:
Free
Spring
Exhibits Hours:
The Indoor Exhibits and Buildings
are open
April 5 thru May 23, 2008
Wednesdays thru Sundays
10 AM until 4 PM
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
Summer
Exhibits: 2008
Summer Exhibits
Hours:
The Indoor Exhibits
and Buildings
are open
May24 thru September 28, 2008
Wednesdays thru Fridays
10 AM until 4 PM
Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays
10 AM until 7 PM
Closed
Mondays and Tuesdays
Camp 6 will be CLOSED
Friday, 4th., Saturday, 5th. and Sunday, 6th. of
July 2008
Logging Train Rides: 2008
The
P.D.Q. & K.
Railroad
Logging Train Rides
Spring Hours: April 5 thru May 18, 2008
Saturdays and Sundays from
Noon until 4 PM
with departures every 30 minutes.
Fares:**
Children
3 to 12: $2.50
General Admission 13 to 54: $4.00
Seniors: 55 to 99: $3.00
Under 3 or Over 99: FREE
Are you a member of a Historical Society ?
Show current membership card for discount fare.
GI's & Family members show DOD ID Card for discount fare.
2008 Logging Train Specials:
Mother's Day, Father's Day
& Armed Forces Day
Mom, Dad & GI's ride Free
on your day.
Spring Logging Train Hours:
The Indoor Exhibits and
Buildings
are open
April 5 thru May 23, 2008
Wednesdays thru Sundays
10 AM until 4 PM
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
Summer
Logging Train Hours:
May 24 thru
September 28, 2008
Saturdays and Sundays
Open
Memorial Day &
Labor Day
Noon until 6:30 PM
with departures every 30 minutes.
Camp 6 will be CLOSED
Friday, 4th., Saturday, 5th. and Sunday, 6th. of
July 2008
The Fine Print:
The Museum staff may delay
or cancel Train Operations for Safety Issues if required.
Additionally, as our operating equipment is in excess of 65 years
old we will do our best to keep it in safe running order for you.
No
promises are made or implied that the equipment will play along with
us. If a run is canceled your unused tickets are refundable.
** Camp 6 has attempted to keep our
fares as low as possible over the last 44 years.
Our fares reflect the additional expense needed to cover our
Operating Insurance and fuel .
Remember, we have no paid staff, we are not government funded and
all, if any, profits go back
into the Museum to keep it open.
Additionally, WA State Sales Tax of 8.8% is included as required
in
Prices.
School Tours & Youth Group
Visits
We will try to accommodate your requests for visits during weekdays
with at least three (3) weeks notice from you of your expected visit
date.
Guided walking tours for the museum run about one hour and are free.
NOTE: If Logging Train Ride is included there is a $1.50 fare per
student/youth.
Teachers: If you are visiting Fort Nisqually while in Point Defiance
Park,
we will be glad to coordinate your visit with us to work with your
pre-booked
time at the fort. For additional information contact us by e-mail,
or call (253) 752-0047
LOGGING RETROSPECTIVE:
DON OLSON'S OIL PAINTINGS
Available
only from Camp
6
Donald E. Olson,
PE, 1921 - 2008. Rest In Peace Friend.
Don's experience working in the
logging industry from the 1930s through the 1950s enables him to
portray logging methods with historical accuracy. This, in turn, has
made his paintings valuable tools for educational groups touring the
museum.
Unique "ghost logger" paintings which contrast early logging
methods using steam donkeys, skid roads and misery whips with the chain
saws, cats and logging trucks of the 1950s and later are a hallmark of
many of Don's paintings. The Camp 6 Logging Museum is proud to present Logging
Retrospective: Don Olson's Oil Paintings featuring his rendition of a primary
display at the museum - the only Lidgerwood Pacific Tower Skidder still
in existence.
This
book is an 8 1/2 X 11 softbound book of 64 pages including 26 full page
color prints.
Published by the Camp 6 Logging
Museum.
First Printing funded by The Betsy
Ross Foundation, Inc. (a Tennessee Corporation).
Second Printing funded by proceeds received from sell-out of First
Printing.
All proceeds benefit Camp 6
Logging Museum.
BOOK MAY BE PURCHASED BY MAIL FROM :
CAMP 6 LOGGING MUSEUM
P.O.BOX 340
TACOMA, WA
98401-0340
Mail Postal Money Order or Check for $44.75
(Price includes WA Sales Tax and $5.00 S/H)
E-Mailcamp6museum@harbornet.comfor
more Info.
We try to update our WEB PAGE
monthly
so please visit again soon.
If you have questions,
comments
or suggestions about this Web Page send them to us at camp6museum@harbornet.com
The Tacoma Chapter,
National
Railway Historical Society may be reached at tcnrhs@harbornet.com
or by Snail Mail at: TC,NRHS P.O.Box
340
Tacoma, WA 98401-0340
The Camp 6 Recorded Information Phone Number is
(253)
752-0047
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Our mission is to preserve and present to the public a portion of Washington State's history from the 1880's through the 1940's as it pertains to the "Steam Era of Logging". With photographs, paintings, artifacts and equipment displays, Camp 6 takes the visitor back in time from when horse and ox teams hauled out the timber up through the last days that steam powered "Donkeys" and Railroads worked the woods. Visitors will see first hand what life in the logging camps and woods of Western Washington was like.
Available
only from Camp
6
Donald E. Olson,
PE, 1921 - 2008. Rest In Peace Friend.