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Special Event
Event
OSS Day
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Fee:
Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 38.581591, -77.416964
Physical address 17175 Mawavi Road, Triangle, VA. Park in the parking lot of Cabin Camp 2 off of Joplin Road and follow signs to the event. To get to Cabin Camp 2, take Exit 150 on Interstate 95 onto Joplin Road. Pass the main park entrance and continue to the entrance to Cabin Camp 2 and 5 (signed). When you reach the split on the gravel road, head towards Cabin Camp 2. This road is a long gravel road (signs will be posted to guide you to Cabin Camp 2).
Dates & Times
Date:
Saturday, November 4, 2023
Time:
10:00 AM
Duration:
5 hours
Type of Event
Guided Tour
Hike
Talk
Description
Explore a little-known part of the park and tour a cabin camp built in the 1930s. Join park rangers at Cabin Camp 2 at Prince William Forest Park to learn more about the period of the park’s history in the 1940s when the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) trained spies in the park. Take a rugged two mile hike off-trail with a ranger to an old OSS training ground at 10:00 am or 1:00 pm or tour the cabin camp to learn more about the OSS. Unfortunately, the off-trail hike is inaccessible to wheelchairs and strollers, though the cabin camp tour is open to all.
Reservation or Registration: No
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