INFORMATION
PACKAGE FOR
RAVEN ROCK MOUNTAIN COMPLEX
SITE R
Provided to you
By the RRMC Strategic Communications Office
Suite 100
201 Beasley Drive
Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5029
Voice: 717-878-3736
DSN: 988-3736
FAX: 717-878-7278
Email: ellen.britsch@rrmc.army.mil
Sipernet Email: ellen.britsch@rrmc.army.smil.mil
On behalf of COL Daniel S. Roper, Installation Commander, welcome to Raven
Rock Mountain Complex – Site R.
Working at Raven Rock Mountain Complex requires a Secret Clearance (full
implementation by 1 Oct 2006).
Upon arriving at the main gate of the Site, if you are not a Raven Rock
Mountain Complex permanent badge holder or have a badge with a number 3 on it,
please park in the Visitor Parking area. You will get you temporary external badge
from the Pass and ID Section within the Remote Delivery Facility Building (photo ID
required). If your vehicle does not have a Department of Defense decal, visitors will
be required to show a valid driver’s license, proof of car insurance and vehicle
registration information before being granted access to the parking area of the
facility.
There is back-in parking only authorized at Site R. In addition, participants
should plan for the possibility of an approximate 10 – 15 minute walk from their
parking space. Appropriate weather gear and comfortable walking shoes may be
necessary.
If a member of your group is physically disabled, Site R will make
arrangements for reasonable accommodation.
No cellular phones, radios, computers, palm pilots, or magnetic media
(disks/tapes) are allowed inside the secure area. Participants will be required
to pass through a metal detector.
Part of your orientation might include an Engineering Terrain Walk which
includes walking through an industrial area; therefore, comfortable walking shoes
are highly recommended.
Directions to Site R
To Site R from the Washington D.C. Area
Proceed to the Capital Beltway (I-495). Follow I-495 to exit 35 if coming from
the Maryland side or exit 38 if coming from the Virginia side onto I-270 North to
Frederick, MD.
Approaching Frederick, continue north on US-15 as I-270 terminates. After
passing Thurmont, MD, watch for the US-15/MD-140 intersection and exit to MD140. Make a left hand turn at the stop sign off of the exit and go towards
Emmitsburg. Continue straight on MD-140 through the Emmitsburg Square. Note
that MD-140 will become PA-16 at the Maryland/Pennsylvania state line. You will
travel 6.8 miles from the Emmitsburg Square and then turn left (south) onto
Harbaugh Valley Road. After approximately 0.8 miles on Harbaugh Valley Road,
you will turn left up an incline into the Site R checkpoint. Gladhill Road is directly
opposite the Site R entrance.
Directions from Gettysburg Area
From downtown Gettysburg, take Middle Street (west)… it is also Route 116
West. Stay on Route 116 West for about 10 miles (through the town of Fairfield)
until you come to the intersection of Route 16. Turn right onto Route 16 West. Go
about 3 miles and turn left (south) onto Harbaugh Valley Road (just before this
turn, you will see a yellow cross road intersection sign. It is also the second left
from Rt 16—the first road is called Cove Hollow Rd). Go 0.8 miles on Harbaugh
Valley Road, then turn left up an incline into the Site R Checkpoint. (Gladhill Road
T-301 is directly opposite the Site R entrance.)