To get to Camp Virgil Tate, take Interstate 64 to the Cross Lanes exit. At the end of the ramp, turn to go to Cross Lanes (away from the dog track) and follow Route 622. You will go through Cross Lanes and travel about 4 miles before 622 takes a left turn at a light. Take the left. You will continue for several miles over a curvy road with a few sharp turns and then pass the Baber Agee Church on your right. The turn into Camp Virgil Tate is about 1 mile past the church. The turn (to the left) is marked by a small green sign on the right side of the road. This turn will take you across a bridge and to a small paved road. Camp Virgil Tate is about 1 mile out the road. Once you enter Camp Virgil Tate, go through Virgil Tate to the first intersection and turn left to the Lodge. Go on past the lodge to the end of the parking lot to a dirt and gravel road. As you go up the hill, stay to the left (there is a dirt logging road going up the hill to the right that goes for miles until it gets so bad that you may get stuck). The observatory is at the top of the hill about 800 feet from the start of the dirt road. It is possible to park at the lodge and walk up the short distance.
***There is a “back way” to get to Camp Virgil Tate. Take I77 out of Charleston to the Tuppers Creek exit. At the end of the ramp, take a left. Go a little more than 1 mile to the intersection with Route 21. Take a right. Go a little over a mile, past Sissonsville High School and take a left at the light onto Route 622. There is a fairly large sign to Virgil Tate at the turn. Virgil Tate is a right turn 4.4 miles from the turn.