Port Townsend Site Directions

There are a number of ways to travel to the Goddard residency site in Port Townsend, Washington.  Driving is one of the most convenient methods, as it gives you more flexibility over your travel schedule.  We encourage those attending to carpool. 

 

To Port Townsend Via Downtown Seattle and Bainbridge Island Ferry:

(Travel time: Ferry crossing 35 min., Driving 90 min.)

A current ferry schedule is available online at: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/. When you drive off the ferry onto Bainbridge Island it’s a direct route across the island on WA-305, you’ll cross Agate Pass Bridge and continue on through Poulsbo. Your first turn will be a right onto Rt. 3, follow signs to the Hood Canal Bridge (Hwy 104). You will make a left at a stoplight (from a turn lane) onto the bridge. Five miles past the Hood Canal Bridge, you will see signs for Port Townsend-Hwy 19. Turn right off Highway 104 onto Highway 19.

Stay on 19 north until it curves to the right (about 20 miles) and becomes Hwy 20 east at the traffic light. Stay on Hwy 20 east and it continues into Port Townsend. Hwy 20 becomes Sims Way at the outskirts of Port Townsend. Continue through a traffic light by the Safeway store. You will see a sign for Fort Worden before the next traffic light, where you turn left onto Kearney Street. At the next stop sign (at a T intersection) turn right onto Blaine. At the next intersection (another T) turn left onto Walker. Walker curves to the right and becomes Cherry Street. Follow Cherry straight through the 4-way stop at "F" Street. You will come to a ‘Y’ intersection. Stay on Cherry to the right and up the hill. At the bottom of the hill ("W" Street intersection) you will pass through the Fort Worden gate. At the first stop sign continue straight. The Goddard Residency Office is located in Building 205 at the end of the block.

 

To Port Townsend Via I-5 South and Tacoma Narrows Bridge:

(Travel time: 2.5 hours)

Take the "exit to freeways" from the airport. Get on I-5 south. Take Rt. 16 west to Tacoma and the Narrows Bridge. Go across the Bridge. Now you are on Rt. 3 north. Signs will say "Bremerton-Hood Canal Bridge’, and then ‘Silverdale-Hood Canal Bridge". Stay on Rt. 3 until you get to the Hood Canal Bridge. You will make a left at a stoplight (from a turn lane) onto the bridge. Five miles past the Hood Canal Bridge, you will see signs for Port Townsend-Hwy 19. Turn right off Highway 104 onto Highway 19.

 

Stay on 19 north until it curves to the right (about 20 miles) and becomes Hwy 20 east at the traffic light. Stay on Hwy 20 east and it continues into Port Townsend. Hwy 20 becomes Sims Way at the outskirts of Port Townsend. Continue through a traffic light by the Safeway store. You will see a sign for Fort Worden before the next traffic light, where you turn left onto Kearney Street. At the next stop sign (at a T intersection) turn right onto Blaine. At the next intersection (another T) turn left onto Walker. Walker curves to the right and becomes Cherry Street. Follow Cherry straight through the 4-way stop at "F" Street. You will come to a ‘Y’ intersection. Stay on Cherry to the right and up the hill. At the bottom of the hill ("W" Street intersection) you will pass through the Fort Worden gate. At the first stop sign continue straight. The Goddard Residency Office is located in Building 205 at the end of the block.