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Base Access

American Lake Conference Center - JBLM North

8085 NCO Beach Road

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA 98438

 

  • You can easily find directions from your location to the American Lake Conference Center with any mapping app.

If you have a  CAC or Retired Military ID:

  • YOU DO NOT need to get a Special Event Pass and can head straight over to the American Lake Conference Center.

  • Take 1-5 South until you reach Exit 120 for JBLM Main or North.

  • Please take Exit 120 and take the JBLM North Exit.

  • After you enter through the JBLM North Gate at the first stoplight, make a right at “San Francisco Ave”.

  • Then the next immediate right onto “NCO Beach Road”.

  • Follow “NCO Beach Road” past the Northwest Adventure Center to the

  • American Lake Conference Center.

If you DO NOT have a  CAC or Retired Military ID:

 Your Special Event Pass will be emailed to you the week of January 23rd. Please print this out and bring the pass with you so you can present it to the Visitors Center Staff to have your pass embossed. YOU MUST go to the Visitors Center at the JBLM – Lewis Main Gate to get your Special Event Pass embossed.

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GO TO JBLM EARLY! We recommend that you go the Visitors Center the day before the event on 31 JAN, or very early on 1 FEB, to have your Pass embossed If possible.It will say you time on the morning of the event. The Visitors Center is open daily from 5:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Directions from Seattle I-5 South to JBLM – Lewis Main Gate Visitors Center:​

  • Take 1-5 South until you reach Exit 120 for JBLM Main or North.

  • Please take Exit 120 and take the JBLM Main Exit.

  • The JBLM Main Gate Visitors Center will be on your right-hand side as you approach the Main Gate.

  • Guests can proceed directly to the Visitor Center counter; guest does not have to pull a number or wait in line.

  • Guest will tell Visitor Center staff that the guest has been pre-screened and is attending the C2 symposium at the American Lake Conference Center and will present their pass to the Visitor Center staff, along with Real ID Act compliant identification.

Directions from the Visitors Center to the American Lake Conference Center - JBLM North:

  • After your Special Event Pass is embossed at the Visitors Center, turn left onto 41st Division Dr out of Visitor Center and proceed under I-5 to North Fort Gate. (Do not go right out of the Visitors Center. That will take you to Main Base).

  • Be prepared to show your Driver’s License and your embossed Special Event Pass to the Gate Guard at the JBLM North Gate.

  • Next, at the first stoplight, make a right at “San Francisco Ave”.

  • Then make the next immediate right onto “NCO Beach Road”.

  • Follow “NCO Beach Road” past the Northwest Adventure Center to the American Lake Conference Center.

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