If you come to Browntown to run the Greasy-Gooney 10K course on your own, please park in front of the Browntown Community Center at 96 Browntown Road, Browntown, VA 22610. The community center is easy to spot; it's an old white schoolhouse with tall windows, and there's a large "Browntown Community Center" sign on the fence in front of it facing Browntown Road.
(IMPORTANT: The community center's gravel driveway is shared with the South Warren Volunteer Fire Department's Browntown Substation behind the community center. Please do NOT block access to the substation building or park near it!)

Should there not be room to park at the community center, there is a narrow parking area 300 feet to the south which is owned by the Baptist Church. If you park there, please be respectful of the residents of the adjacent houses.

All this can be seen on our Browntown schematic at right below; click here for a larger version of it.

There is nowhere to park at the actual 10K start line 0.8 miles west of Browntown. Do not try to park there!

There is no public bathroom access in Browntown. Please do your business BEFORE you come to Browntown!

If you come to Browntown on a Sunday, please be aware that worship services at the Browntown Baptist Church take place at 11 AM each Sunday morning. Also, the Cool Spring Church of God on the Gooney Manor Loop, located near mile 4 on the 10K course, holds Sunday school activities at 10 AM and Sunday services at 11 AM. So you'll encounter more vehicles in Browntown around these times.

Take I-81 south to exit 300 (left exit) and get on I-66 eastbound. In 6.5 miles, take exit 6 (Front Royal, Routes 340/522), bear right off the exit ramp, and follow Route 340 south into Front Royal. In 1.8 miles, turn left at a stoplight (onto W. 14th St.) to continue following Route 340 southbound. In 0.2 miles, the road will curve sharply to the right and become Royal Avenue (still Route 340!). Get in the right lane, and in 0.4 miles, continue straight through a stoplight to stay on Royal Avenue/Route 340. Keep going straight for another 1.8 miles through Front Royal, eventually leaving town and passing the entrance to Shenandoah National Park & Skyline Drive. Take the next left (at a stoplight about a quarter mile past Skyline Drive) onto Route 649 (Browntown Road), and follow Route 649 for 7.6 miles to Browntown. The community center will be on the left shortly after the speed limit drops to 25 miles per hour.

Follow Route 340 south towards Front Royal. After going about 11 miles beyond Berryville, turn left at a stoplight at Double Tollgate (across from Dinosaur Land) to continue following Route 340 south. In 7½ miles, you'll pass under I-66. 1.9 miles beyond that, turn left at a stoplight (onto W. 14th St.) to continue following Route 340 southbound. In 0.2 miles, the road will curve sharply to the right and become Royal Avenue (still Route 340!). Get in the right lane, and in 0.4 miles, continue straight through a stoplight to stay on Royal Avenue/Route 340. Keep going straight for another 1.8 miles through Front Royal, eventually leaving town and passing the entrance to Shenandoah National Park & Skyline Drive. Take the next left (at a stoplight about a quarter mile past Skyline Drive) onto Route 649 (Browntown Road), and follow Route 649 for 7.6 miles to Browntown. The community center will be on the left shortly after the speed limit drops to 25 miles per hour.

Take Route 7 west towards Winchester. Exit at Berryville to follow Route 340 south, then follow the "From Berryville" directions above.

Follow I-66 west to exit 13 (Linden, Routes 79/55). At the bottom of the exit ramp, turn left, then at the next stoplight in 0.2 miles, turn right onto Route 55 west. Follow Route 55 for 5.3 miles into Front Royal (past Burger King, McDonald's, Spelunker's, etc.). Eventually Route 55 comes to a "T" intersection at Route 340. Turn left at the stoplight onto Route 340 south and follow it for about half a mile. After passing the entrance to Shenandoah National Park & Skyline Drive, take the next left (at a stoplight just over a blind hill) onto Route 649 (Browntown Road). Follow Route 649 for 7.6 miles to Browntown. The community center will be on the left shortly after the speed limit drops to 25 miles per hour.

Head north on Route 340 for about 14½ miles to Bentonville, and turn right onto Route 613 (Bentonville Road). Follow Route 613 for 5.6 miles to Browntown, where the road comes to a "T" intersection at Route 649 (Browntown Road), just past O.J. Rudacille's store. Turn left onto Route 649, and the community center will be on your right in 500 feet.

Take I-81 to exit 264 (New Market, Route 211) and follow Route 211 east for 14.6 miles. About two miles beyond Luray Caverns, exit off of the Route 211 bypass onto Route 340 north. Follow Route 340 north for 13.8 miles to Bentonville, and turn right onto Route 613 (Bentonville Road). Continue on Route 613 for 5.6 miles to Browntown, where the road comes to a "T" intersection at Route 649 (Browntown Road), just past O.J. Rudacille's store. Turn left onto Route 649, and the community center will be on your right in 500 feet.

From Culpeper, follow Route 522 north to Sperryville. From Sperryville, continue north on Route 522 for 8.1 miles, then turn left at Massies Corner to keep heading north on Route 522 towards Front Royal for another 14½ miles. Upon reaching Front Royal, turn left at a stoplight onto Route 55 west (there's a KFC on the near right corner). Follow Route 55 for 0.6 miles to a "T" intersection and turn left at the stoplight onto Route 340 south. After passing the entrance to Shenandoah National Park & Skyline Drive in about half a mile, take the next left (at a new stoplight) onto Route 649 (Browntown Road). Follow Route 649 for 7.6 miles to Browntown. The community center will be on the left shortly after the speed limit drops to 25 miles per hour.

(Disclaimer: The mileages and drive times listed above are rough estimates. Your results may-- and probably will-- vary! We've tried to err on the conservative side with the drive times. If you spot any glaringly bad estimates, let us know via e-mail.)