Camp Peary

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AFETA CAMP PEARY
York County and James City County, Virginia
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Coordinates	37°20′N 76°40′W / 37.33°N 76.67°W / 37.33; -76.67
Site information
Owner	U.S. Department of Defense
Open to the public	No
Condition	Fully operational
Site history
Built	1942
In use	1942–1946 1951–present
Garrison information
Occupants	Central Intelligence Agency Defense Intelligence Agency United States Navy
Airfield information
Identifiers	FAA LID: W94
Elevation	41 feet (12 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 05/23 5,018 feet (1,529 m) Asphalt
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Camp Peary is a U.S. military reservation in York County near Williamsburg, Virginia, which hosts a covert CIA training facility known as "The Farm". Officially referred to as an Armed Forces Experimental Training Activity (AFETA) under the authority of the Department of Defense, Camp Peary is approximately 9,000 acres. The Farm is used to train officers of the CIA's Directorate of Operations, as well as those of the DIA's Defense Clandestine Service,^[2] among other intelligence bodies. Its facilities are available to the members of the intelligence community for "off-site" activities such as conferences and working groups. Camp Peary has a sister facility, "The Point", located in Hertford, North Carolina.

Camp Peary is named for Arctic explorer Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary.^[3] Porto Bello, the historic hunting lodge of Lord Dunmore, last royal governor of Virginia, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is located on the grounds of Camp Peary.