[Home] [Division of Basic Sciences] [National Cancer Institute] [FCRDC] [National Institutes of Health]

Address:
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity
National Cancer Institute
Building 560, Room 21-105
Frederick, MD 21702-1201 

Phone: 

Fax: 
301-846-1686
Directions from Baltimore, Maryland:

I-695 west towards Towson to I-70 west (approximately 20 miles) 
I-70 west (exit 16) to Frederick (approximately 45 miles) 
As you approach Frederick, you will exit at Rt. 15 north to Frederick/Gettysburg, PA 
Once on Rt. 15, you will take the Ft. Detrick / Seventh St. exit 7A; come down the ramp and
continue to your right onto Seventh St. 
Continue through the stoplight and straight to the Ft. Detrick gate. 
After passing through the gate continue straight through the 4-way intersection and take the third
left turn onto Chandler St. 
Continue through 2 intersections. Directly across from the second intersection is the visitors’
parking lot. Building 560 is on Miller Drive, directly across the street from the visitors parking lot. 

Directions from Washington, DC:

I-270 north to Frederick (approximately 55 miles) 
As you approach Frederick, I-270 ends and becomes Rt. 15 north to Frederick/Gettysburg, PA 
Once on Rt. 15, you will take the Ft. Detrick / Seventh St. exit 7A; come down the ramp and
continue to your right onto Seventh St. 
Continue through the stoplight and straight to the Ft. Detrick gate. 
After passing through the gate continue straight through the 4-way intersection and take the third
left turn onto Chandler St. 
Continue through 2 intersections. Directly across from the second intersection is the visitors’
parking lot. Building 560 is on Miller Drive, directly across the street from the visitors parking lot. 

Directions from Northern Virginia/Leesburg area: (Dulles
Airport):

Rt. 28 north to Rt. 7 west and Leesburg 
As you approach Leesburg, you will exit at the Rt. 15 by-pass around the city and continue
towards Point-of- Rocks/Frederick, MD 
You will cross the Potomac River at Point-of-Rocks and continue north on Rt. 15 to Frederick
(road bears left after crossing the bridge) 
Rt. 15 will join Rt. 340 east outside of Frederick (road bears right) 
As you approach Frederick, you will make a left exit onto Rt. 15 north to Gettysburg, PA 
Once on Rt. 15, you will take the Ft. Detrick / Seventh St. exit 7A; come down the ramp and
continue to your right onto Seventh St. 
Continue through the stoplight and straight to the Ft. Detrick gate. 
After passing through the gate continue straight through the 4-way intersection and take the
third left turn onto Chandler St. 
Continue through 2 intersections. Directly across from the second intersection is the visitors’
parking lot. Building 560 is on Miller Drive, directly across the street from the visitors parking lot. 



Directions from Southern Pennsylvania area:

Please choose the best route for you from Pennsylvania. If you come south on I-95 towards
Baltimore and then follow the above directions from Baltimore, you may have an easier time of it.
If you wish to come west through Pennsylvania, you can come through Harrisburg to Gettysburg
and then south on Route 15 to Frederick. 

Directions from Western Pennsylvania area:

Please choose the best route south towards Breezewood, PA at which point you will pick up
I-70 to Maryland. 
Continue on I-70 south and then east towards Hagerstown and Frederick. 
As you approach Frederick, watch for the Rt. 40 (east/Patrick Street) exit; if that exit is not
available, continue on I-70 to the exit for Rt. 15 north (near the MedImmune building). 
You will exit onto Rt. 15 north to Gettysburg, PA 
Once on Rt. 15, you will take the Ft. Detrick / Seventh St. exit 7A; come down the ramp and
continue to your right onto Seventh St. 
Continue through the stoplight and straight to the Ft. Detrick gate. 
After passing through the gate continue straight through the 4-way intersection and take the third
left turn onto Chandler St. 
Continue through 2 intersections. Directly across from the second intersection is the visitors’
parking lot. Building 560 is on Miller Drive, directly across the street from the visitors parking lot.