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• From BWI Airport
• From Dulles Airport
• From Reagan National Airport
• By Car
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FROM BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL (BWI) AIRPORT:

• Upon exiting the airport, take I-195 West
  
• Follow it for about 3.5 miles and then get onto I-95 South.
  
• Follow I-95 South for about 19 miles, get into the second lane from the right and get off at Exit 27 towards College Park.
  
• After a long exit ramp, follow Exit 25B and go south on Rt. 1
  
• Proceed on Rt. 1 for two miles to the University’s Campus Drive entrance on your right

Please follow the directions below for Parking.

FROM DULLES INTERNATIONAL (IAD) AIRPORT:

• Upon exiting the airport, follow the Dulles Airport Access Road East for about 13 miles.
  
• Exit onto I-495 North. Within three miles, you’ll enter the state of Maryland.
  
• Follow I-495 North and get off at Exit 25B.
  
• Go south on U.S. Rt. 1.
  
• Proceed on Rt. 1 for two miles to the University’s Campus Drive entrance on your right.

Please follow the directions below for Parking.

FROM RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL (DCA) AIRPORT:

• Exit the airport to the north (towards Washington, D.C.)
  
• Continue onto the George Washington Memorial Pkwy (GW Pkwy) North about 1 mile.
  
• Bear right onto I-395 N (US-1 N, Arland D Williams Jr Memorial Br).
  
• Go 1.5 miles and continue onto I-295 S (Southeast Frwy)
  
• Go 1 mile and take the Pennsylvania Avenue exit onto Pennsylvania Ave Se - Cross the John Philip Sousa Br
  
• Immediately turn LEFT on Fairlawn Ave Se (signs for DC-295 N)- go < 0.1 mi
  
• Take ramp onto DC-295 N, Continue on MD-295 N - go about 7 miles
  
• Take the New Carrollton/MD-410/Hyattsville exit - go 0.2 mi
  
• Turn LEFT on Riverdale Rd (MD-410/East-West Hwy)- go 0.8 mi
  
• Turn RIGHT on Kenilworth Ave(MD-201 N) - go 0.9 mi
  
• Turn LEFT on Paint Branch Pky - go 1.6 mi. Cross US 1 to enter Campus Drive.

Please follow the directions below for Parking.

BY AUTOMOBILE, from anywhere:

Follow your map to the Washington Beltway -- 495. Get off at Exit 25B. Go south on U.S. Rt. 1 for two miles to the University’s Campus Drive entrance on your right.

Please follow the directions below for Parking.

PARKING:

• Visitors who do not have an appointment within the department can find parking via the Department of Transportation's "Visitor Parking On Campus" webpage.
  
  
• If you have an appointment within the department, and will be receiving a guest pass from your host, you may park in the Regents Drive Parking Gararge:

  REGENTS DRIVE PARKING GARAGE FROM CAMPUS DRIVE:

  From Route 1 (Baltimore Blvd.) enter the University of Maryland via the main entrance, Campus Drive, getting immediately in the left lane. When you come to the circle with the University of Maryland "M" logo and a stop sign, veer right and get into the right lane of the circle, following the road to your right. You will go over a few speed bumps and to your left you will see the Geology Building, then the Plant Science Building, then the Parking Garage. Turn left on the street between Plant Sciences and the Parking Garage, then turn right into the Parking Garage. Park anywhere that is designated as lot “B” (painted in color on the garage walls). On the third floor of the Parking Garage is a walkway that circles you to the entrance of the Plant Sciences Building, on the left, where the department is housed.

CAMPUS MAP ONLINE:
http://www.transportation.umd.edu/visitor/campusmap.html

INTERACTIVE CAMPUS MAP, for finding Plant Sciences Building:
http://www.parking.umd.edu/themap/