How to get to the Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program |
Dr. Thomas D. Schneider National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program Molecular Information Theory Group NCI-Frederick Bldg 469. Room 105 P.O. Box B Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201 toms@ncifcrf.gov permanent email: toms@alum.mit.edu (use only if first address fails) http://www.ccrnp.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/ 301-846-5581 (-5532 for messages) 301-846-5598 fax (Note: Please only use one email address!) short address form: Tom Schneider NCI-Frederick Bldg 469. Room 105 P.O. Box B Frederick, MD 21702-1201
YOU WILL NEED A PICTURE ID
to get in the gate.
Your car may be searched.
If you are from outside NIH,
the guards at the gate will direct you to building
426 where you will get a visitor's badge and
I will pick you up.
Building 426 is two buildings north of 469.
(469 is marked green on the
map below.)
Fort Detrick
traffic code
prohibits
the use of hand-held
cell phones, Blackberries or similar items, such
as personal data assistants, while driving on
post. This code is now in effect and applies to
all motorists operating a vehicle on Fort
Detrick, to include visitors.
Once you are at the NIH campus you can walk to building 45, 31 or 10. Building 45 seems to be closest, just over the hill. 10 and 31 are pretty much the same distance. There is a 1999 aerial photo of the Bethesda NIH campus. The metro stop is at about 10 o'clock on the C shaped road which is cut by the diagonal of Rockville Pike (= Wisconsin Av). (You can even see the escallator!) If you are lazy you can take the Bethesda campus shuttle.
From one of those buildings, take the FCRDC/NIH DAILY SHUTTLE SERVICE to get to the Frederick campus. Note the times!
There is also an amusing older aerial photo of the NIH campus which is missing buildings 50 and (nota bene!) 45. Other map information for the main NIH campus is also available.
Once you are on campus, you will be at building 426, which is just above 469 on the map further down this page.
If you drive, you can come up the route 270 spur from Washington D.C to Frederic, or along route 70 from Baltimore.
The time to get from Dulles International Airport to Frederick is about 40 minutes. After leaving the airport on its access road there are two ways to get here from Dulles. One is to go to the Washington Beltway and then north on route 270 (an hour). The other is to take route 28 north, route 7 east, route 15 north and then route 340 (about 40 minutes). When you reach Frederick, you turn north onto route 15 and follow the instructions below.
Here is a map of the Frederick-Baltimore-DC area:
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Map Legend:
1. Johns Hopkins University 5. Dulles International Airport 2. BWI Airport 6. Georgetown University 3. University of Maryland 7. George Washington University 4. NIH and Bethesda Naval 8. Washington National Airport Medical Center 9. FCRDCGo in either case north along route 15 (270 becomes 15 at route 70 if you stay in the left two lanes). Pass Patrick Street, Pass Rosemont and take the exit at 7th street. This will loop you around 180 degrees, pointing south-west. Go to the right (north west). Pass the stop light, pass the MacDonalds. Continue along on 7th street until it bends sharply left. This is the entrance to Ft. Detrick. Here's what it looks like on a map:
(The map is from the wonderful service,
MapQuest.)
Below is an OLD map of the NCI/FCRDC Campus, which is inside Fort Detrick. The significant changes are all on the north east side at the entrance. The entrance is no longer directly onto Ditto avenue. It now curves around to the north and connects to a street that runs between Randall and Ditto called Veterans Drive.
Starting from from DC,
They are doing some construction on the facility and some roads are blocked off, so the following will direct you once you are on the base.
You need to get your visitor badge in building 426. The gate has been rebuilt and is north west of the top map. Refer to the lower map. After passing the gate,
You will be at building 426, just above the green building 469, which is your goal.
Frederick, Washington and Baltimore form an equilateral triangle:
Frederick - Baltimore \ / WashingtonSo the weather reports for Baltimore and Washington give an approximate picture of our hot, wet, and muggy situation.
We no longer have access to a guest house here. If you are coming here without our support, the secretaries won't make reservations. There are two local hotels I could recommend that are both on a corner of route 40 and Baughman's Lane in Frederick. (Route 40 is just off route 15 - head west to get to Baughman's Lane.)
Holiday Inn (another link) 999 West Patrick St Frederick, MD 21701 UNITED STATES 1-800-Holiday 301-662-5141 301-663-5290 fax Email: GMFRE@Lodgian.comIf you are visiting on your own funds, they might extend the special rates for National Cancer Institute to you since you are coming on business.
Comfort Inn Red Horse (Comfort Inn) 996 West Patrick Street Frederick, MD 21702 1-800-245-6704 301-662-0281 Hotel 301-694-7263 Fax comfortinnredhorse@yahoo.com hotelhelp@choicehotels.com 301-663-3030 Resturant Check in time 3:00 PM Check out time 11:00 AM Rooms cost: regular $89 + tax AAA $80.10 + tax senior AARP (age 50 or older) $75.65 + tax governmental rate 65.00 + tax business card 75.00 + tax same price for double or king tax is 5%This is a local establishment with a big red horse in the roof, and a pretty nice restaurant, the Red Horse Steak House. They can hold room reservations to 4pm. They would like to know if you smoke or not (they have smoking and nonsmoking rooms). (Information accurate as of 2002 Aug 18.)
Frederick Holiday Inn & Conference Center 5400 Holiday Drive (301) 694-7504 (301) 694-7502 fax www.hifrederick.com Conference center Frederick Holiday Inn Express www.hixfrederick.com 5579 Spectrum Drive Frederick, MD 21703 contact: Nina Gastelum Nina.Gastelum@archonhospitality.com
Yahoo map of Patrick (Route 40) and Baughman's Lane. The Holiday Inn is on the north west corner and the Red Horse is on the south west corner of this intersection.
Schneider Lab
origin before: 1996 April 9
updated: 2008 Jun 12