Interactive map of meeting locations:
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Travel Information
The meeting will be held at the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy, on the Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. General travel information for visitors to Johns Hopkins is available on the
JHU visitor information page.
Hotel Information
IMPORTANT UPDATE: All rooms at the Inn at the Colonnade have sold out for Tuesday night.
Rooms are available for the entire meeting period at the other conference hotel, the
Radisson at Cross Keys. A discounted rate of $119 per night is available by calling the
hotel's reservations desk at 800-967-9033. Ask for the "Hopkins" rate.
See the Local Information page for more information, including a room share list.
Visa Information
If you need a visa to visit the United States, email the conference organizers
(sdss3meeting -at- jhu.edu)
to request an invitation letter. We will respond within 48 hours with more information.
Getting There
By Air
The nearest airport to the meeting is Thurgood Marshall
Baltimore Washington International airport (BWI), about a half-hour drive to the south (45 minutes
during rush hour). Taxi fare from the airport to the hotel or the university is about $45.
The only direct international flights into Baltimore are from London Gatwick on British Airways
and Toronto on Air Canada. Other nearby international airports are Philadelphia (PHL) and
Washington Dulles (IAD), both about two hours away by car.
Map of airport and train station locations (opens in a new window)
By Train
Direct train service is available from the Northeast Corridor on Amtrak into Baltimore's
Pennsylvania Station. On weekdays, a commuter train runs between Penn Station and
Washington's Union Station in for $7 one way.
Taxi fare from Penn Station to the hotel or the university is about $10.
Ride Share List
The SDSS-III wiki has a
ride share list for coordinating rides from airports and train stations to the
meeting locations and hotels.
Driving Directions
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To get to Baltimore from points north, follow I-95 South. Baltimore is about two hours by car from Philadelphia, four hours from New York
City, and seven hours from Boston.
Once you are in Maryland, follow the directions below to get to the hotel and/or meeting location. To drive to the hotel, follow steps 1 to 10. To drive
directly to the meeting location, skip step 10 and follow steps 11 to 14 instead.
The links in each step will open up a new window containing a Google Street View of that part of the route.
- Take I-95 south to exit 64, I-695 (The Baltimore Beltway).
- Take the beltway west (outer loop), toward Towson.
- Go 9 miles on the Beltway, then take exit 23A, I-83 south, toward Baltimore.
- Go 4 miles south on I-83, then take exit 9 for Cold Spring Lane.
- At the end of the exit ramp, turn left onto Cold Spring Lane.
- You will pass two gas stations (Exxon and BP) at the corner of Cold Spring and Falls Road, then go up a hill. At the top of the hill,
turn right onto Roland Avenue.
- At the fork, stay to the left to get on to University Parkway.
- About half a mile past the fork, you will go over a bridge over a park. Immediately after the bridge is
a confusing set of double traffic lights; the second light is San Martin Drive / 39th Street.
- To get to the hotel, continue straight through this light, staying on University Parkway. To get to the campus parking lot, take a right on San Martin Drive.
- The Inn at the Colonnade is
a brick building with a green roof, directly across from the Johns Hopkins lacrosse stadium.
- If you had turned on San Martin Drive to go directly to the meeting, follow the curving road past the Space Telescope Science Institute.
The road will curve again, and you will see
a black pedestrian bridge over the road. Make the first right beyond the bridge into the JHU San Martin Garage. Take a ticket at the garage entrance; you
can pay with a credit card on the way out.
- After you park, take elevator to the level P5, which is the street level. Do not go over the bridge. Instead, turn left as you leave the
parking garage on foot, and follow the
stone sidewalk next to the low stone wall.
- The path will cross San Martin Drive and turn into a brick
sidewalk leading up a hill. Follow the brick sidewalk up the hill.
- When you reach the top of the hill, The Bloomberg Center is
the brick building with the green roof directly in front of you. Plenary sessions will be at the Space Telescope Science Institute building - to go
there instead, make a right and a left to walk around Bloomberg, then down the concrete stairs and across San Martin Drive.
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To get to Baltimore from points south, follow I-95 North. Baltimore is about one hour by car from Washington and about three hours by
car from Charlottesville.
Once you are on I-95 North leaving the DC metropolitan area, follow the directions below to get to the hotel and/or meeting location. To
drive to the hotel, follow steps 1 to 8. To drive
directly to the meeting location, follow steps 9 through 14 as well.
The links in each step will open up a new window containing a Google Street View of that part of the route.
- Take I-95 North to exit 53, I-395.
Bear right to get on I-395.
- Keep left
at the fork to stay on 395 toward the Inner Harbor.
- Go under the bridge and past the stadiums. Get in the center lane, and
turn right at the flashing yellow light to get onto Conway Street.
- Conway Street dead-ends into the Inner Harbor. Turn
left at the traffic light, onto Light Street.
- Go under the
pedestrian bridge and stay in one of the two left lanes.
- Continue straight through downtown; Light Street turns into Calvert Street.
- Continue on Calvert Street for three miles. Just past Union Memorial Hospital,
turn left
on University Parkway.
- Continue on University through two traffic lights (St. Paul St. and Charles St.). The Inn at
the Colonnade is the
red brick building with the green roof directly across from the JHU lacrosse stadium. Pull into the circular driveway in front to check in.
- To go directly to the meeting instead, continue on University Parkway.
-
Turn left at the second light, across from the Broadview Apartments, onto San Martin Drive.
- Follow the curving road past the Space Telescope Science Institute.
The road will curve again, and you will see
a black pedestrian bridge over the road. Make the first right beyond the bridge into the JHU San Martin Garage. Take a ticket at the garage entrance; you
can pay with a credit card on the way out.
- After you park, take elevator to the level P5, which is the street level. Do not go over the bridge. Instead, turn left as you leave the
parking garage on foot, and follow the
stone sidewalk next to the low stone wall.
- The path will cross San Martin Drive and turn into a brick
sidewalk leading up a hill. Follow the brick sidewalk up the hill.
- When you reach the top of the hill, The Bloomberg Center is
the brick building with the green roof directly in front of you. Plenary sessions will be at the Space Telescope Science Institute building - to go
there instead, make a right and a left to walk around Bloomberg, then down the concrete stairs and across San Martin Drive.
Hide directions
To get to Baltimore from points west, follow I-70 East. Baltimore is about four hours by car from
Pittsburgh, and about twelve hours by car from Chicago.
Follow the directions below to get to the hotel and/or meeting location. To
drive to the hotel, follow steps 1 to 9. To drive
directly to the meeting location, skip step 9 and follow steps 10 to 13 instead.
The links in each step will open up a new window containing a Google Street View of that part of the route.
- Take I-70 East to exit 91B, Interstate 695 (The Baltimore
Beltway). Keep left at the fork to take the beltway north (inner loop).
- Take the Beltway 10 miles to exit 23A, then
turn
right onto I-83 South toward Baltimore.
- Go 4 miles south on I-83, then take exit 9 for Cold Spring Lane.
- At the end of the exit ramp, turn left onto Cold Spring Lane.
- You will pass two gas stations (Exxon and BP) at the corner of Cold Spring and Falls Road, then go up a hill. At the top of the hill,
turn right onto Roland Avenue.
- At the fork, stay to the left to get on to University Parkway.
- About half a mile past the fork, you will go over a bridge over a park. Immediately after the bridge is
a confusing set of double traffic lights; the second light is San Martin Drive / 39th Street.
- To get to the hotel, continue straight through this light, staying on University Parkway. To get to the campus parking lot, take a right on San Martin Drive.
- The Inn at the Colonnade is
a brick building with a green roof, directly across from the Johns Hopkins lacrosse stadium.
- If you had turned on San Martin Drive to go directly to the meeting, follow the curving road past the Space Telescope Science Institute.
The road will curve again, and you will see
a black pedestrian bridge over the road. Make the first right beyond the bridge into the JHU San Martin Garage. Take a ticket at the garage entrance; you
can pay with a credit card on the way out.
- After you park, take elevator to the level P5, which is the street level. Do not go over the bridge. Instead, turn left as you leave the
parking garage on foot, and follow the
stone sidewalk next to the low stone wall.
- The path will cross San Martin Drive and turn into a brick
sidewalk leading up a hill. Follow the brick sidewalk up the hill.
- When you reach the top of the hill, The Bloomberg Center is
the brick building with the green roof directly in front of you. Plenary sessions will be at the Space Telescope Science Institute building - to go
there instead, make a right and a left to walk around Bloomberg, then down the concrete stairs and across San Martin Drive.
Parking
Overnight parking is available at the Inn at the Colonnade for $20 per night. The Radisson at
Cross Keys has free 24-hour parking.
Daytime parking is available at the
JHU San Martin Garage, across the street from Bloomberg Hall, for $9 per day.
Baltimore's famous Inner Harbor is a short taxi ride from the meeting hotel (Image from
Tyler Conklin
on Flickr)