Map, Directions, and Check-In

Map:We strongly recommend that you print out the campus map, available on this page, or that you view and print out this annotated map of campus, (Microsoft Word 593kB Jun7 06) which also includes instructions on check-in on campus. The opening dinner will be in the University Center (# 86 on the map). Lodging will be at Jefferson Hall (# 42 on map, adjacent to Jamestown Road), and Conference Services is located at Lodge 8 among the Old Lodges (# 59 on the campus map), on Gooch Drive behind the University Center.

Directions: See the directions By Automobile for how to reach the campus from the interstate. Directions closer in to the campus are found below, and on this downloadable annotated map (Microsoft Word 593kB Jun7 06).

Check in:

  • If you arrive before 12:30 PM on Wednesday, Check in with Conference Services in Lodge 8 (Number 59 on the map). You can park in Resident or Day Student parking spaces in the Zable Stadium parking lot--the University Center is at the end of the parking lot, and the Lodges are behind the University Center to the left. The parking lot is off of Stadium Drive, at the only stop light on Richmond Road near the campus.
  • If you arrive between 12:30 and 5:30 PM, you can check in directly at the dorm--Jefferson Hall. You can park temporarily in the small circular parking lot located near Jefferson Hall (number 42 on map) off Jamestown Road.
  • If you arrive after 5:30 PM, check in directly at the opening dinner in the University Center (number 86 on the map). You can park in Resident or Day Student parking spaces in the Zable Stadium parking lot--the University Center is at the end of the parking lot. The parking lot is off of Stadium Drive, at the only stop light on Richmond Road near the campus.
More information on accomodations and on-site logistics is given below.

Travel and Related Information

Arrival and Departure Information:

The workshop will officially begin with a program Wednesday evening, June 7, 2006 at 7:00 pm. We will gather informally for a cash-bar reception at 5:30 and dinner at 6:00 pm. The workshop will end after dinner on Sunday evening, June 11.

We are offering an optional one-day trip to the National Science Foundation on Monday, June 12 and will provide bus transportation to and from Williamsburg on June 12. If you stay for the NSF trip, you may chose to leave from a Washington DC airport in the evening of June 12 (or later) or from an airport around Williamsburg anytime during the day on Tuesday, June 13. You will be on your own for food expenses after dinner on June 12. If do not plan to go to NSF, you can make plans to leave on Monday, June 12. Previous participants have found the NSF trip very useful, so we encourage you to attend.

Some participants choose to fly out of one of the three Washington DC airports late in the day on June 12 or to stay overnight in DC at their own expense and leave the following morning. In some cases, the fares are reasonable even though the arrival and departure airports are different.

Transportation to Williamsburg:

You are responsible for your travel to and from the workshop. Prices and other information are current as of autumn 2005.

Transportation to Williamsburg By Air:

You are responsible for your transportation to and from the airport. After we have travel information for all participants, we will provide information about arrival times so that participants arriving at the same airport can coordinate transportation to Williamsburg if they wish. Three airports serve the Williamsburg area.

It is easier to travel to Williamsburg from Richmond or Newport News than from Norfolk, so unless the schedule or fares are significantly better in Norfolk, we encourage you to arrive in Richmond or Newport News. Patrick Henry Airport is about 20 minutes by car from Williamsburg, Richmond is about 50 minutes by car, and Norfolk is one hour (or more depending on traffic). Ground transportation other than taxis from Richmond and Norfolk will take longer as they will make stops along the way.

Richmond International Airport:

Ground transportation: Groome Transportation 1-800-552-7911. Groome leaves the airport every hour on the hour. Exit the airport from the baggage claim area-Groome leaves from the island in the middle of the road. The cost for one person is $40.00 one-way and $71.00 round-trip; if two or more passengers ride together the one-way cost is $25 per person. Arrangements for pick-up for the return trip to the airport can be made when you arrive in Richmond. Taxicabs, if shared, may be a reasonably priced alternative.

Newport News/Williamsburg Patrick Henry Airport:

Served by the following taxicab companies: Associated Cab (757-887-3412), North End Cab (757-244-4000), Williamsburg Limosine (757-877-0279), Yellow Cab (757-245-7777). Taxicab fares from the airport to the campus range from $35 to $45 per car. It would be most reasonable if one cab is shared with several other workshop attendees.

Norfolk International Airport:

Airport Express Service 757-857-3991: Rates are $50 one-way and $95.00 round trip. Prices may be adjusted if several workshop attendees use the same transport. Exit from door three, the Express Service is in a small booth on the left.

Transportation from NSF to the Washington DC Airports for the optional NSF Visit:
Travel time from the NSF offices to BWI or Dulles is at least one hour (and may be more during rush hour); to Reagan National you should allow one-half hour if during rush hour. The Washington DC Airport Shuttle serves all three metropolitan Washington airports. They will pick up at the door and deliver to the airport.

Reagan National Airport: Directions and information about ground transportation.

Dulles International Airport: Directions and information about ground transportation.

Washington International Airport (BWI): BWI Express Metro Bus travels between BWI and the Greenbelt MD metro station every forty minutes.

Transportation to Williamsburg By Rail:

Williamsburg is served by Amtrak. The distance from the train station to the College is within walking distance if you are quite fit, otherwise you may wish to take a taxicab, which should cost $10 or less.

Transportation to Williamsburg By Automobile:

From the North and West Areas (i.e. Northern Virginia, DC)

  • Take Interstate 64 East to exit 234, (Lightfoot Exit) turning right onto Route 199.
  • Follow Route 199 to Jamestown Road (2nd stop light) and make a left (~5.5 miles).
  • Follow Jamestown Road for about 1.5 miles, past Lake Matoaka on the left.
  • Shortly after the Lake, the College of William and Mary will be on your left for the next half mile.
  • Immediately after passing Landrum Drive, and just before a cross-walk, a small circular parking area is adjacent to Jefferson Hall, where workshop participants will be staying. If you are arriving between 12:30 and 5:30 PM, pull into that small parking area, register with the Conference Services staff inside Jefferson Hall and drop off your luggage in the dorm. You will then have to move your car and park in Resident or Day Student parking (map will be provided).
  • If you arrive before 12:30 PM or after 5:30PM, take a left onto Richmond Road and continue to the first stop light. Make a left onto Stadium Drive and park in the Zable Stadium lot, in a space for Resident or Day Student parking. The University Center is at the end of the parking lot, and Conference Services is in the Lodges around to the left of the University Center. Check in before 12:30 at the Conference Center/Lodges, and after 5:30 PM check in at the opening dinner and workhop session upstairs in the University Center.

From the South and East Areas (i.e. Virginia Beach, Norfolk)

  • Take Interstate 64 West to exit 242A, Route 199 West (Busch Gardens, Jamestown, Williamsburg).
  • Follow Route 199 to the fourth stoplight and make a right onto Jamestown Road.
  • Follow Jamestown Road for about 1.5 miles, past Lake Matoaka on the left.
  • Shortly after the Lake, the College of William and Mary will be on your left for the next half mile.
  • Immediately after passing Landrum Drive, and just before a cross-walk, a small circular parking area is adjacent to Jefferson Hall, where workshop participants will be staying. If you are arriving between 12:30 and 5:30 PM, pull into that small parking area, register with the Conference Services staff inside Jefferson Hall and drop off your luggage in the dorm. You will then have to move your car and park in Resident or Day Student parking (map will be provided).
  • If you arrive before 12:30 PM or after 5:30PM, take a left onto Richmond Road and continue to the first stop light. Make a left onto Stadium Drive and park in the Zable Stadium lot, in a space for Resident or Day Student parking. The University Center is at the end of the parking lot, and Conference Services is in the Lodges around to the left of the University Center. Check in before 12:30 at the Conference Center/Lodges, and after 5:30 PM check in at the opening dinner and workhop session upstairs in the University Center.

Accommodations and On-Site Logistics

Accommodations: You will be staying on campus in a dorm room. Each of the dorm rooms is a single (small) and all linens (bed linens, towels, and so forth) will be provided. If you are driving and like your own pillow best, you could bring that along. The dorms are air-conditioned, as are the buildings in which we will be meeting. Each room has a telephone and you will be able to take calls there and make long distance calls if you have a long-distance calling card. All dorm rooms are equipped with computer hookups/Ethernet, and most of the William & Mary campus should have wireless internet access. Wireless internet access passwords will be given to you with your workshop registration package.

Parking:Campus parking passes are available when you check in. This pass is good for the day student and resident parking places ONLY (not for faculty and staff parking spaces). Remember to ask for the pass when you check in.

What to bring:Dress will be casual during the workshop--be prepared for cool air-conditioned buildings and the hot and humid outdoors. It commonly rains here, so you might want to bring an umbrella. The dorm rooms do not have alarm clocks, so a travel alarm clock would be useful. You also may want to bring more formal attire for the NSF visit.

Meals: Meals will be available through the dining facilities on campus. There are always choices in the cafeteria, so you should be able to find food that fits your food preferences. We will have a picnic at the Keck Environmental Laboratory one evening and the closing dinner at a restaurant near the campus on June 11. For those dinners, vegetarian options will be available.

NSF Visit:A bus will be provided to drive the participants to NSF early in the morning on Monday, June 12 and will return to Williamsburg at the end of the day. The morning will include an orientation session followed by small group meetings with program officers. In the afternoon, NSF staff will give group sessions on some specific NSF programs and you will be able meet individually with NSF program officers. This NSF trip is optional, but we encourage everyone, including faculty from two-year colleges, to attend. You can make plans to leave from the Washington area the following morning or at the end of the day on June 12. We will walk to a nearby restaurant for dinner before the bus will return to Williamsburg. Emergency Contact Numbers:

For an emergency contact during the meeting, please call the Conference Center Duty Office (757-221-4084) as they will have a copy of the workshop schedule, have 24 hour phone service and should be able to find you. Or call Campus Police (757-221-4596).