NOAA's Bay Watershed Education and Training
(B-WET) Program 2009 Conference

Location

Conference Events: NOAA Auditorium and Science Center, Silver Spring, Maryland (1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910)

Conference Hotel: Hampton Inn of Silver Spring (8728 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (301) 588-5887

For hotel registration instructions please see the Save-the-Date document.

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Travel Information:

Directions to the NOAA Buildings and Conference Site

Directions to NOAA (49k pdf)

Map of Conference Site (281k pdf)

Directions to the Hampton Inn

From Baltimore: Take I-95 South to I-495 West to Exit 30 (Colesville Road). The hotel is 1 (one) mile south on the right, just past Spring Street intersection.

From I-495 East: Travel to Exit 30B (Colesville Road). The hotel is 1 (one) mile south on the right just past Spring Street intersection.

From Washington DC: Take 16th Street NW heading north for 6 miles. Make a right onto Colesville Road (Route 29). The hotel is located 5 blocks north on left just past Fenton Street.

For those arriving at the hotel the day before: maps and directions will be available at the front desk to get to the conference site on Tuesday. The NOAA Science Center is about half a mile from the hotel, so please plan ahead to allow for time to walk or take one of the available shuttles. There is a free public shuttle (please see Van Go route map below), as well as a shuttle service offered by the hotel, (information will be available at the hotel).

Van Go Shuttle Map (195k pdf)

Parking

For those driving to the conference there are two public garages convenient to the conference site. Be aware that you will need to have quarters for the meters. Also please note that there are full day and 3 hour spots.

NOAA Garage

Metro Garage

Public Transportation

The B-WET conference site at NOAA is accessible from the Metro Red Line Silver Spring station.  Please be aware that the Metro Red Line has been experiencing delays after a recent accident. You will want to allow some extra time to travel to and from downtown DC and the conference site. The trip may take between 45 minutes and 1 hour.

DC Metro: http://www.wmata.com/

DC Region Airports

Washington National Airport (DCA): http://www.metwashairports.com/reagan

Dulles International Airport (IAD): http://www.metwashairports.com/dulles

Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI): http://www.bwiairport.com/en