FedCenter - Directions & Maps

***DUE TO THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF VISITOR PARKING ON THE NIH CAMPUS, DRIVING TO THE CONFERENCE IS DISCOURAGED. THE DRIVING DIRECTIONS GIVEN BELOW ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE ATTENDEES WITH A DISABILITY REQUIRING THEM TO DRIVE TO THE SYMPOSIUM ***

Driving Directions to NIH

Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI)
Dulles International Airport (IAD)
Washington National Airport (DCA)

Maps

Transportation Links

There is now Metro bus service from BWI and Dulles airports to nearby Metro stations.
For BWI, the bus is the B30 and leaves about every 30 minutes.
For Dulles Airport, see http://www.metwashairports.com/Dulles/ground.htm for details.

Driving Directions

The driving directions below are for the benefit of the Symposium attendees with a disability who must drive to the campus. All other attendees are highly advised to take mass transit.

Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI)

From BWI, take Route 95 South towards Washington, DC. Join the Capitol Beltway (Interstate route 495) heading west toward Bethesda. You may approach the NIH by one of two routes:

Leave Route 495 at exit 19 (Route 355/Wisconsin Ave./Rockville Pike), heading south for about 2 miles. Pass the National Naval Medical Center on the left, and turn right at Center Drive. The Natcher Conference Center is approximately 1 block down, on the right.
Leave route 495 at exit 18 (Old Georgetown Road), heading south for about 2 miles. Turn left into the NIH campus at Center Drive. Center Drive passes in front of the NIH Clinical Center and then winds right and to the left as it nears the Natcher Conference Center and the National Library of Medicine complex.

Dulles International Airport

Take the Dulles exit road to the Capitol Beltway (Interstate route 495) at entrance 12, heading north toward Bethesda/Baltimore. Leave route 495 at exit 18 (Old Georgetown Road), heading south for about 2 miles. Turn left into the NIH campus at the traffic light at Center Drive. Center Drive passes directly in front on the NIH Clinical Center (on the right-Bldg 10 or CC) and continues to wind around to the Natcher Conference Center (on the left-Bldg 45) and the National Library of Medicine (to the right).

Washington National Airport

You can take the Metro from Washington National Airport (Yellow or Blue Line) to the Medical Center stop (on the Red Line).

Take the George Washington Memorial parkway to Capitol Beltway (Interstate route 495) at entrance 14, proceeding north toward Bethesda/Baltimore. Leave route 495 at exit 18 (Old Georgetown Road), heading south for about 2 miles. Turn left into the NIH campus at Center Drive. Center Drive passes in front of the NIH Clinical Center (Bldg 10) and then winds right and to the left as it nears the Natcher Conference Center and the National Library of Medicine complex.