DIRECTIONS TO SOME HOTELS ON THE UW CAMPUS


Going to

Wisconsin Center Guest House - Lowell Hall (one of the university guesthouses)

Coming from Rockford on I-90, you take exit 142A and follow the city highway to Madison for approximately six miles. Take the Park Street exit (exit #261A-B) and turn right at the end of the ramp. Follow Park Street for approximately three miles past a railroad underpass. Soon after the underpass, turn right on Langdon Street and left on Frances Street. Lowell Hall (610 Langdon Street, phone (608) 256-2621) is on the corner on the left, the parking lot is right after it also on the left.

Van Vleck Hall, the math department building, is a 9-floor high-rise just to the left behind Bascom Hall (the neoclassical building with the flag pole on top) when you come up the hill from State Street or Langdon Street (backtracking on Langdon Street).

J. F. Friedrick Center (one of the university guesthouses)

Coming from Rockford on I-90, you take exit 142A and follow the city highway to Madison for approximately six miles. Take the Park Street exit and turn right at the end of the ramp. Follow Park Street for approximately three miles past a railroad underpass. A few blocks after the underpass, turn left on Observatory Drive up the hill. Follow Observatory Drive for about a mile, then turn right on Elm Drive, and left into a parking lot. The Friedrick Center (1950 Willow Drive, phone (608) 231-1341) is the third building on the right side of the parking lot.

Van Vleck Hall, the math department building, is about a mile east of Friedrick Center (a twenty-minute walk or a two-minute bus ride).

Campus Inn (formerly Madison Inn)

Coming from Rockford on I-90, you take exit 142A and follow the city highway to Madison for approximately 6 miles. Take the Park Street exit and turn right at the end of the ramp. Follow Park Street for approximately 3 miles past a railroad underpass. Soon after the underpass, turn right on Langdon Street and right on Frances Street. Campus Inn (601 Langdon Street, phone (608) 257-4391) is on the corner on the right.

Van Vleck Hall, the math department building, is a 9-floor high-rise just to the left behind Bascom Hall (the neoclassical building with the flag pole on top) when you come up the hill from State Street or Langdon Street (backtracking on Langdon Street).

University Inn

Coming from Rockford on I-90, you take exit 142A and follow the city highway to Madison for approximately six miles. Take the Park Street exit and turn past at the end of the ramp. Follow Park Street for approximately three miles past a railroad underpass. Soon after the underpass, turn right on Johnson Street and left on Frances Street University Inn (441 N. Frances Street, phone (608) 257-4881) is at the end of Frances Street.

Van Vleck Hall, the math department building, is a 9-floor high-rise just to the left behind Bascom Hall (the neoclassical building with the flag pole on top) when you come up the hill from State Street, which runs on the other side of the University Inn.

Doubletree Hotel

Coming from Rockford on I-90, you take exit 142A and follow the city highway to Madison for approximately six miles. Take the Park Street exit and turn past at the end of the ramp. Follow Park Street for approximately three miles past a railroad underpass. Soon after the underpass, turn right on Johnson Street. The Doubletree Hotel (525 West Johnson Street, phone (608) 251-5511) is down a few blocks on the right.

Van Vleck Hall, the math department building, is a 9-floor high-rise just to the left behind Bascom Hall (the neoclassical building with the flag pole on top) when you come up the hill from State Street, which runs parallel to Johnson Street two blocks to the north.

Coming from Milwaukee, La Crosse, or Minneapolis

Follow the directions into town from Milwaukee or from La Crosse or Minneapolis. When you reach University Avenue and follow the walking directions above.


Prepared by Steffen Lempp (lempp@math.wisc.edu)