DIRECTIONS TO SOME HOTELS ON THE UW CAMPUS
Going to
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).
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).
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).
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.
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.
Follow the directions into town
from Milwaukee or
from La Crosse or Minneapolis.
When you reach University Avenue
- turn right into Park Street and then
right again into Langdon Street for Lowell Hall and Campus Inn,
- turn right into Park Street and then
left into Observatory Drive for the Friedrick Center,
- turn right into Frances Street for the University Inn,
- turn left into Park Street and left again into Johnson Street
for the Doubletree Hotel,
and follow the walking directions above.
Prepared by
Steffen Lempp
(lempp@math.wisc.edu)