MOGEL (The Harvey Lab)
The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
1 Williams Street, PO Box 38
Solomons, MD 20688 USA
Lab: 410-326-7261
Office: 410-326-7206
Fax: 410-326-7341
email: mogel@cbl.umces.edu
Driving Directions to Chesapeake Biological Lab and MOGEL:

From Baltimore / Points North:

Take either the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (Route 295S) or I-95S until it intersects with the Baltimore Beltway (I-695). Take I-695E towards Glen Burnie. Take Exit 4 (LEFT EXIT) for I-97 South. Follow I-97 South for approximately 9 miles, then take Exit 7 for MD-32 West/Rt. 3 South. Keep left on the exit ramp to follow Rt 3-S. Continue on 3 South, which later turns into Rt. 301S/Crain Highway. Exit onto MD-4 South/Pennsylvania Avenue towards Prince Frederick. Follow MD-4S to Solomons. Just before the Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge, take the exit to Rt. 2 South/Solomons Island Road. Turn left at the stop sign under the bridge. Turn right (yield sign) onto Rt. 2/Solomons Island Road. Follow Route 2 South to the end of Solomons Island. After passing the Solomons Pier Restaurant on your right (a building built out over the Patuxent River), continue around a bend to the left and then around another bend to the right. Turn right onto Williams Street, and into the CBL campus.

From Washington, DC / Points West:

Take any of several possible routes out of the city into the Maryland suburbs (New York Avenue / Rt. 50; Conn. Ave.; S. Capitol St. / Suitland Parkway) until you reach the Capitol Beltway (I-495). Follow 495 (East or West depending on where you entered) to the Route 4 South (Pennsylvania Avenue) exit. Follow MD-4S to Solomons. Just before the Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge, take the exit to Rt. 2 South/Solomons Island Road. Turn left at the stop sign under the bridge. Turn right (yield sign) onto Rt. 2/Solomons Island Road. Follow Route 2 South to the end of Solomons Island. After passing the Solomons Pier Restaurant on your right (a building built out over the Patuxent River), continue around a bend to the left and then around another bend to the right. Turn right onto Williams Street, and into the CBL campus.

From Cambridge / Eastern Shore:

After crossing the Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Toll) Bridge (aka the "Bay Bridge"), remain on Route 50W through the numerous Annapolis exits, and exit right at Rt. 424 (Davidsonville). Turn left at the stop sign, and continue South on Rt. 424 (passing through the traffic light at Rt. 214 (Central Ave.) until the road ends at Rt. 2. Turn right onto Rt. 2S, and follow this to the rotary (traffic circle) in Lothian. Continue on Rt. 2S to Sunderland, where it intersects with Rt. 4. Follow MD-4S to Solomons. Just before the Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge, take the exit to Rt. 2 South/Solomons Island Road. Turn left at the stop sign under the bridge. Turn right (yield sign) onto Rt. 2/Solomons Island Road. Follow Route 2 South to the end of Solomons Island. After passing the Solomons Pier Restaurant on your right (a building built out over the Patuxent River), continue around a bend to the left and then around another bend to the right. Turn right onto Williams Street, and into the CBL campus.

From Richmond / Points South:

Take I-95N to the Rt. 207 exit. Exit right, and follow Route 207 East to its merger with Rt. 301. Continue on Route 301 North through the Fort A.P. Hill Military Reservation, across the Rappahannock River, and onto the Potomac. Cross the Potomac River on the Gov. Harry W. Nice Memorial (Toll) Bridge (aka the "Potomac River Bridge"), and continue on Route 301 North until it intersects with Rt. 234S (watch for signs to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Lexington Park). Continue on Rt. 234S until it ends by merging with Rt. 5 South just north of the St. Mary's County Seat in Leonardtown. Once on Rt. 5, continue south through the outskirts of Leonardtown, and then turn left onto Rt. 4 East just south of town. Travel east on Route 4 to the intersection with Rt. 235, and continue straight through the traffic light onto the Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge across the mouth of the Patuxent River. Take the first exit *immediately* after crossing the bridge and turn right onto Rt. 2 South/Solomons Island Road.Follow Route 2 South to the end of Solomons Island. After passing the Solomons Pier Restaurant on your right (a building built out over the Patuxent River), continue around a bend to the left and then around another bend to the right. Turn right onto Williams Street, and into the CBL campus.