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Contacting the Small Bodies Node

SBN Principal Investigator:

Mike A'Hearn

SBN Manager:

Mailing Address:

Department of Astronomy
Small Bodies Node
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-2421

Shipping (UPS, FedEx, etc) Address:

name of person receiving shipment
UMD-Department of Astronomy
1113 Physical Sciences Complex, Bldg. 415
College Park, MD 20742-2421

SBN Office Phone:

(301) 405-5024

Directions to the Small Bodies Node

The Small Bodies Node is located on the College Park campus of the University of Maryland, in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. The SBN office suite is on the first floor, wing 2, of the Atlantic Building (changed in late 2016 from Computer and Space Sciences; still Bldg 224, still use bldg abbreviation CSS), across from Parking Lot B/RR/5 (Regents Dr. Garage).

• Take exit 27 or 25 from I95/I495 (Washington Beltway) south onto US Rt. 1 towards College Park.
• Go for about 2 miles, turn right onto Campus Drive.
• Turn right at the circle (marked with a big "M") onto Regents Drive.
• Turn left at the first stop sign onto Stadium Drive.
• Turn left into Regents Drive Garage (Parking lot B/RR/5).
• Turn left for the visitor parking spaces. Park, then register at the digital paystation. Other spaces in the garage are free after 4pm and during weekends.
• Return on foot to Stadium Drive and cross it to reach the Atlantic Building (CSS) or the Physical Sciences Complex (PSC).

PARKING ON CAMPUS:

Parking for visitors is available in the Regents Drive Garage (numbered spaces only) and the Paint Branch Visitor Lot. (See map above or PDF map of all campus visitor parking.) The Atlantic building is across the street to the north of the garage, and a 5-10 minute walk away from the Paint Branch Lot.

There are paystations in these lots which can accept cash, credit cards, or department validation codes. Parking in non-visitor spaces in the garage is free after 4 pm and on weekends.

More information is available from the Department of Transportation Services.

Campus & Vicinity

• The University maintains a general on-line Conference & Visitor Services site.
• Here's a campus map. The Atlantic Building (number 224) is located in the northwest quadrant, at about H-5 in this map.
• Another Google map to the CSS building.
• The City of College Park guide to dining, shopping and accommodations.
• A list of area hotels
• Nearby restaurants (note that, particularly for on-campus establishments, schedules may vary drastically during finals week or between semesters):
  • Off campus
  • On campus
  • Dining @ Maryland University dining services information

Local Road Names:

• Baltimore Ave = Baltimore Blvd = Route 1. The main entrance to campus is located at about the 7600 block of Baltimore Ave.
• University Blvd = Greenbelt Road. It's called "University Blvd" west of Route 1 and "Greenbelt Rd" east of Route 1. The Stadium Drive entrance to campus is on University Blvd.
• The Washington, D.C. Beltway is a circular road comprised of routes 495 and 95. It runs around Washington, through Maryland and Virginia, crossing the Potomac River at two points. The "Outer Loop" of the Beltway is those lanes of traffic which travel counter-clockwise around D.C.; the "Inner Loop" is the lanes that travel clockwise around D.C. The Inner and Outer loops are just the two sets of travel lanes of the same road - the Beltway.
• Baltimore also has a Beltway, but its route number is 695. Traffic reports on WTOP seldom mention the Baltimore Beltway, and when they do they always identify it as "the Baltimore Beltway," frequently adding "Route 695."
• ASCII character map of the main campus entrance and the Atlantic Building.