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Driving Directions
Useful Travel Links...
Workshop Facilities
| Hotel Thayer |
All conference activities will take
place at the Thayer Hotel. The
Thayer Hotel (building 674) is across from Thayer Gate, at the South end
of West Point, across from Buffalo Soldiers Field and adjacent to the
Village of Highland Falls. |
Directions
| From JFK
Airport: VanWyck Parkway to Bronx-Whitestone Bridge. After
crossing the bridge, look for the Cross Bronx Expressway. Follow the
Cross Bronx Expressway to the Bronx River Parkway north. Take the
Bronx River Parkway to left fork for the Sprain Brook Parkway. Follow
Sprain Brook Parkway to Route 287, left exit to Tappan Zee Bridge
and Interstate 87 (New York State Thruway). Over the bridge, take exit
13N onto the Palisades Interstate Parkway heading north. You will
follow the Palisades Parkway until it ends. However, after passing
exit 17, stay to your right to avoid inadvertently taking exit 18
which forks off to the left. Continue to the end of the parkway
where you will enter the Bear Mountain traffic circle. Follow the
traffic circle 3/4 of the way around and bear right onto route 9W North
toward West Point. Along 9W north you will pass a Holiday Inn Express
on the right and the road will go up a hill at this point. Just after you
get over the hill there will be a car wash on your right and the exit
for West Point is just beyond the car wash. This will lead you into
Highland Falls. As you pass through Highland Falls, the Visitor's Center
and Museum will be on your right as you approach Thayer Gate.
The Thayer Hotel is just inside the gate to your right. |
| From LaGuardia
Airport: Take the Whitestone Parkway to Bronx-Whitestone Bridge.
After crossing the bridge, look for the Cross Bronx Expressway. Follow
the Cross Bronx Expressway to the Bronx River Parkway north. Take
the Bronx River Parkway to left fork for the Sprain Brook Parkway.
Follow Sprain Brook Parkway to Route 287, left exit to Tappan Zee
Bridge and Interstate 87 (New York State Thruway). Over bridge, take
exit 13N onto the Palisades Interstate Parkway heading north. You will
follow the Palisades Parkway until it ends. However, after passing
exit 17, stay to your right to avoid inadvertently taking exit 18
which forks off to the left. Continue to the end of the parkway
where you will enter the Bear Mountain traffic circle. Follow the
traffic circle 3/4 of the way around and bear right onto route 9W North
toward West Point. Along 9W north you will pass a Holiday Inn Express
on the right and the road will go up a hill at this point. Just after you
get over the hill there will be a car wash on your right and the exit
for West Point is just beyond the car wash. This will lead you into
Highland Falls. As you pass through Highland Falls, the Visitor's Center
and Museum will be on your right as you approach Thayer Gate.
The Thayer Hotel is just inside the gate to your right. |
| From Newark
Airport: Take Interstate 78 West to the Garden State Parkway.
Take the GSP north to the end and follow signs for the New York State
Thruway (I-87) east. Exit Thruway at exit 13N onto the Palisades Interstate
Parkway heading north. You will
follow the Palisades Parkway until it ends. However, after passing
exit 17, stay to your right to avoid inadvertently taking exit 18
which forks off to the left. Continue to the end of the parkway
where you will enter the Bear Mountain traffic circle. Follow the
traffic circle 3/4 of the way around and bear right onto route 9W North
toward West Point. Along 9W north you will pass a Holiday Inn Express
on the right and the road will go up a hill at this point. Just after you
get over the hill there will be a car wash on your right and the exit
for West Point is just beyond the car wash. This will lead you into
Highland Falls. As you pass through Highland Falls, the Visitor's Center
and Museum will be on your right as you approach Thayer Gate.
The Thayer Hotel is just inside the gate to your right. |
| From Stewart
Airport: Exit airport, make left turn onto New York State
Route 207 to the New York State Route 300 interchange. Make left turn
onto Route 300, cross New York State Route 17K to the Interstate 84
interchange. Take I-84 east to exit 10 (Route 9W). Make right turn
onto 9W south. Exit 9W via Route 293 exit, Stony Lonesome exit, or
West Point exit. |
Transportation
and Parking
| Parking |
All participants
can park in the Hotel Thayer Parking Lot or the neighboring "Buffalo
Soldiers Parking Lot. |
| Post Shuttle |
The post shuttle
runs continuously during business hours, arriving at each bus stop
every half hour. The shuttle bus is free. The shuttle bus schedule will be
provided in your registration packet.
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| Special Workshop
Shuttle |
Tentatively
there will be a special workshop shuttle which will take conference
participants from the Hotel Thayer to any workshop location.
This includes the West Point Tour and the Hudson River Cruise.
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