TRAVEL INFORMATION

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AREA HOTELS:

The hotels listed below offer a Wesleyan discount. When making reservations, please mention you are attending Open House at Wesleyan University. Other hotels can be found online in the Visitor's Guide.

Inn at Middletown
Middletown, CT (walking distance to campus)
Phone: 860-854-6300
www.innatmiddletown.com

Red Lion Hotel-Cromwell
 100 Berlin Road
Phone: 860-635-2000
http://www.redlion.com/cromwell

 

DIRECTIONS:

  • From Hartford and Points North: Take I-91 South, Exit 22S, to Route 9 South. At exit 15, turn right onto Route 66 West (Washington Street) and follow the signs to Wesleyan. Turn left onto High Street and take your first right onto Wyllys Avenue. The Office of Admission is located at 70 Wyllys Avenue in the Stewart M. Reid House. You may park in the designated “Visitor Parking” spaces in Lot E.
  • From New Haven, New York and Points South: Take I-91 North, exit 18 to Route 691/66 East OR the Merritt/Wilbur Cross Parkway (Route 15 North), exit 68 to I-91 North. Take exit 18 onto Route 691/66 East. Route 66 becomes Washington Street in Middletown. Follow the signs to Wesleyan and turn right onto High Street and take your first right onto Wyllys Avenue. The Office of Admission is located at 70 Wyllys Avenue in the Stewart M. Reid House. You may park in the designated “Visitor Parking” spaces in Lot E.
  • From Waterbury and Points West: Take Interstate 84 East, exit 27 to Route 691/66 East. Route 66 becomes Washington Street in Middletown. Follow the signs to Wesleyan and turn right onto High Street and take your first right onto Wyllys Avenue. The Office of Admission is located at 70 Wyllys Avenue in the Stewart M. Reid House. You may park in the designated “Visitor Parking” spaces in Lot E.
  • From Boston and Points Northeast: Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90) West to Interstate 84 West to Hartford. Exit 57 to Interstate 91 South, exit 22S to Route 9 South. At exit 15, turn right onto Route 66 West (Washington Street) and follow the signs to Wesleyan. Turn left onto High Street and take your first right onto Wyllys Avenue. The Office of Admission is located at 70 Wyllys Avenue in the Stewart M. Reid House. You may park in the designated “Visitor Parking” spaces in Lot E.

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  • Interstate 95 South through Providence, exit 69 to Route 9 North (approximately 26 miles). At Exit 15 turn left onto Route 66 West (Washington Street) and follow the signs to Wesleyan. Turn left onto High Street and take your first right onto Wyllys Avenue. The Office of Admission is located at 70 Wyllys Avenue in the Stewart M. Reid House. You may park in the designated “Visitor Parking” spaces in Lot E.

 

TRAIN:

  • Metro North train line runs between New York and New Haven, about 27.5 miles from campus. Call (800) 638-7646 for schedules. 
  • Amtrak offers service into Meriden, about eight miles from campus, and Hartford, about 17 miles from campus. Call (800) 872-7245 for schedules.

BY AIR:

  • Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, CT (approximately 30 miles from campus, 33 mins).
  • John F. Kennedy International Airport in Jamaica, New York, NY (approximately 104 miles from campus, 1 hour 50 mins).
  • LaGuardia Airport in Flushing, NY (approximately 99 miles from campus, 1 hr 45 mins).
  • Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, NJ (approximately 115 miles from campus, 2 hours).

BY TAXI/AIRPORT SHUTTLE:

  • Airport Express Taxi: charges $71.00 (for up to four people) from Bradley Airport to Middletown and from Middletown to Bradley Airport. Call (860) 623-5353 for reservation and schedule.
  • ARROW Cab, Inc.: To all points in CT and out of State.  Bradley Airport to Middletown - $71.  Middletown to Bradley Airport - $68.  To train stations - $30 to Meriden, $66 to New Haven, $43 to Hartford.  Call (860) 558-4825 for reservation.
  • Connecticut Limousine: Departs from various locations in Hartford and New Haven and from the Four Points Sheraton In Meriden - connects to Bradley, JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark airports. Call (800) 472-5466 for reservation and schedule.
  • Executive 2000 Taxi: a Middletown cab service, makes connections to train stations and the airport. Call (860) 635-8222 for reservation. Train station charges: $42.40 to Hartford, $64 to New Haven, metered rate around $25-30* to Meriden. Airport charges: $71 to Bradley International Airport. Accepts all major credit cards. (*Rate for up to four people).