Directions To The Sunwheel

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DIRECTIONS TO THE SUNWHEEL

Link to location on Google Maps.

For a map showing the Sunwheel on the UMass Amherst campus, click here.

DIRECTIONS FROM BOSTON AND POINTS EAST:

Take the Mass Pike (90) West to Interstate 91.
Take Interstate 91 North to exit 19.
Go right at the end of the exit ramp onto Route 9.
Follow Route 9 east for 5.1 miles. (At 5 miles, you will pass a Stop & Shop on your left.)
At the traffic light after the Stop & Shop plaza, make a left onto University Drive.
Continue along University Drive for 0.45 miles, until you come to a stoplight, with the Newmarket Plaza on your right.
Turn left at the stoplight onto Rocky Hill Road.
Go 1/4 mile, and turn right towards the Alumni Stadium. The Sunwheel is to your right.
You can park along the road. Enjoy your visit - and make sure to sign the guestbook!

DIRECTIONS FROM ALBANY AND POINTS WEST:

Take the Mass Pike (90) East to Interstate 91.
Take Interstate 91 North to exit 19.
Go right at the end of the exit ramp onto Route 9.
Follow Route 9 east for 5.1 miles. (At 5 miles, you will pass a Stop & Shop on your left.)
At the traffic light after the Stop & Shop plaza, make a left onto University Drive.
Continue along University Drive for 0.45 miles, until you come to a stoplight, with the Newmarket Plaza on your right.
Turn left at the stoplight onto Rocky Hill Road.
Go 1/4 mile, and turn right towards the Alumni Stadium. The Sunwheel is to your right.
You can park along the road. Enjoy your visit - and make sure to sign the guestbook!

DIRECTIONS FROM HARTFORD AND POINTS SOUTH:

Take Interstate 91 North to exit 19.
Go right at the end of the exit ramp onto Route 9.
Follow Route 9 east for 5.1 miles. (At 5 miles, you will pass a Stop & Shop on your left.)
At the traffic light after the Stop & Shop plaza, make a left onto University Drive.
Continue along University Drive for 0.45 miles, until you come to a stoplight, with the Newmarket Plaza on your right.
Turn left at the stoplight onto Rocky Hill Road.
Go 1/4 mile, and turn right towards the Alumni Stadium. The Sunwheel is to your right.
You can park along the road. Enjoy your visit - and make sure to sign the guestbook!

DIRECTIONS FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY AND POINTS SW:

Take the Taconic Parkway North to the Mass Pike (90).
Take the Mass Pike East to Interstate 91.
Take Interstate 91 North to exit 19.
Turn right at the end of the exit ramp onto Route 9.
Follow Route 9 east for 5.1 miles. (At 5 miles, you will pass a Stop & Shop on your left.)
At the traffic light after the Stop & Shop plaza, make a left onto University Drive.
Continue along University Drive for 0.45 miles, until you come to a stoplight, with the Newmarket Plaza on your right.
Turn left at the stoplight onto Rocky Hill Road.
Go 1/4 mile, and turn right towards the Alumni Stadium. The Sunwheel is to your right.
You can park along the road. Enjoy your visit - and make sure to sign the guestbook!

DIRECTIONS FROM VERMONT AND POINTS NORTH:

Take Interstate 91 South to exit 25.
At the end of the exit ramp, turn left.
Turn right at the first stoplight. You will then pass a Yankee Candle on your right.
After less than one mile, turn left at a stoplight onto Route 116.
Continue on 116 for about 5 miles. Take the exit signs for the University of Massachusetts.
At the end of the ramp, turn left and take the bridge over 116.
Turn right at the first stoplight onto University Drive.
Continue along University Drive for approximately 1 mile. You will pass the Alumni Stadium on your right.
At the first 4-way stoplight, make a right onto Rocky Hill Road.
Go 1/4 mile, and turn right towards the Alumni Stadium. The Sunwheel is to your right.
You can park along the road. Enjoy your visit - and make sure to sign the guestbook!

DIRECTIONS FROM THE NORTHWEST:

Take Route 116 South towards Amherst. (Beware of Ashfield, where 116 joins 5 and 10 for a few miles.)
Exit from 116 at signs for the University of Massachusetts.
At the end of the ramp, turn left and take the bridge over 116.
Turn right at the first stoplight, onto University Drive.
Continue along University Drive for approximately 1 mile. You will pass the Alumni Stadium on your right.
At the first 4-way stoplight, make a right onto Rocky Hill Road.
Go 1/4 mile, and turn right towards the Alumni Stadium. The Sunwheel is to your right.
You can park along the road. Enjoy your visit - and make sure to sign the guestbook!

A project conceived by Dr. Judith S. Young

Professor of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst