Directions to Bucknell

Bucknell University
One Dent Drive
Lewisburg, PA 17837

Admissions Visitors

Admissions visitors should enter campus at Moore Avenue. From Moore Avenue, bear right onto Dent Drive. Then turn right onto Christy Mathewson Drive, where you will find visitor parking. Walk to the Office of Admissions by following the sidewalk along Dent Drive up the hill to Freas Hall.

Campus Visitors

Campus visitors may also park in the public spaces along Moore Avenue or in the visitor spaces in the lot beside 7th Street. The entrance to the 7th Street lot is across from the 7th Street Cafe, and the visitor spaces are toward the back of the lot. A parking map is available.

Driving to Bucknell

Allentown (about 2 hours)

Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension
Route 80 West to Exit 210A
Route 15 South
At the 11th traffic light, turn left for Bucknell and Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Baltimore (about 3 hours)

83 North
Route 81 South
Route 322 West
Route 11 &15 North
When Routes 11 & 15 split, stay on Route 15. Tedd's Landing will be on your right and Kmart on your left.
About seven miles after Selinsgrove and Shamokin Dam, turn right at the traffic light for Bucknell and Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Harrisburg (about 90 minutes)

Route 83 North
Route 81 South
Route 322 West
Routes 11&15 North
When Routes 11 & 15 split, stay on Route 15. Tedd's Landing will be on your right and Kmart on your left.
About seven miles after Selinsgrove and Shamokin Dam, turn right at the traffic light for Bucknell and Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

New York City (about 3.5 hours)

Route 80 West to Exit 210A
Route 15 South
At the 11th traffic light, turn left for Bucknell and Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Philadelphia (about 3.5 hours)

Philadelphia (via Route 80)

Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension
Route 80 West to Exit 210A
Route 15 South
At the 11th traffic light, turn left for Bucknell and Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Philadelphia alternate route (via Route 283)

Pennsylvania Turnpike West to Harrisburg
Route 283 North
Route 83 North
Route 81 South
Route 322 West
Routes 11&15 North
When Routes 11 & 15 split, stay on Route 15. Tedd's Landing will be on your right and Kmart on your left.
About seven miles after Selinsgrove and Shamokin Dam, turn right at the traffic light for Bucknell and Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Pittsburgh (about 4 hours)

Pittsburgh (via Interstate 80)

Route 22 East
220 North (I99)
Interstate 80 East to Exit 210A
Route 15 South
At the 11th traffic light, turn left for Bucknell and Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Pittsburgh alternate route (via Route 45)

Route 22 East
Route 453 North for one mile
Route 45 East
Route 15 South
At the next traffic light, turn left for Bucknell and Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Reading (about 2 hours)

Route 422 West
Route 61 North
Route 54 West
Route 642 West
Route 45 West
Cross bridge into Lewisburg
Turn left on 7th Street to campus

State College (about 1 hour)

Route 26 North
Route 322 East
Route 45 East
Route 15 South
At the next traffic light, turn left for Bucknell and Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Washington, D.C. (about 3.5 hours)

Washington, D.C. (via Route 270)

Route 495
Route 270 to Frederick, Md.
Route 15 North
When Routes 11 & 15 split, stay on Route 15. Tedd's Landing will be on your right and Kmart on your left.
About seven miles after Selinsgrove and Shamokin Dam, turn right at the traffic light for Bucknell and Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Washington D.C. alternate route (via Baltimore)

Route 95 North
Route 695 West (Inner Loop of Baltimore)
Route 83 North
Route 81 South
Route 322 West
Route 11&15 North
When Routes 11 & 15 split, stay on Route 15. Tedd's Landing will be on your right and Kmart on your left.
About seven miles after Selinsgrove and Shamokin Dam, turn right at the traffic light for Bucknell and Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Wilkes-Barre / Scranton (under 2 hours)

Route 81 South
Route 80 West to Exit 210A
Route 15 South
At the 11th traffic light, turn left for Bucknell and Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Traveling by Air

Nearby Airports

Although Lewisburg does not have a local airport, major airlines service nearby airports. See "Driving Directions" above for details about how to get to Bucknell from these and other cities.