LOCAL AREA INFORMATION

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory: Kossiakoff Center

APL is located on Johns Hopkins Road in Laurel Maryland, approximately 1/2 mile west of U.S. Route 29. SMC-IT 2014 will be held in the newly renovated Kossiakoff Center.

Applied Physics Laboratory: Kossiakoff Center
11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel, MD 20723-6099
(Google map)

Local Hotels:

The Homewood Suites by Hilton

Reservation link: Homewood Suites

8320 Benson Drive, Columbia, Maryland, 21045-3116, USATEL: +1-410-872-9200

When registering on-line for Homewood Suites, click on the “Add special rate codes” just above the “check rooms and rates” button.

This expands a menu, and you should enter the “Group code“: APL

The Sheraton at Columbia Town Center

Reservation link: Sheraton

10207 Wincopin Circle, Columbia, Maryland, 21044, USATEL: +1-410-730-3900

From Baltimore and I-95 (southbound)

Take exit 38 (Maryland Route 32-sign will read "Toward Columbia") west to US 29 south. (Exit 38 is approximately 10 miles from the Baltimore Beltway, I-695.) Proceed about 1.5 miles on US 29 to Johns Hopkins Road. Turn right. APL is a quarter mile west. Turn right on Pond Road, just past the bank and credit union. Follow the signs to the Kossiakoff Center parking on the lower lot.

From Washington and I-95 (northbound)

Take exit 38 (Maryland Route 32-sign will read "Toward Columbia") west to US 29 south. (Exit 38 is approximately 10 miles from the Washington Beltway, I-495.) Proceed about 1.5 miles on US 29 to Johns Hopkins Road. Turn right. APL is a quarter mile west. Turn right on Pond Road, just past the bank and credit union. Follow the signs to the Kossiakoff Center parking on the lower lot.

From US 29

Proceed on US 29 to and exit onto Johns Hopkins Road. APL is a quarter mile west. Turn right on Pond Road, just past the bank and credit union. Follow the signs to the Kossiakoff Center parking on the lower lot.