Campus Landmarks CHAPEL LANE
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AVRUM GUDELSKY UNIVERSITY COURTYARD E APARTMENTS IV R USM HEADQUARTERS D OBSERVATORY E D ELKINS BUILDING A E M N E E R G NATIONAL ARCHIVES II METZEROTT ROAD M ETZ ERO AT COLLEGE PARK TT R OAD A B C D E PA IN T B CHESAPEAKE RANCH D RIV E GREENB CampusELT ROAD Landmarks GREENHOUSES Self-guided tour 1 TERRAPIN Welcome! We invite you to explore our beautiful campus, designated SOFTBALL PIN TRAIL TERRA COMPLEX an arboretum and botanical garden by the American Public Gardens 39 Association and the first campus in Maryland to be recognized as a COMCAST CENTER RECREATION ARTIFICIAL Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. Follow one or more 40 TURF FIELD mapped routes or explore on your own using the map coordinates next to each listing. While the self-guided tour does not include every build- FIELD HOCKEY 3 & LACROSSE 19 COMPLEX . 38 ing on campus, the featured landmarks, attractions and facilities will RT / . VD EPPLEY provide a wonderful glimpse of our past, present and future. You are BL RECREATION TY SCHOOL OF SI CENTER PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER FOR ER 7 YOUNG CHILDREN 9 E welcome to go inside buildings, especially those named in bold print UNIV REGENTS DRIVE DRIV UNIVERSITY VIEW below. Most are open 8 a.m.–5 p.m. when classes are in session. NCH APARTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BRA GOLF COURSE NEUTRAL AINT 2 THE LA PLATA BUOYANCY P DINER BEACH 8 CAMPUS FACILITY E FARM CAMBRIDGE S TA COMMUNITY DIU 10 WALKING TOUR M CENTER D LLEY DRIV TO INTERSTATE I-95 RI PAINT BRANCH VE 6 & CAPITAL BELTWAY VA PARKING LOT MULLIGAN'S GRILL The walking tour routes begin at the Visitor Center. 3 ANIMAL ENGINEERING 19 SCIENCES . T RESEARCH FACILITY R BARNS 41 / . ANIMAL SCIENCES VD STADIUM DRIVE P BL GARAGE DRIVING TOUR FARM DRIVE 1 TY T. CLARICE SMITH R P VARSITY PERFORMING / PRACTICE FIELD E Exit the Visitor Center parking lot by driving behind the center and making a left onto U ARTS CENTER UNIVERSI N 11 KIM ENGINEERING E COMPUTER & AV BUILDING Rossborough Lane. Turn left at the traffic light onto Baltimore Avenue (U.S. Route 1). SPACE SCIENCES E R MO Get into the left lane and turn left at the first traffic light onto Campus Drive. STADIUM DRIVE TI CAPITAL ONE FIELD 5 L AT BYRD STADIUM J.M. BA PATTERSON CHEM & NUCLEAR A.V. WILLIAMS If you stop and explore on foot, please read signs carefully and only park at meters ENGINEERING J. LOGAN & LOUISE GOSSETT SCHUTZ FOOTBALL STADIUM DRIVE COMPUTER SCIENCE or facilities intended for visitors. FOOTBALL PRACTICE INSTRUCTIONAL CENTER TEAM HOUSE COMPLEX WIND TUNNEL SHIPLEY REGENTS DRIVE 12 FIELD GARAGE 13 14 4 CHEMISTRY RIGGS ALUMNI CENTER 15 3 FIELDHOUSE DRIVE E ENGINEERING 4. Glenn L. Martin LAB BUILDING 1. Turner Hall (E-4) BIOSCIENCE PLANT TS DRIV GLENN L. Wind Tunnel (E-3) N Visitor Center, The Dairy RESEARCH SCIENCES MARTIN HALL BIOLOGY TO COLLEGE PARK UNION LANE PHYSICS METRO STATION AD Constructed in the late 1940s, the low- GARAGE PSYCHOLOGY REGE Turner Hall was a dairy-product manu- LUDWIG FIELD PA RO I I I N AND KEHOE TRACK 20 MATHEMATICS T E B speed wind tunnel has been used in aerody- PH facturing laboratory from 1924 to 1993. N R P A A N L C VE I E H ADEL HORNBAKE IV N R D P Today you can take in pictorial displays namic research, development and education S A DR LIBRARY IO HORNBAKE PLAZA COLE NYUMBURU MPU R N A K FIELD HOUSE C W AL AMPITHEATER U THE STAMP I GEOLOGY A activities since 1949. Its applications Y in the Visitor Center that tell the story of 21 DENT 18 19 include work on airplanes, automobiles, 16 17 Maryland’s history, meet our Fear the Turtle PRESI 3 CAMPUS DRIVE sculpture “The Freshman,” and enjoy some yacht keels, sails and submarines. CLUB SPORTS UNION DRIVE LIBRA FIELD famous Maryland ice cream in the Dairy. KNIGHT HALL SHRIVER (UNDER RY HEALTH 5. Jeong H. Kim CONSTRUCTION) LAB LANE CENTER BENJAMIN E 27 SYMONS IV 2. Reckord Armory (E-4) Engineering Building (D-3) DR HALL E HOLZAPFEL MITCHELL S H.J. PATTERSON 22 U An engineering laboratory in itself, the JIMENEZ BUILDING P Built as a recreation and athletics VISITOR HO EN CENTER E E building features exposed columns and R building, the armory is used for V UMUC INN & I G CONFERENCE CENTER R 2 D beams, a glass-enclosed elevator shaft, win- TAWES S intramural athletics and special events. 28 U 25 MAIN RECKORD DAIRY P ADMINISTRATION ARMORY M dows with a variety of glazings, two types A McKELDIN 1 The Hootie and the Blowfish video “Only C LIBRARY 23 24 4 LEGeND 26 McKELDIN MALL Wanna Be With You” was shot here in 1995. of bridges and visible color-coded pipes UM 20 and heating and air ducts. Students learn LEE ROSSBOROUGH POLICE INN Visitor Center E 29 ART- SOCIOLOGY 3. “M” Circle (D-3) about civil and environmental engineer- 20 JOURNALISM FRANCIS WOODS 37 PR Y LAN SCOTT KEY ing, control systems and construction, and Adele H. Stamp Student Union— EINKER MARIE Our landmark “M” was created in 1976 to CAMPUS DRIVE AR 36 RO R MOUNT RITCHIE SSBOROUGH IB T DRIV MFRI L TYDINGS experience firsthand the concepts they learn 20 Center for Campus Life SKINNER COLISEUM commemorate the United States bicenten- 20 HALL 20 E ARCHITECTURE LANE in textbooks. 20 nial. Many students have their pictures 20 Campus Landmarks CHAPEL LANE MORRILL 1 20 . QUAD CHAPEL FIELDS T taken here on graduation day. 20 R / MEMORIAL Driving Tour E 6. Campus Farm (D-2) E CHAPEL U SHOEMAKER V 20 I N 20 HALL E FRATERNITY ROW P V 35 A A small working farm on campus shouldn’t A I S DR S N Driving Tour, Alternate Route 20 LE FRAK T T 34 E B R R EN A seem unusual, since the university was MO N G C MO VAN MUNCHING I * Parking for visitors is Hmainly available RE T P W A Walking Tour North RK AT AL W established in 1856 as the Maryland B AY T LANE in the visitor parking lots, marked with 30 SOUTH Agricultural College and has a rich history Walking Tour North, Alternate Route CAMPUS a on the map. All of these lots also DINING PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER as a land-grant institution. The Campus Walking Tour South have handicapTERRAPIN TRADER accessible parking 31 32 Farm sign in front of the horse barn reminds COLONNADE DRIVE spaces. Details regarding all avail- University Buildings visitors that within the heart of a bustling AD ANNAPOLIS able parking options, including other 33 HALL RO I research university, there is still a place to Student Housing MOWATT LANE 5 GARAGE WASHINGTON COL spaces for people with disabilities and ELPH LEG QUAD E AVE stop and smell the hay. AD Testudo Sculptures P E a complete list of campus buildings and DRIV LEHIGH ROAD LEHIGH ROAD T department locations are available at R Visitor Parking* KE M N OW the Visitor Center or go online at www. ATT COLLEGE PARK LA NE PREI CITY HALL cvs.umd.edu/visitors/maps.html for a Handicap Parking This self-guided tour map was created in July 2009 by Conferences & Visitor Services. PDF of the detailed campus map. Shuttle-UM, Metro Transport KNOX ROAD www.cvs.umd.edu/visitors CHABAD JEWISH STUDENT CENTER HARTW Not to scale ICK ROAD HARTWICK BUILDING N H RA RC E PE U O TH H CH U L 18. Adele H. Stamp Student Union— 23. McKeldin Mall (C-4) 30. Van Munching Hall (B-5) 36. Ritchie Coliseum (E-4) Center for Campus Life (C-3) Omicron Delta Kappa Fountain, Sundial William E. and Kathy Mayer Mall Ritchie Coliseum served as home to The Stamp Gallery, Jim Henson Memorial Considered the largest academic mall in the In 1992 Leo Van Munching Jr. ’50, a Smith Intercollegiate Athletics from 1921 until 1955. The hub of student activity at the university, the nation, the 9-acre McKeldin Mall is a popular School alumnus and president of the company It now houses fitness facilities and is used Stamp is home to over 300 student organizations, gathering spot for students and is used for holding the exclusive franchise to import and for concerts, recreational activities and University Book Center, Hoff Theater, Adele’s major events such as Maryland Day and distribute Heineken and Amstel Light beer, athletic events. Restaurant, a food court, banquet and meeting Art Attack. The cascading fountain honors donated $5 million toward construction of a rooms, and Terp Zone (bowling, billiards, video members of the Omicron Delta Kappa honor new home for the Robert H. Smith School of games). The Stamp Gallery provides the commu- society. Fountain tiers represent leadership Business. Van Munching Hall is one of the most nity with a venue for creative, innovative, and mul- qualities found in members and are etched technologically advanced facilities directed at ticultural visual and performing arts. Outside, visit with the ODK symbol, names of past members, management education in the world. The mall is the lifelike sculptures of Jim Henson and Kermit and quotes from Franklin Delano Roosevelt the main pedestrian gateway to south campus. Omicron Delta Kappa Fountain, McKeldin Mall conversing on a park bench in the memorial gar- and Martin Luther King Jr. The sundial is a den. Henson ’60 was known the world over for his gift from the Class of 1965.