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Travel Information
Travel by Car
- MAP1 Wilkes-Barre area.
- MAP2 Wilkes-Barre downtown.
- Both Maps and Directions in PDF format for printing on a single page.
Directions to:
First United Methodist Church
47 N. Franklin Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1311
570-822-6817
- From the Pennsylvania Turn Pike (I-475), exit 105
--turn right from the exit ramp. You will then be on the same route as the
people who get off the Blaksley exit from route 80. You will be heading
north down Wyoming Mountain on route 115 into the Wyoming Valley. Pick up the directions below.
- From interstate 80:
--take exit 284 for Blaksley and Wilkes-Barre. Head north on state route 115 over the
top of Wyoming Mountain and down into the Wyoming Valley. As you enter the Valley the
road becomes state route 309 and becomes a limited access highway.
--Take exit 2, the Center City/Wilkes-Barre Boulevard exit
--Turn left onto Wilkes-Barre Boulevard.
--Turn right at the second traffic light onto Butler St. Butler ends at Main St.
--Turn Left onto Main St.
--After the third traffic signal (Past Kings College) you will pass offices for Blue Cross/Blue Shield
on the right. There will be a large parking ramp.
--Turn right under the Ramada Inn sign as if you are entering the parking ramp
--Pass right on through the ramp as you are actually on a street called Bennet Place.
You will see the church on the right across the parking lot.
- From interstate 81 from either direction:
-- take the second Wilkes-Barre exit (that is the middle one, exit 168).
-- Turn left at the traffic signal. Continue on this road through several traffic lights.
It becomes Coal St. and ends at Wilkes-Barre Boulevard.
--Turn left onto Wilkes-Barre Boulevard
--then right at the next signal onto Market St.
--Follow Market St. around Public Square and continue on Market to first the traffic signal after the Square.
--Turn right onto North Franklin St.
--You will see the church in the middle of the block on the right.
For additional information, see
www.gbgm-umc.org/firstwilkesbarre/newsletter.html.
Travel by Air
There is a local airport (Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport - at exit 178, Interstate 81),
and van pick-up will be available by prior request.
(Contact Keith Benjamin for further information: 570-822-6817 E-mail: kjbenjmn @ epix.net )
Travel by Bus
There are bus terminals on the Wilkes-Barre Public Square (very close to the Ramada Inn).
Round trip fare from New York City is about $55. Round trip fare from Philadelphia or Harrisburg
is about $40. The two bus terminals in Wilkes-Barre are:
Also see Wilkes-Barre transportation notes
for additional travel info.
Created: February 27, 2003
Last Updated: September 1, 2003