Woods Hole Science Center
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United States Geological Survey Woods Hole Science Center 384 Woods Hole Road Quissett Campus Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
phone: 508-548-8700 or 508-457-2200
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Directions from Boston's Logan Airport
Directions from Providence, RI Airport
Note: The roads in WHOI's Quissett Campus have changed. Click here for an updated map of the Quissett Campus.
From the airport take the Ted Williams tunnel (I-90). Take exit 24 toward I-93. Follow signs to the Southeast Expressway, Route 3 (south). Stay on the Expressway untill the Expressway forks in two ramps.
Two equal routes, eastern or western, from the Expressway to Cape Cod: The time difference to Falmouth between these two routes is almost nil; both are Highway all the way; choose what's convenient; don't fret traffic pressure to cross lanes if you find yourself on one side or the other on the Southeast Expressway.
Follow signs for Cape Cod; take Route 3 south about 43 miles. Cross the Sagamore Bridge, take the first exit shortly after crossing the bridge, and follow signs for Route 6 west, Falmouth and Route 28. Travel about 4 miles southwesterly along the Cape Cod Canal until you reach the rotary at the the Bourne Bridge. Three quarters of the way round the rotary, bear right and follow Route 28 south toward Falmouth and Woods Hole.
Just follow the road, Route 128 north (actually west). Within about 3 miles take a left exit to Route 24 south. At about 18 miles, be alert for a Burger-King restaurant on the right and signs for Cape Cod. Exit right to Route 25 south (same as Route 495 east). Follow the road about 28 miles to the Bourne Bridge. Across the bridge, halfway round the rotary, pick up Route 28 south toward Falmouth and Woods Hole.
Take Route 95 north from the airport into Providence. Follow the signs for Cape Cod on to Route 195 east. Follow Route 195 to Route 25 south (which is continuous with Route 495). Follow signs for Cape Cod. Route 25 crosses the Bourne Bridge. Across the Bourne Bridge, pick up Route 28 south, to Falmouth and Woods Hole.
As Route 28 enters the village of Falmouth it narrows to two lanes. Continue south along Route 28 about a mile, through one traffic light. Within less than a mile from the traffic light bear right by a Gulf station onto Woods Hole Road. Drive two and one-half (2.5) miles to the Quissett Laboratories, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on the left.
The USGS Woods Hole Science Center occupies the first two buildings you will see, on the right. Reception desk is in the Hedwig trailer, the first of the two trailers on the right.
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