Ohio-Meadville District Unitarian Universalist Association
Summer Institute

Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio

From Pittsburgh, the quickest (and most scenic) route is:

• Take the Parkway West towards the airport.  Exit on US-22 West just before IKEA, well before you actually get to the airport..  Follow US-22 past the Post-Gazette Pavilion, past Weirton, WV, across the Ohio River, past Stuebenville, OH, on towards Cadiz (about 50 miles)
• In Cadiz, take US-250 West towards New Philadephia/Uhrichsville (about 22 miles)
• This is the only tricky part because you will need to take 36-West, but you won't see the sign until it starts, so follow these directions closely.  At Uhrichsville/Dennison, take a sharp right to stay on US-250 West, which will become a four-lane expressway. Just after it becomes an expressway at Dennison, there will be a ramp to your right, directing you to US-250, but don't take it -- instead, stay on the expressway. If you look straight ahead at this exit, you will finally see an overhead sign for the start of US-36. You will take US-36 West (about 50 miles).
• On US-36 West, you will continue through Gnadenhutten (Huts of Grace) and Port Washington. After Port Washington, you will cross I-77, where you will find several gas stations and fast food.   Continue on US-36 through Coshocton, where you will need to exit the highway to stay on US-36.  Just past the little town of Newcastle, turn left on OH-229.  Cross US 62 and continue on OH-229 past several Amish homesteads to Gambier and Kenyon College on your right (about 13 miles).
• An alternative for the last step is to stay on US 36 for another 15 miles and then turn LEFT onto OH-308, which takes you into the center of Gambier. 

The simplified directions are:

• US-22for 50 miles, US-250W for 22 miles, US-36 for 50 miles, OH-229 for 13 miles.

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