The most efficient route from Baltimore:

(This route involves a bit of windy-country-road driving on Sawmill and Rinehart Roads.)

I 795 to the Westminster exit for Rt. 140 W through Westminster to right on

Rt. 97 N to right on

Rt. 496 (Bachman's Valley Road) to left on

Sawmill Road (which becomes Rinehart but you'll never realize it) to straight across Deep Run Road to

Band Hall Hill Road to left on

Grand Valley Road to left on

Lake Drive to left at #663 to

the bottom of the hill, and straight up to our house.

If you come to the end of Lake Drive, you've missed our private lane by a hundred feet: circle around and go back to the right at # 661. (We share the lane.)

The straightest route from Baltimore

(This route involves a lot of slow-motion-traffic-in-small-towns driving, but the least amount of windy-country-road driving. Not recommended for those who like to go fast.)

I 795 to the end through two lights to left on

Rt. 30 N through Hampstead, Manchester and Melrose (and, just past the Bachman Valley Inn on your left) to left on

Deep Run Road to right on Band Hall Hill Road to left on

Grand Valley Road to left on

Lake Drive to left at #663 to

the bottom of the hill, and straight up to our house.

If you come to the end of Lake Drive, you've missed our private lane by a hundred feet: circle around and go back to the right at # 661. (We share the lane.)

An efficient and pretty drive from Baltimore:

I 83 N to Exit 27 for Hereford to left on

Mount Carmel Road to right on

Falls Road (in White House) to left on

Hoffmanville Road, through Alesia (under the stone railroad bridge), continue on

Alesia to Linesboro Road, to left on

Schalk Road No.1, leftish on

Water Tank Road, continue on

York St, into Manchester to right on Rt. 30 to left on Deep Run Road to right on

Band Hall Hill Road to left on

Grand Valley Road to left on

Lake Drive to left at #663 to

the bottom of the hill, and straight up to our house.

If you come to the end of Lake Drive, you've missed our private lane by a hundred feet: circle around and go back to the right at # 661. (We share the lane.)

To take a very pretty drive:

Rt. 25, Falls Road, to left on

Hoffmanville Road, through Alesia (under the stone railroad bridge), continue on

Alesia to Linesboro Road, to left on

Schalk Road No.1, leftish on

Water Tank Road, continue on

York St, into Manchester to right on Rt. 30 to left on Deep Run Road to right on

Band Hall Hill Road to left on

Grand Valley Road to left on

Lake Drive to left at #663 to

the bottom of the hill, and straight up to our house.

If you come to the end of Lake Drive, you've missed our private lane by a hundred feet: circle around and go back to the right at # 661. (We share the lane.)

For intrepid daylight travelers:

Rt. 25, Falls Road, to left on

Hoffmanville Road, through Alesia (under the stone railroad bridge), continue on

Alesia to Linesboro Road (which, for a half-mile just before Lineboro, becomes Church Road) to left on

Lineboro Road (Rt. 86, in Lineboro) to right on

Traceys Mill Road, to right on

Black Rock Road, to kind of left, kind of straight through at an interestingly distorted intersection on

Wentz Road to right on Route 30 to left on

Deep Run Road to right on

Band Hall Hill Road to left on

Grand Valley Road to left on

Lake Drive to left at #663 to

the bottom of the hill, and straight up to our house.

If you come to the end of Lake Drive, you've missed our private lane by a hundred feet: circle around and go back to the right at # 661. (We share the lane.)

(This route actually takes you into Pennsylvania! Pack a lunch and your Carroll and York County ADC map books!)

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