Back Road Directions to Carlisle Skip the backup in town.

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Please read the following directions carefully, this BACK ROAD ROUTE
REALLY WORKS AND YOU WILL WIND UP RIGHT AT GATE 3 BY CIRCLING THE
FAIRGROUNDS AND COMING IN FROM THE NORTH WITH NO TRAFFIC BACKUP
COMING THROUGH TOWN OR AT THE TURNPIKE EXIT..

FROM WASHINGTON DC there are 3 possible routes. Believe it or not,
they all have the same driving time to Carlisle.

(1) I-70 to I-81 north to Carlisle (take Exit 44 and follow signs to
Fairgrounds – see below), or
(2) US-15 north to York Springs, PA-74/34 into Carlisle from the south
(45-mph speed limit on 74/34, traffic in town)
(3) US-15 north to the Pa Turnpike, go one exit west and get off on
US-11 (west into town). This option gives you 2 major delays -- the
Carlisle exit off the 'Pike backs up, and then you begin the slow
parade through town.

I suggest you take the first route (I-81) and follow these directions:

Directions to Carlisle, via I-81 from South


Take Exit 44 (Route 465)
(Follow signs to Carlisle Fairgrounds)
RIGHT on US-11
LEFT on College St (Rte 74)
Stay on College St to G Street (follow signs) RIGHT on G Street LEFT
on West Street (no Fairgrounds sign) RIGHT on K Street Straight across
Rte 34 into Gate 3

If you must come in on the Turnpike and US-11, here's how to miss the traffic:

Back Road Shortcut

(Misses in-town traffic and brings you in from the north)


From Pa Turnpike Exit:
Take US-11 North/East (away from Carlisle) Turn LEFT on N Middlesex Rd
(traffic light at Arby's) LEFT on Clemson Drive RIGHT at T onto Wolf
Bridge Road (Speed limit 35 -- Watch out for speed trap!) LEFT on W
Middlesex Road LEFT onto Rte 34 As you come into Carlisle (from the
North) you will see Gate 3 on your LEFT. Depending on traffic and time
of day, the police may not let you turn LEFT at Gate 3; they may have
you turn RIGHT on K Street, at which point you'll just follow traffic
and loop around.

From I-81 US-11 Exit:
Take US-11 South/West (toward Carlisle)
Turn RIGHT on N Middlesex Rd (traffic light at Arby's) LEFT on Clemson
Drive RIGHT at T onto Wolf Bridge Road (Speed limit 35 -- Watch out
for speed trap!) LEFT on W Middlesex Road LEFT onto Rte 34 As you come
into Carlisle (from the North) you will see Gate 3 on your LEFT.
Depending on traffic and time of day, the police may not let you turn
LEFT at Gate 3; they may have you turn RIGHT on K Street, at which
point you'll just follow traffic and loop around.

Leaving the show, you can retrace the shortcut to miss the in-town
traffic, or head through town to I-81:

Leaving Fairgrounds using Shortcut to US-11


Exit Fairgrounds via Gate 3
RIGHT on Route 34
Watch for Turkey Hill store at Y (Rte 34 bears right, stay on 34) Look
for yellow double turn-off road sign on right.
Turn RIGHT on W Middlesex Rd
RIGHT at stop sign onto Wolf Bridge Rd
LEFT onto Clemson Drive
RIGHT onto N Middlesex Rd
At US-11, RIGHT takes you to Pa Turnpike, LEFT goes to I-81

Leaving Fairgrounds South thru Town to I-81


Exit Fairgrounds via Gate 3
Straight across Rte 34 onto K Street
LEFT onto West Street
Follow West Street until it hits US-11 (W High Street) RIGHT on W High
Street Exit town LEFT on Route 465 (look for "To I-81" signs) Take
I-81 South

FROM BALTIMORE you'll come up I-83 to Harrisburg and catch the
Pennsylvania Turnpike and take it west to Carlisle. So follow the
"Back Roads Shortcut" directions from the Pa Turnpike exit.

See you all there!

Lee Stubberfield
VCA President VA/MD/DE/DC
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