Location, Hours and Parking

1. Take 315 to the Lane Avenue exit. This is one of the major exits for The Ohio State University. Go West (left if you are coming from the South side of the city; right if you are coming from the North side of the city) onto Lane Avenue. 
2. Once you are on Lane Avenue, pass Kenny Road. The next road with a traffic light is Carmack Road. Take a left onto Carmack Road.
3. Once on Carmack Road turn left on Arthur Adams Drive and continue straight, passing a small parking lot on the right. Follow the leftward bend in the road. The parking lot is located there.  
4. Park and pay using the ParkMobile App (also called “Park Columbus”) on your smartphone. Use Zone Number “69367”. If you are paying to park, you may park at spaces marked WA, WB, WC, or VISITOR. (If you happen to have a pre-paid parking permit, you may park in the WA, WB, or WC spaces. Do not park in the VISITOR spaces.)
5. From the parking lot, follow the path around the basketball courts and straight into the compound of brick buildings. The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center is the first building on your right. 

Meet in Auditorium, Room 240, on the second floor of Scott Hall. You will need to enter Scott Hall through Door #2 (each door is labeled) on the east side of the building and ascend the steps near the statue of Admiral Byrd.  

• ParkMobile: ParkMobile is a payment option that uses pay-by-phone and smartphone applications. Visitors can create a ParkMobile account online at parkmobile.com or via the ParkMobile app.  

• Take 315 to the Lane Avenue exit. This is one of the major exits for The Ohio State University. Go West (left if you are coming from the South side of the city; right if you are coming from the North side of the city) onto Lane Avenue. 
• Once you are on Lane Avenue, pass Kenny Road. The next road with a traffic light is Carmack Road. Take a left onto Carmack Road. 
• Once on Carmack Road turn left on Arthur Adams Drive. You will notice ponds on both sides of the road. Take a right into the small lot after the ponds.  
• You will see a yellow brick building with window murals where you may drop off visitors. There is a wheelchair ramp next to those window murals. There are numerous disability parking spaces in the lot. If you have a disability placard/plate and you have paid for parking, you may use those spaces. If you do not have a disability placard/plate, there are a handful of visitor spaces on the north end of the small parking lot (farthest from the window mural). Remember to pay for parking! See step 4 above for details.  
• Your bus may turn around and park in the nearby large West Campus lots. Pick up with step number 3 above for details. Buses can park in the large lots for free.