ORIGINAL: Since nearly all of our guests (with a few important exceptions) will have to drive a goodly way to an unfamiliar destination, I felt it important to put up some helpful directions and maps. First, how to get to Berry College: this set of directions I culled from Berry's own website: "Directions to Berry".
From Atlanta:
• Approx. 1 hr., 20 min.
• 72 mi. Take I-75 N to Rome-Canton Exit 290.
• Take left off exit, drive 2.5 mi., then road ends at a light.
• Turn left, then take an immediate right onto Highway 41 North.
• Drive 2.8 mi., then turn right onto Highway 411 exit.
• Drive 17.3 mi., then turn right at light onto East Rome Bypass (Rome Loop 1).
• Drive 8.4 mi., then take right at light (see The Martha Berry Museum) onto Martha Berry Highway (U.S. Highway 27 North)
• Drive 0.7 mi., then turn left into Berry College main entrance
From Birmingham, Alabama:
• Approx. 2 hrs., 15 min.
• 128 mi.Take I-59 North to I-759 at Gadsden
• Take I-759 to 411 N Take 411 North from Gadsden to Centre
• At Centre, take Alabama 9 to Georgia At the Georgia state line
• Alabama 9 will turn into Georgia State 20
• Take Georgia State 20 to Rome At Floyd Medical Center in Rome, turn left onto Highway 27 (Martha Berry Highway)
• Drive on U.S. Highway 27 until you reach the main entrance to Berry College (on left)
From Chattanooga, Tennessee:
• Approx. 1 hr., 30 min.
• 75 mi. Take I-75 South to Exit 312, Highway 53
• Take Highway 53 West through Calhoun to Rome (approximately 25 mi.)
• Turn right onto Rome Loop 1 at the light (see Calvary Baptist Church)
• Turn right at the 3rd light (see The Martha Berry Museum) onto Martha Berry Hwy (U.S. Highway 27 North)
• Drive 0.7 mi., then turn left into Berry College main entrance
Our friends from sundry locales in Georgia will probably do best if they proceed to Atlanta by the most expeditious route they know, then follow the "From Atlanta" directions.
Next, how to get to Frost Chapel for the ceremony and Ford Hall for the reception: Berry's campus is much easier to navigate than the number of turns may seem to indicate, so I've included Google satellite photo maps to provide a more accurate view.
From Berry College entrance to Frost Chapel:
• Turn left (drive 0.4 mi)
• Turn right (drive 131 ft)
• Turn right (drive 69 ft)
• Turn left (drive 0.2 mi)
• Turn right (drive 0.1 mi)
• Turn left (drive 0.3 mi)
• Turn left toward Redmond Gap Rd (drive 3.1 mi)
• Slight right at Redmond Gap Rd (drive 0.5 mi)
• Turn right into the Frost Chapel parking lot; the chapel is easily visible on the hill south of the parking lot.
The maps below show each of the turns in the directions above:
From Frost Chapel to Ford Hall:
• Turn left from the chapel parking lot onto Redmond Gap Rd (drive 0.5 mi)
• Slight left (drive 3.1 mi)
• Turn left (drive 0.3 mi)
• Park in one of the available lots that surround the Ford Complex; Ford Hall is the large building that stands alone at the north of the quad.
The map below shows the final steps of the directions above:
