Directions to the Expo and Awards Ceremony in Los Alamos
Participants are encouraged to approach Los Alamos from the East via NM 502.
The directions below will guide you the rest of the way.
Participants Arriving Sunday Evening: To reach the Best Western
Hilltop House Hotel or the Ashley Hotel and Suites, continue on NM 502
(towards Los Alamos) at the NM 502 / NM 4 junction.
As you enter Los Alamos, stay on NM 502 (which is Trinity Drive), the Best
Western is at the intersection of Trinity and Central (a Y intersection).
The Ashley Hotel is another half mile down Trinity on the left-hand side.
Ashley Hotel Address:
2201 Trinity Drive
Phone: 662-7211 or 1-800-279-9279
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To reach the Hampton Inn, stay on Hwy 4 and follow the signs to White Rock.
When you get to the signal at the gas stations, you will see the Hampton Inn
ahead on the left.
Hampton Inn
Address: 124 State Hwy. 4, White Rock
Phone: 672-3838
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To the EXPO
To reach the Expo Monday morning from the Best Western or the Ashley Hotel,
leave the hotels and head West on Trinity Drive (towards the mountains).
Continue on Trinity, and take a left upon reaching the intersection with
Diamond Drive. Follow Diamond Drive over the bridge staying the right hand
lane.
The entrance to LANL changed in January 2007. Vehicle Access Portals (VAPs)
will allow or restrict access in a graded approach as dictated by the DOE/NNSA
Security Condition (SECON) levels in effect at the site or as otherwise directed
by Los Alamos National Laboratory management. Below is an image of the current
traffic pattern.
Follow the traffic into the VAP and stop. Drivers may proceed upon verbal or
hand signal direction from Protective Force officers. Continue on West Jemez
Road through the first signal (Diamond Drive). At the next stoplight
(just past the fire station), turn left. There might be parking
available in the parking garage, but probably not after 8:30 am. If you
don't find parking there, you can drop off passengers and poster boards
in front of the Research Library (just south of the parking garage) and
then head to the General Parking area off of Diamond Drive. We have made
special arrangements for school buses to park behind the Fire Station.
Buses can return across Casa Grande road, past the Research Park building,
down into the parking lot behind the Fire Station and park at the very
end of the lot.
Participants arriving Monday Morning: To reach the Expo,
continue on NM 4 (towards White Rock) at the NM 502 / NM 4 junction. Continue
on NM 4 until the first stop light. Turn right here onto East Jemez Road
(the truck route). Continue on East Jemez Road to the VAPs as described above,
through the Diamond Drive
intersection and turn left at the signal just past the fire station.
There might be parking
available in the parking garage, but probably not after 8:30 am. If you
don't find parking there, you can drop off passengers and poster boards
in front of the Research Library (just south of the parking garage) and
then head to the General Parking area off of Diamond Drive. We have made
special arrangements for school buses to park behind the Fire Station.
Buses can return across Casa Grande road, past the Research Park building,
down into the parking lot behind the Fire Station and park at the very
end of the lot (see map above).
 Activities
will take place in the LANL Study Center
which is on the second
floor of the Research Library.
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To the Tuesday morning Awards Ceremony
The 9:00 am Awards Ceremony will be held in the auditorium of the Church
of Christ, 2323 Diamond Drive, in Los Alamos.
From the Best Western and Ashley Hotel, go west to Diamond Drive and take
a right then go 1.2 miles north to the church building which is on the left
at 2323 Diamond Drive.
From the Hampton Inn in White Rock, head back Hwy 4 to the truck route
and go left on it. When you get to the Diamond Drive intersection, bear
right and go across the bridge to the north and the church building is
1.6 miles ahead on the left.
From outside Los Alamos, follow NM 502 through town and turn right
onto Diamond Drive and go 1.2 miles north to the church building which
is on the left at 2323 Diamond Drive.
A lunch will follow the Awards Ceremony.
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