Travel Guidance for January 2014 Workshop

After you register for the C3E Workshop please follow the instructions below with regards to travel.  Please note that indivudals will not be reimbursed for travel made on their own. All travel must go through our travel coordinator.

Travel Instructions

Each participant is responsible for submitting their preferred means of travel to the travel coordinator. Please Fill out the forms below and send them to Nekeia Butler at butler@nitrd.gov

Direct Deposit Form

Traveler Preferences

For suggested travel routes, please refer to the information below:

Air

Recommend using the Newark International Airport. From there, you can take an Amtrak train to NYC Penn Station and then on to Croton-Harmon, NY, or rent a compact car and drive. Do not take a taxi as fares are upwards of $150 plus tip. This will not be reimbursed.

Reimbursements for airfare will be for Economy cabin domestic flights. Please attempt to find reasonably priced flights for your trip.

Railroad

The best way for participants to travel, who are on the East Coast, is by train via Amtrak into NYC Penn Station and then onto Croton-Harmon. Cabs are often waiting, but it is recommended you call Croton Taxi or Croton Village & County Taxi and make a reservation in advance. Driving time is approximately 25 minutes.

Also Metro-North has rail service from Grand Central Station in mid-town Manhattan, up the east bank of the Hudon. Get off at Peekskill where cabs are often waiting. You may want to call to reserve a Highland Falls of Peekskill cab. Driving time from Peekskill to West Point is approximately 20 minutes.

Bus

Short Line Bus offers daily bus service from the New York City Port Authority, near Times Square in midtown Manhattan, to the West Point Visitors Center; one-way trip takes 1 hour 40 minutes and costs approximately $15.

Driving

From New York City: Head north to the George Washington Bridge/I-95 South. Cross the bridge via the upper deck (no toll in this direction), and stay in the right lane, as immediately at the end of the bridge you will exit right on to the Palisades Interstate Parkway.

Take the Palisades Interstate Parkway north approximately 37 miles until it ends at the Bear Mountain Bridge traffic circle—unless you want the more leisurely and scenic route, do not get on 9W until you get to the Bear Mountain Bridge traffic circle. Proceed 3/4 of the way around the circle, following signs for West Point and Route 9W North. Stay on Route 9W for approximately 3 miles, then right exit onto Route 218 North toward the Village of Highland Falls. Go straight for 2 miles, through Highland Falls, past the West Point Visitors' Center (on the right) to the Thayer Gate of West Point.

  • Approximate driving time from midtown (light traffic): 1 hour, 20 minutes
  • From LaGuardia Airport (light traffic): 1 hour, 30 minutes
  • From John F. Kennedy International Airport (light traffic): 1 hour, 45 minutes
  • Cab fares to West Point from NYC are about $150 without tolls or gratuity – please do not use a cab from LaGuardia or John F. Kennedy Airports.

From South/New Jersey:Approximately 5 hours from Washington, D.C.

Travel north on the NJ Turnpike/I-95, to exit 73 toward RT-67/Fort Lee--just before the George Washington Bridge. Stay left and take your first left at Lemoine Ave. Continue straight for ½ mile then bear right onto the Palisades Interstate Pkwy North. SEE DIRECTIONS FROM PALISADES INTERSTATE PARKWAY ABOVE.

  • Approximate driving time from Newark Liberty International Airport (light traffic): 1 hour, 20 minutes – Note: do not take a cab, rent a car

From The West: 8 hours from Cleveland

Travel east on Interstate 80 through New Jersey and take exit 43 to merge onto Interstate 287 northbound toward Mahwah. After entering New York, take the exit onto the New York State Thruway South toward the Tappan Zee Bridge. Take exit 13N for the Palisades Parkway North toward Bear Mountain. SEE DIRECTIONS FROM PALISADES INTERSTATE PARKWAY above.

From North/New England via 1-84: 4 hours from Boston

Travel west on Interstate 84 until you cross the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. Follow signs for Route 9W South (exit 10S). Stay on Route 9W for approximately 12 miles until you cross over a large mountain. As you are in your final descent off the mountain, you will encounter three exits on your right for West Point.

The first exit (labeled "RT. 218/293," NOT West Point) loops back under Route 9W, past the West Point golf course, and onto Route 218 to the Washington Gate. This gate has limited hours and is ONLY for DoD ID cardholders whose car has a current DoD decal.

The second exit (labeled "West Point/Highland Falls/Rte. 218") loops over Route 9W directly to the Stony Lonesome Gate which is open 24 hours, and offers the most direct access to the commissary, post exchange, post gas station, shoppette and the Michie/Holleder athletic complex. The road to this gate also will take you to the visitors center and the business district of the Village of Highland Falls--turn right at the sign immediately after you cross over 9W, and at the bottom of the long hill you will take a hard left at the T intersection.

The third exit loops over 9W and leads through the business district of Highland Falls, past the Visitors Center and West Point Museum, to the Thayer Gate which is open 24 hours a day. This gate provides the most direct access to the Hotel Thayer, the Bowling Center, Army Community Service, the West Point Post Office and eventually the Central Area.