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Getting to Ithaca
Cornell University is located in Ithaca, NY, which is about 4 hours driving time
from New York City and Philadelphia, 6 hours driving time from Boston, and
5 hours driving time from Toronto. Ithaca Tompkins
Regional Airport is the local airport (10 minutes from campus) and is served
by two carriers with non-stop service to Detroit (Northwest/KLM), and New York
City and Philadelphia (US Airways). Syracuse
Hancock Airport is 1.25 hours from campus and has more airline alternatives
(American Eagle, Continental, Delta, JetBlue, Northwest Airlines, United Express,
US Airways, and TransMeridian). The Greater
Binghamton Airport is 45 minutes from campus and serves US Airways, Northwest
Airlines, United, and Delta Connection/Comair).
For more details go to Cornell's page for travel to Cornell and Ithaca, NY.
For more information about Ithaca, please see visitithaca.com.
Accomodations
We have blocked a limited number of rooms at the Statler Hotel,
which is conveniently located on the Cornell Campus. We have also
blocked rooms at the Holiday Inn, located in downtown Ithaca and the Best Western Hotel, conveniently located on the same hill as Cornell. The Holiday Inn is on the public transit system route
and both the Holiday Inn and the Best Western also provide a shuttle service to the University.
Statler Hotel
607-257-2500
or 1-800-541-2501
130 Statler Drive
Cornell Campus
Holiday Inn
222 South Cayuga Street
607-272-1000
Downtown Ithaca
2 miles from Cornell
Best Western Hotel
607-272-6100
1020 Ellis Hollow Road
East Hill Plaza
1.19 miles from Cornell
Other area hotels include:
Clarion
607-257-2000
or 1-800-424-6423
1 Sheraton Drive
1.22 miles from Cornell
Hampton Inn
607-277-5500
337 Elmira Road
3.55 miles from Cornell
Hilton Garden Inn
607-277-8900
130 E. Seneca Street
Downtown Ithaca
2 miles from Cornell
Marriott Courtyard
607-330-1000
29 Thornwood Drive
Near Ithaca Airport
3 miles from Cornell
Ramada
607-257-3100
2310 N. Triphammer Road
2 miles from Cornell
Getting to the Library
The Holiday Inn has a shuttle to Cornell. You can also take public transportation
($1.50 fee). For a small city, Ithaca has an excellent public transit system
(TCAT). Here is a map and
schedule for a route of interest to conference attendees:
Downtown Ithaca (Holiday Inn) to North Campus Cornell (Olin Library is near Day Hall on the Map)
A map of the Cornell Library system is available here.
A searchable map of Cornell is available here.