Finding Your Way to Us
DRIVING — If you will be driving to the conference location, please be sure to use the entrance at N. Lake St. (Route 45) and University Dr. In your GPS, enter “Route 45 and Dunbar/University Mundelein, IL” for directions to this entrance. Once you’ve entered the grounds, turn right at the first juncture and follow that road for about 0.3 miles until you can make a hairpin left turn into the the conference parking lot, called the “Purple Lot.” There will be signs to the conference center once you arrive in the parking lot. Note that the entrance off of E. Maple Ave. (Route 176) is occasionally closed but presents a beautiful, scenic drive into the campus.
Route 45 Entrance to USML
Public Transit Directions
Below are directions from O’Hare International Airport (ORD) to the conference site.
1. Get from Terminal to CTA Blue Line Station
Getting to the Blue Line from Terminals 1, 2 and 3
If you're coming from domestic and international flights arriving at Terminals 1, 2 or 3, follow signs in the airport to "CTA Trains" or "Trains to City." These will lead you to the train station. You can walk from the baggage claim to the train in under ten minutes from any of these three terminals.
Getting to the Blue Line from (International) Terminal 5
If you're coming from international flights that land in Terminal 5, follow signs to the Airport Transit System (ATS). Ride the next train to Terminal 2 and exit the train at the station. Then, follow signs to "CTA Trains" or "Trains to City."
(Note: There is no Terminal 4 at O’Hare.)
2. Take CTA Blue Line to Montrose-44th St. Station
Ride the Blue Line toward the city for five stops to Montrose-44th St. (Montrose is the fifth stop after departing the ORD station).
One way is $5.
3. Walk from Montrose-44th St. Station to Mayfair Station
After taking the Blue Line to Montrose, you will walk to a commuter rail station called Mayfair. Mayfair is a four minute walk from Montrose, west along Montrose Avenue.
4. Take the Milwaukee District North (MD-N) to Libertyville
From the Mayfair station, take the Metra commuter rail line called Milwaukee District North (MD-N) 11 stops to the Libertyville station (Libertyville is the eleventh stop after departing Mayfair).
One way is $7.75.
5. Take the 574 Bus from Libertyville to Mundelein
Walk from the Libertyville Metra Station to North Milwaukee Avenue. Take the 574 bus run by the Pace Suburban Bus Service 21 stops to Route 45 and Dunbar Road in Mundelein, Illinois (Route 45/Dunbar is the twenty-first stop after departing from Milwaukee Ave/Metra Station).
One way is $2.50. Note: A 1-day CTA unlimited pass costs $5 and covers both the Blue Line transit and the bus transit. Download the Ventra app to purchase a pass.
6. Walk from Route 45/Dunbar to the Conference Site
The entrance to the campus of USML will be to your left as you exit Bus 574. Walk past the entrance down University Road toward campus and come to the South Residence building. The total walk from the bus to the South Residence is 13 minutes.
