• DIRECTIONS to PARK & RIDE lots for taking the shuttle buses to Sandy Point State Park for the 4.4 Swim Packet Pick up & Swim Start. 
  Plus, shuttle service to Hemingway's Marina for the 1 Mile Bay Challenge and to view the finish of the 4.4 Bay Swim: 

From Baltimore/Washington: Take Route 50 East over the Bay Bridges.  Take the first exit - Route 8 after leaving the bridges.  Take a right at the stop sign.  Follow signs to Park & Ride lot.  If arriving from the east, bear right on the last overpass BEFORE you come to the bridges - on to Route 8.  Go to the overpass and take the first left.  Follow signs to the Park & Ridge lot.

• The following is the exact address of Hemingway's at the Bay Bridge Marina:
   Exit 37 South off of Rt. 50
   357 Pier One Road,  Stevensville, MD  21666

Parking - Bus Shuttle Service:  Buses are marked for by event use:
                                             4.4  or  1 Mile

6:00 – 7:30     4.4  &  1 MILE SWIM Shuttle buses begin departures from the Park & Ride on the eastern shores (see directions) to Sandy Point State Park.
(buses are marked for each event - only 4.4 buses go to Sandy Point State Park -- NO SPECTATORS PERMITTED ON 4.4 BUSES. 

SPECTATORS MAY USE ONLY THE 1 MILE SHUTTLE BUSES FOR TRAVELING FROM AND TO HEMINGWAY'S MARINA FOR THE 1 MILE SWIM EVENT AND VIEW THE 4.4 FINISH.  BUSES WILL MAKE PERIODIC TRIPS TO & FROM THE PARK & LOCK DURING THE DAY to and from Hemingway's.)

• Upon arriving at the marina area you will be directed  to begin parking at the Park & Ride area just off of Rt. 8.  Once this lot is filled you will be directed, by the parking officials, to specific parking areas in the adjacent Bay Bridge Marina.  There is a $2 cost to park in the Marina lots.  THERE IS NO PARKING IN THE LOTS ADJACENT TO HEMINGWAY'S RESTAURANT.  (These lots are for the restaurant's daily customers!)  This will be strictly enforced.  Please cooperate and follow directions.  
   
• Separate shuttle buses to 1 Mile Packet Pick-up, swim start & finish at the Marina next to Hemingway's Restaurant:
• There will be separate marked buses for the 4.4 Mile Swim and the
  1 Mile Swim.   There is no swimmer charge for this service.
   
•  If any 4.4 swimmers leave their cars in the parking lot at Sandy Point Sate Park, there is no transportation provided to return the swimmer to their car at the end of the race.  USE THE MANDATORY SHUTTLE BUSES, PLEASE.
   
• If you have someone drive you to Sandy Point State Park you will be charged an entrance fee, and there is always a back-up at the entrance gates -- plan accordingly or you will miss the swim check in process  -- allow ample time for all points of arrival and traffic delays.
   
• NOTE:  1 Mile Bay Challenge Spectators MAY RIDE THE SHUTTLE BUSSES TO HEMINGWAY'S MARINA FROM THE PARK & RIDE LOTS.  BUT . . . spectators for the 4.4 Mile Bay swim CANNOT RIDE THE SHUTTLE BUSES TO SANDY POINT STATE PARK . . .
  
  4.4 marked buses  ARE FOR THE 4.4 SWIMMERS ONLY.  Any 4.4 spectators who plan to go to Sandy Point State Park to watch the 4.4 start MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION to and from the park.
   
• 4.4 swim spectators are to take the 1 Mile bay swim buses for transportation to Hemingway's Marina to watch the 4.4 swim finish.
   
• Again, during the event shuttle buses will make periodic runs to and from the park & ride lots.

Thank you . . . Questions?
Please contact: Linda Toretsky, GCBS Swim Processing Coordinator
lindat@lin-mark.com