Directions to Lynchburg Rail Day

FROM POINTS NORTH (Charlottesville, etc.) - Follow US 29 South.  Do not take the 29 Business exit just south of Amherst but instead stay on 29 south (a new bypass) to US 460.  Exit onto US 460 West toward Lynchburg and then later exit onto US 501 North (Candler's Mt. Road/Beuna Vista).  After two lights (mall entrance on left), take the right-hand ramp for US 501 North.  Go about 3 miles to the light at Lakeside Drive/US 221.  Continue straight on US 501 North through the light at Lakeside Drive/US 221. At the next light, turn left to follow US 501 North, now called "Northwest Expressway." At the next light at Boonsboro Road, turn left again to follow US 501 North. Go about 2 miles and turn left onto Coffee Rd. (Rt. 644). Go about 2 more miles. The Boonsboro Ruritan Club is on the right.

FROM POINTS SOUTH (Danville, etc.) - Follow US 29 North past the airport, under US 460, and into Lynchburg.  Shortly after the mall entrance on the right, take the right-hand ramp for US 501 North.  Go about 3 miles to the light at Lakeside Drive/US 221.  Continue straight on US 501 North through the light at Lakeside Drive/US 221. At the next light, turn left to follow US 501 North, now called "Northwest Expressway." At the next light at Boonsboro Road, turn left again to follow US 501 North. Go about 2 miles and turn left onto Coffee Rd. (Rt. 644). Go about 2 more miles. The Boonsboro Ruritan Club is on the right.

FROM POINTS EAST (Farmville, etc.) - Follow US 460 West to the US 501 North (Candler's Mt. Road/Beuna Vista) exit.  Exit here and pass two lights (mall entrance on left), then take the right-hand ramp for US 501 North.  Go about 3 miles to the light at Lakeside Drive/US 221.  Continue straight on US 501 North through the light at Lakeside Drive/US 221. At the next light, turn left to follow US 501 North, now called "Northwest Expressway." At the next light at Boonsboro Road, turn left again to follow US 501 North. Go about 2 miles and turn left onto Coffee Rd. (Rt. 644). Go about 2 more miles. The Boonsboro Ruritan Club is on the right.

FROM POINTS WEST (Roanoke, etc.) - Follow US 460 East to the right-hand exit for US 460 East Business (Timberlake Rd.). Exit here and follow Timberlake Rd. about 3 miles.  Take the right-hand ramp for US 501 North.  Go about 2 miles to the light at Lakeside Drive/US 221.  Continue straight on US 501 North through the light at Lakeside Drive/US 221. At the next light, turn left to follow US 501 North, now called "Northwest Expressway." At the next light at Boonsboro Road, turn left again to follow US 501 North. Go about 2 miles and turn left onto Coffee Rd. (Rt. 644). Go about 2 more miles. The Boonsboro Ruritan Club is on the right.

FROM POINTS NORTHWEST (Buena Vista, etc.) Follow US 501 South over the mountain to the village of Boonsboro.  Turn right onto Coffee Rd. (Rt. 644).  Go 2 miles.  The Boonsboro Ruritan Club is on the right.