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MAPS of RTC
See where it says Buckley Road and then you turn into RTC? This turn is OHIO. Then see Gate 8 with the red dot? This is the gate to enter for PIR. If you continue past Gate 8 on OHIO you will head straight into the Metra parking lot
Just an FYI for everyone. I went to PIR May of this year. We were directed to park behind Midway Hall (where the black grid marks are beside the green building), NOT across the way where it says "Parking Lot Graduation". Actually it goes…Parking structure, Visitors Center (USS YORKTOWN), which leads into Midway Hall.
We DID return our Sailor to that parking lot across the way on the first night. All days after that I was always directed to the parking structure behind Midway Hall. I had to park and walk across (it's a walk)to get my SR from the NEX. (Visitors are not allowed past the Chapel)
Here is a full view of RTC:
The top of the map is actually West and the left hand side is South.
Just click either picture and they will enlarge.
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Permalink Reply by AkeylimeMom(Ship03Div056) on
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How far is the walk from parking to graduation area? Thank you
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Permalink Reply by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on
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Depending on where you park in it...200-300 feet to where you actually sit.
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Permalink Reply by G-Mom on
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OK...let me see if I can ask this correctly!
Where is Ohio Street? Is it running along the bottom of the map...starting where it says Lakefront Hwy?
Where is the Metra Station in relation to the map?
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Okay...see Buckley road? Go to the far right and see "Lake front HWY/Amstutz Expy"? that turns into Ohio when you cross Buckley. Now, see the red dot directly to the left of Buckley...that is Gate 8..the one you use for PIR.
The METRA is directly across from Gate 8. However you cannot acces the station from the RTC side. See the blue gridlines as you keep going to the left on Ohio...that's the Metra Parking. Once you pay for the parking, you have to walk back down the hill to Buckley...turn right and take the stairs up to the Station. There are two stairwells and they are marked. There is NO parking at the station. I drove over there and there is just a roundabout to drop off and pick up. There was a line of taxis lining the whole thing...barely had enough room to get in and out. I drove around to see if there was another lot close buy and there was not. Unless it has all changed...I was back there in May of 2011.
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