Directions & Parking

Directions to the Conservatory Library

From the North

Route 58

Take Route 58 south until you enter Oberlin. Turn right onto W. College Street and then left onto S. Professor Street. The Conservatory Library is located in the Conservatory’s Central Building, and may be accessed via the S. Professor Street doors at the pond.

From the East

I-80

Take I-80 west to exit 140 (Amherst-Oberlin interchange). Go south (left) on State Route 58. S.R. 58 takes you directly into Oberlin. Once in Oberlin, turn right onto W. College Street, and then left onto S. Professor Street. The Conservatory Library is located in the Conservatory’s Central Building and may be accessed via the S. Professor Street doors at the pond.

I-90

Take I-90 west to I-271 South (express or local) to I-480 West. Follow I-480 west to the Oberlin/Norwalk Exit for Ohio Route 10 (exit is to the left). Rt. 10 becomes Rt. 20. The Oberlin exit (Ohio Route 511 West) takes you into town. At the fifth traffic light, turn left onto S. Professor Street. The Conservatory Library is located in the Conservatory’s Central Building and may be accessed via the S. Professor Street doors at the pond.

I-480

Follow I-480 west to the Oberlin/Norwalk Exit for Ohio Route 10 (exit is to the left). Rt. 10 becomes Rt. 20. The Oberlin exit (Ohio Route 511 West) takes you into town. At the fifth traffic light, turn left onto Professor Street. The Conservatory Library is located in the Conservatory’s Central Building and may be accessed via the S. Professor Street doors at the pond.

From the West

Take I-80/90 to exit 140 (Amherst-Oberlin interchange). Go south (left) on State Route 58. S.R. 58 takes you directly into Oberlin. Once in Oberlin, turn right onto W. College Street and then left onto S. Professor Street. The Conservatory Library is located in the Conservatory’s Central Building, and may be accessed via the S. Professor Street doors at the pond.

From the South

Take I-71 North to the Rt 250 Ashland/Wooster exit 186. Go east (right) on U.S. Route 250 to Ohio Route 89. Go north (left) on 89 (towards Polk, at bottom of big hill) two miles after exiting. Rt. 58 joins Rt. 89, continue on Rt. 58 north. At the fourth traffic light, the intersection of 58 and College Street, turn left and then left again onto S. Professor Street. The Conservatory Library is located in the Conservatory’s Central Building, and may be accessed via the S. Professor Street doors at the pond.

Parking

There is a parking lot to the south of the Methodist Church and the Conservatory which has several visitors spots. Additional parking is available in the Grey Gables lot on the south side of W. College Street.