The Surrounding
Community
UMBC is located 15 minutes from Baltimore's
Inner Harbor, 45 minutes from Washington,
D.C. and four miles from BWI
Airport.
The nearby towns of Catonsville
(Frederick Road) and Arbutus (East Drive) have retail districts
with a variety of small shops and services. Ellicott City, 10 minutes
away, is an historic mill town with excellent antique shops. Arundel
Mills Mall, 15 minutes away, offers shopping, entertainment and
restaurants.
UMBC offers daily shuttle services for students
from campus to the BWI Rail Station, downtown Baltimore, Catonsville
and Arbutus. On the weekends, students can pick up the Collegetown
Shuttle downtown for free service to six other college campuses,
Penn Station and Towson.
The open-air walkways and shops of Baltimore's
Harborplace,
as well as Camden Yards, home of the Orioles,
and M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Ravens,
are also convenient to UMBC.
For more information about attractions in
and around Baltimore, visit the Baltimore
Collegetown Network on the Web.
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