{"id":31,"date":"2015-08-17T20:11:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T00:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/backtobates\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:35:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T19:35:59","slug":"lodging","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/lodging\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to Bates: Directions &amp; Transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-garnet-bg has-dark-color has-text-color\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"getting-here\"><strong>Getting&nbsp;Here<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Bates is located in central Maine, 35 miles from Portland, 140 miles from Boston, and 340 miles from New York City. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=bates+college&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;view=map&amp;f=d&amp;daddr=23+Campus+Avenue,+Lewiston,+ME+04240&amp;geocode=CVZLWfIaZ2z3FRICoQIdUMfQ-yHivgrETzkJDg&amp;ll=44.106324,-70.203495&amp;spn=0.099595,0.126171&amp;z=13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Generate directions from your current location<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandjetport.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Major airlines serve the Portland International Jetport<\/a> (45 minutes from campus)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flytomaine.com\/\">Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amtrakdowneaster.com\/\">Amtrak links Portland and Boston<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dot\/programs-services\/transit\/the-lap\/schedule\">&#8220;The LAP&#8221; Commuter Bus Schedules<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When you arrive on campus, you may park in any legal spot. The largest campus lot is located between Underhill Arena and the Russell Street Track (141 Russell Street).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ground-transportation-options\"><strong>Ground Transportation Options<\/strong>:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gm\/app\/uber\/id368677368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uber<\/a>&nbsp;is available<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Portland, Maine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lewiston, Maine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The LAP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Portland, Maine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lewiston, Maine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Auburn, Maine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dot\/programs-services\/transit\/the-lap\/schedule\">Bus Schedule<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Greyhound Lines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Take a taxi\/uber to the Congress Street terminal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take a bus to Lewiston.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take a taxi\/uber from the Lewiston bus station to campus (23 Campus Avenue) if there is not a campus stop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>800-552-8737<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greyhound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.greyhound.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maine Limousine Service<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Scarborough, Maine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>800-646-0068<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:mainelimo@mainelimo.com\">mainelimo@mainelimo.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainelimo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.mainelimo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mermaid Transportation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>www.gomermaid.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Portland, Maine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>800-696-2463<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:gomermaid@aol.com%20?SUBJECT=ATTENTION:%20Website%20Query%20-%20Mermaid%20Transportation%20Co.\">gomermaid@gomermaid.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting&nbsp;Here Bates is located in central Maine, 35 miles from Portland, 140&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1006,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5143,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/5143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}