Directions

 
Encampment in-processing will be performed at MCPON Hall just past the RTC entrance gate.
Parents and guardians will be asked to stay until arriving cadets have had a "meds / meal"
check and are officially checked in to the event.
 
All participants must be at the base by 2030 (8:30pm) each Friday
Friday night traffic in the Chicago area can be a challenge even in the best weather.
Traffic is usually severely congested until well into the evening.
Participants may wish to consider alternate routes that take them West and North
of Chicago to bypass rush-hour traffic.
 
Please take necessary steps to insure you are on time.  We cannot accomodate late arrivals.
  (excerpted from the NSGL RTC offical web site)Although driving in the Chicago area can be intimidating, Great Lakes is easily accessible from major interstate highways, and also from U. S. 41.Great Lakes is located approximately 15 miles south of the Wisconsin state line, several miles east of Interstate 94 and U. S. 41.

From the south, follow either I-94 (West) or I-294 (Tri-State tollway) toward Wisconsin. I-294, which is a toll road, is generally the less traveled of these two roads and would be the wiser choice during rush hour. I-94 and I-294 eventually converge about eight miles north of Chicago's O'Hare airport.

I-94 (West) passes near downtown Chicago and continues in a northerly direction following the shoreline of Lake Michigan. As it passes through Chicago, I-94 includes portions of several named expressways (Bishop Ford, Dan Ryan, Kennedy, and Edens. At the north end of the Edens Expressway, one can either continue straight ahead onto U.S. 41 or exit onto a ramp and follow I-94 in a northwesterly direction. Either choice will work, but from that location, the shortest route to the Training Center is by continuing straight ahead, following the signs that say "U. S. 41 north to Waukegan"

If you choose to stay on I-94, you'll find that you will soon merge together with I-294 near Deerfield Road. Both I-94 and U. S. 41 eventually intersect with Buckley Road (Route 137).

Turn east (right) onto Buckley Road and go a couple of miles to the Naval Station.

From the north, Great Lakes is easily reached from either I-94 or U. S. 41. Just turn left at Buckley Road (Route 137) and go east a couple of miles.

Once on Buckley Road, to reach the Recruit Training Command, turn right at Illinois Street.

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Bob Williams, Maj, CAP
Commander, 2008 Illinios Wing Spring Encampment