Directions to Montgomery Blair High School

51 University Boulevard East
Silver Spring, Maryland 20901

Please note! There are only a very limited number of visitor parking slots in the University Boulevard parking lot. The directions below direct you to the Colesville Road parking lot, which has a high number of visitor spaces. Cars without permits parked in non-visitor spots during school hours will be towed!

Please also note! Due to county regulations, the doors to the Colesville Road lot are locked after 8:00 AM. Visitors who park later in the day in the Colesville Road lot are encouraged to walk around the building to the left to reach the unlocked doors at the main school entrance.

Approaching the school from Downtown Silver Spring:
Take Colesville Road North toward White Oak. After crossing the Beltway, the school is the first entrance on your right. Follow the signs to Visitors' Parking.

Approaching the school from Takoma Park, Langley Park, or College Park:
Take Route 193, University Boulevard, North. At Route 516, Franklin Avenue, take a left. Take Franklin until it ends, at US Route 29, Colesville Road. Turn Right. After crossing over the Beltway, take the first entrance to your right into the school grounds. Follow the signs to Visitors' Parking.

Approaching the school from White Oak, Colesville, Burtonsville, or Columbia:
Take US Route 29 (Colesville Road/Columbia Pike) South. You will see the school on your left immediately after you cross Route 193, University Boulevard. However, you must pass the school and continue over the Beltway on Colesville Road. At the second cut in the median, you can make a legal u-turn and head North on Colesville. After crossing back over the Beltway, enter the school grounds by making your first right, and follow the signs to Visitors' Parking.

Approaching the school from Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Northern Virginia, or other points West of Silver Spring:
Get onto the Inner Loop of the Beltway, heading toward Silver Spring (I-495 East in Montgomery County, I-495 North in Northern Virginia). Get off at Exit 30 North (US Route 29, Colesville Road, Columbia). The school is the first entrance on your right after merging onto Colesville Road. Follow the signs to Visitors' Parking.

Approaching the school from Baltimore and other points to the Northeast:
Take I-95 South toward Washington. At the Beltway, exit 27, take I-495 West toward Silver Spring. After getting on the Beltway, take Exit 29, Route 193, University Boulevard. You will see the school at the end of the exit ramp, however you must turn left, away from the school onto Route 193 South in order to reach the school's Visitors' Parking. Take a right at the first light, Route 516, Franklin Avenue. Take Franklin until it ends, at US Route 29, Colesville Road. Turn Right. After crossing over the Beltway, take the first entrance to your right into the school grounds. Follow the signs to Visitors' Parking.

Approaching the school from Washington, DC proper:
Travel North on Sixteenth Street, NW. At the state line with Maryland, there is a very small traffic circle. Take the soft (60 degree) right onto Route 340 North, Colesville Road. Do not take the hard, 120 degree right onto Eastern Avenue. Traveling through Silver Spring, Colesville Road will become US Route 29 North. About 2.5 miles form the district line, you will cross over the Beltway, I-495. Take the first right entrance after your cross the Beltway, onto the school's campus, and follow the signs to Visitors' Parking.

Approaching from Prince George's County, Annapolis, Southern Maryland, or the Eastern Shore:
Travel to the Washington Beltway, I-495, and take it North. DO NOT take I-95 North when it splits off toward Baltimore; stay on I-495. Take Exit 29, Route 193, University Boulevard. You will see the school at the end of the exit ramp, however you must turn left, away from the school onto Route 193 South in order to reach the school's Visitors' Parking. Take a right at the first light, Route 516, Franklin Avenue. Take Franklin until it ends, at US Route 29, Colesville Road. Turn Right. After crossing over the Beltway, take the first entrance to your right into the school grounds. Follow the signs to Visitors' Parking.

Approaching the school from Richmond and other points to the South:
Get onto I-95 North. When you reach the Washington Beltway, take exit 170B, I-495 North, toward Tyson's Corner (the Inner Loop of the Beltway). Get off at Exit 30 North (US Route 29, Colesville Road, Columbia). The school is the first entrance on your right after merging onto Colesville Road. Follow the signs to Visitors' Parking.