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Directions to NMU

Regional map showing travel times

From the Chicago area:
  • Take 94 North toward the Wisconsin border
  • Follow 94/41 through downtown Milwaukee
  • Follow signs for 43 to Green Bay
  • North of Green Bay take exit 192A (41/141 North to Marinette/Iron Mountain)
  • Stay to the right and follow 41 to Oconto/Marinette
  • Just past the downtown Marinette area, there will be signs directing you to turn left. If you miss this turn, you will soon find yourself at the lakeshore. In this case, backtrack to follow 41
  • Five minutes after your left turn, you will see a large Shell Gas station on the right
  • Just past this station is a right fork for M-35 to Escanaba
  • Take this turn to get onto M-35
  • Continue on I-35 to Escanaba where I-35 will join with US-41/US-2 and will take you through Escanaba, past the Mead Paper Plant to Gladstone
  • Approximately 10 miles after Gladstone, US-41 will turn north towards Marquette
  • Turn left and follow US-41 (approximately 50 miles)  to Marquette
From the Minneapolis area:
  • Follow 35W North to Duluth, MN (about 150 miles)
  • Take I-535 S to US-53S to Superior, WI
  • Follow US-2 to Wakefield, MI (about 100 miles)
  • Turn left onto M-28 in Wakefield
  • M-28 merges to US-41 leading to Marquette (about 135 miles)
From the lower peninsula of Michigan:
  • Take I-75 north to exit 344B to merge onto I-75-BL/US-2 W toward Escanaba/Manistique
  • Continue to follow US-2 to M-117/Country Ave. (about 65 mi.)
  • Turn right onto M-117 to M-28 (about 17 mi.)
  • Go left on M-28
  • Continue onto BUS US-41/Front Street in Marquette

Once in Marquette: