Directions (2011)
The site location will change in 2012!
Minion Ridge
The country estate of Lady Juliane Bechaumpe
(Complete with picturesque white board fences!)
12842 Route 6 (GAR Hwy), Chardon, Ohio 44024
Preliminaries
Like many locations in northern Oaken, the site is easy to find if you've been there before.
If you haven't ... pay close attention.
Minion Ridge can be a little difficult to spot as you approach it.
Look for banners and the Cleftands SCA signs (blue and white nebuly).
Roundhouse takes place in peak road construction season. We recommend you revisit this web site shortly before the event for updates. Amazingly, as of 4/6/2011, the Ohio Department of Transportation has announced NO significant road construction affecting us! (There will be construction on I-90 between us and the Pennsylvania border, but two lanes of traffic will be maintained in both directions; this will be a "lane shift", so expect slightly slower travel.)
Map web sites invariably try to send you via I-90, a good route if you are coming from a northerly direction or long-hauls from the west or east, but not necessarily the quickest or shortest if you are coming from closer points east, south or southwest.
Road Construction (update 5/1/2011): It appears there will be no major road construction problems on our recommended routes. You can always check (external site)
for road construction updates.
Directions
So here goes ...
Minion Ridge is in Eastwatch, Middle Kingdom,
12842 Route 6, Chardon, Ohio 44024
(Route 6 is also known as GAR Hwy at this point)
From all points North, Northwest and West - take I-90 to Route 44
Exit at Route 44 (exit 200) and head South (left)
Go south about 7 miles until you reach Chardon town square.
Continue straight as Route 44 becomes Route 6 East.
Go about 1.3 miles.
Minion Ridge is on the left as you reach the top of the first hill.
From due East - take Route 6 towards (but not to) Chardon
Take Route 6 towards Chardon.
Minion Ridge is on the right, about two miles past Hambden (which is the junction of Route 6 with Route 608 or Route 166).
If you reach Chardon, you missed it. Go around the square and go back the way you came about 1.3 miles.
From the Southeast - take I-271 to Wilson Mills
If you force map web sites to avoid I-90, they will attempt to send you via Mayfield Road. You'll get to the site, but the directions below are quicker and shorter.
Exit at Wilson Mills Boulevard (exit #36) and head east (right, if you're coming from the south; left if from the north).
Go east about 14 miles (at River Road, you will jog right, cross the bridge, then turn left on Bingham - which becomes Wilson Mills again), until you reach Route 6 (Water Street) in Chardon
Turn right on Route 6.
Go .4 miles until you reach Chardon town square.
Continue to the east edge of the square., about .1 miles
Turn left (i.e., follow Route 6), go to the north edge of the square, about .1 miles
Turn right at the north edge of the square (i.e., continue to follow Route 6; North Hambden Street)
Go about 1.3 miles.
Minion Ridge is on the left as you reach the top of the first hill.
From due South - take Route 44 to Chardon
Take Route 44 to Chardon town squareTurn right and go to the east edge of the square.
Turn left immediately (i.e., follow Route 6), go to the north edge of the square, about .1 miles
Turn right at the north edge of the square (i.e., continue to follow Route 6; North Hambden Street)
Go about 1.3 miles.
Minion Ridge is on the left as you reach the top of the first hill.
Maps
Context of Minion Ridge - Roundhouse Site
Approaching Chardon from the Southwest
Minion Ridge Directions from Chardon
Chardon Town Square Detail
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