
Maryland Delaware Rocketry
Association Inc.(MDRA)
Launch Site Directions and Hotels
for Rhodesdale and Coverdale Launch sites
Directions to Coverdale: Directions to Rhodesdale: From Delaware NOTE:
There will be signs saying Launch Site starting in Rhodesdale. From the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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From the West
Take Route 404 into Delaware. Continue on 404 through Bridgeville. Cross Route
13. In about 3 miles, take a left at the flashing light at Coverdale Crossroads. Bear left
at the fork in the road. The entrance to the field is about 1/2 mile on the left.
From the North
Take Route 13 south. 12 miles past Harrington, come to Bridgeville. Turn left
onto Route 18/404. There is a McDonalds at the 18/404 intersection. See above.
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Rt 13 Dover
to Seaford . . .Turn right at McDonalds onto Rt 20. Stay straight through Reliance
which becomes #392 to Finchville blinker lights which is approximately 10 miles.
Turn left at the blinker light onto #313 and stay straight to Eldorado, approximately
4 miles. Continue straight through Eldorado, over small bridge, through Brookview
which is Rt 14, to Rhodesdale, approximately 5-7 miles. Cross railroad tracks
in Rhodesdale, continue straight on #331, approximately 1 1/2 miles to McWilliams
Rd and turn left. Go to the "T" in the road and make a right. Launch site will
be on the right on the Harper Farm.
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Rt 50 . . . .Follow Rt 50
over Bay Bridge over Kent Island Bridge and continue on #50 to Easton, MD, approximately
25 miles, give or take. Turn left on #331 south at Easton, believe that it is
the fifth stop light from the time you approach Easton. There will be an Exxon
on one corner and a Seven Eleven on the other. Stay straight on #331 to Preston,
approximately 10 miles. Continue through Preston until you come to a "Y" in
the road by Ford Dealership. Take the right side of the "Y" and continue straight
Wydell's Corner, approximately 6 miles and make a left onto #331 to Hurlock,
about 3 miles. Continue through Hurlock straight. You will go through blinker
light and continue straight, approximately 5 mile to a stop sign. The High School
will be right in front of you when you stop. Make a left onto #331 toward Rhodesdale,
approximately 2 miles and make a right onto McWilliams RD. Come to a "T" and
make a right and the Launch site will be on your right on Harper Farm.
NOTE: There will be signs starting at the high school pointing to launch site.
Maryland
Cambridge Inn
Cambridge MD
410-221-0800
Holiday Inn Express
Cambridge MD
410-221-9000
Delaware
Best Western
Seaford DE
302-629-8385
Holiday Inn Express
Seaford DE
302-629-9898
Several in Easton MD on Rt. 50 too.