Directions to Oakley Farm (revised in 2003) ---------------------------------------- From DC and parts North: ------------------------- Take Rt. 5 south from D.C. (otherwise take Rt 301 from everywhere else). In Waldorf, turn on Rt 5 south. Rt 5 now forms three lanes on the left of Rt. 5/301 and turns left before you get to downtown Waldorf. Stay out of the right lane of the left three, which disappears. This is the old Mattawoman-Beantown Rd. cutoff. Make a left at the light where the new Shell station going in and the old Shell station on the catty-corner. This will keep you on Rt. 5, now Leonardtown Rd. Proceed through Bryantown (where Dr. Mudd was arrested), Hughesville (beware of speed zone), and Charlotte Hall/Newmarket (a great flea market site every Wednesday and Saturday) to Mechanicsville. Turn right onto Rt. 5 at the Wawa (where the Halfway House restaurant used to be). Proceed through Helen (watch the turn) to Morganza. Make a right on Rt.. 242 at the blinking yellow light by St. Joseph's Church. Proceed through the blinking red light at Clements. About 1.9 miles past Clements, make a left on Rt. 470, Oakley Rd. Proceed past All Saint's Church on the left; the third paved road on the left past the church is Burch Road. Oakley Farm is the first dirt road on your left after Burch Rd. Look for the large white farmhouse with green trim (one of 235,892 in St. Mary's County). The house number, on the last mailbox and on the porch pillar, is 21924. ------------------------- From southern Virginia ------------------------- Take Rt. 301 to Rt. 234 some 5.9 miles from the Virginia shore and make a right. Proceed through Chaptico (great church and long story) and make a right at Clements, at the blinking red light, onto Rt. 242 and proceed as above. --------------------------------- From southern-southern Maryland (i.e., Shadyside) --------------------------------- From Rt. 4 come on over the bridge at Solomons. Stay on Rt. 4 until it "T"s into Rt. 5 and make a right. Rt. 5 now cuts straight across without looping through "downtown" Leonardtown. About 200 yards after it crosses Rt. 245 (the first light you come to) there will be a grocery store on the right, behind the mid-lot Texaco station. Entrances before and after the Texaco. Proceed on Rt. 5 past the strip mall with the McDonalds and get in the left hand lane. Ignore the "Left Lane Ends" sign, 'cause you're making a left on Rt. 234, heading for Clements. At the 4-way stop light at Clements, make a left on Rt. 242, Coltons Point Rd. On the backside of the hill keep an eye out for Rt. 470, Oakley Rd. about 1.9 miles from Clements. Turn left on Oakley Rd. Proceed past All Saint's Church on the left; the third paved road on the left past the church is Burch Road. Oakley Farm is the first dirt road on your left after Burch Rd. Look for the large white farmhouse with green trim (one of 235,892 in St. Mary's County) on the left. The house number, on the last mailbox and on the porch pillar, is 21924.