DIRECTIONS TO NORTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
570-826-2511
Fax 570-830-3051
From Route 81 South (coming from Scranton, or Routes 84 or 380):
Take Exit 170B off Route 81 (Rt. 115S/Wilkes-Barre exit). You’ll pass a Red Roof Inn
on your right. You are now on Route 309 (a.k.a. the North Cross Valley Expressway).
Stay in the two left lanes and then take EXIT 2. At the bottom of the exit ramp is a traffic
light at a T-intersection. Make a left onto Wilkes-Barre Boulevard. At the first traffic
light (Conyngham Ave.) go straight. Continue straight through lights at Butler, Scott and
Coal Streets. At the next light, make a right on to Market Street. Continue straight ahead
through lights at Pennsylvania Boulevard and Washington Street. At the next light you’ll
be facing Public Square and you will enter a traffic circle by making a right. Stay in the
right lane. Go to the very next light (i.e., 1/4 of the way around the traffic circle) and turn
right on to North Main Street. Immediately look for a 5-story parking garage on your left.
Look for a horizontal brown and white "ENTRANCE"sign, and turn left into that
driveway. (Note: this serves as the entrance to both the Ramada parking area as well
as the public parking garage.) Follow the green and white arrow directing you up a
small ramp on your right and into the public parking garage. Be sure to bring your
parking ticket along with you and have it validated by the DEP receptionist on the
2nd floor of the DEP building.
From the PA turnpike/Rt. 476 (coming from Philadelphia or Allentown areas):
Take Exit 105 off the turnpike (Bear Creek exit). At the end of the turnpike ramp, make a
left onto Route 115 (north). Follow the road down the mountain. Go through a traffic
light and then cross over Route 81. You are now on Route 309 (a.k.a. the North Cross
Valley Expressway). You’ll pass a Red Roof Inn on your right. Stay in the two left lanes
and then take EXIT 2. At the bottom of the exit ramp is a traffic light at aT-intersection.
Make a left onto Wilkes-Barre Boulevard. At the first traffic light (Conyngham Ave.) go
straight. Continue straight through lights at Butler, Scott and Coal Streets. At the next
light, make a right on to Market Street. Continue straight ahead through lights at
Pennsylvania Boulevard and Washington Street. At the next light you’ll be facing Public
Square and you will enter a traffic circle by making a right. Stay in the right lane. Go to
the very next light (i.e., 1/4 of the way around the traffic circle) and turn right on to North
Main Street. Immediately look for a 5-story parking garage on your left. Look for a
horizontal brown and white"ENTRANCE"sign, and turn left into that driveway. (Note:
this serves as the entrance to both the Ramada parking area as well as the public
parking garage.) Follow the green and white arrow directing you up a small ramp on
your right and into the public parking garage. Be sure to bring your parking ticket
along with you and have it validated by the DEP receptionist on the 2nd floor of the
DEP building.
From Route 81 North (coming from Harrisburg, Hazleton or Route 80):
Take Exit 168 (Highland Park Blvd.) off Rt. 81 North and continue down a relatively
long ramp. You will see an arena on your right. At the T-intersection at the bottom of the
ramp, make a left. Continue down this road through a light at the entrance to Wegman’s
supermarket. At the second light continue going straight, and this will put you onto Coal
Street. Continue through a third light, and at the bottom of the hill at a T-intersection,
turn left on to Wilkes-Barre Boulevard and stay in the right lane. At the first light, make a
right onto Market Street. Continue straight ahead through two lights at intersections with
Pennsylvania Avenue and Washington Street. At the third light you’ll be facing Public
Square and will enter a traffic circle by making a right. Stay in the right lane through the
traffic circle. Go to the first light (i.e., 1/4 of the way around the traffic circle).
Immediately look for a 5-story public parking garage on your left. Look for a horizontal
brown and white"ENTRANCE"sign, and turn left into that driveway. (Note: this serves
as the entrance to both the Ramada parking area as well as the public parking
garage.) Follow the green and white arrow directing you up a small ramp on your right
and into the public parking garage. Be sure to park in the Public Parking garage
(you’ll see a green and white arrow on the left) and not in the Ramada Hotel lot.
Be sure to bring your parking ticket along with you and have it validated by the
DEP receptionist on the 2nd floor of the DEP building.
Finding DEP Once You’ve Parked:
As you come down the stairs or out of the elevator from the parking garage, turn left and
walk beneath the garage structure. The Ramada will be on your left. Continue out from
beneath the garage and look ahead and to the left for the rear entrance to a large tan 5story building with a big gray garage door. To the left of the garage door is a glass
double-door with the DEP logo on it. Enter the building here and continue down the
hallway to a set of green double doors. Turn right after going through the doors and then
make a left through the archway. Bear left around the bank of elevators. Please take
either the middle or far right elevator to the 2nd Floor.
You may also enter DEP from the front side on West Market Street. As you face the
DEP building (a large, mostly tan building with a 3-story archway facing the public
square), look to the left for the entry with the DEP logo on the doors. Continue down the
hallway and bear right at the bank of elevators. Please take either the middle or far right
elevator to the 2nd Floor.