Restaurants Shopping Hotels Banks Fitness & Health Location and Accessibility UMBC is located just 15 minutes from Baltimore's Inner Harbor, 45 minutes from Washington, D.C. and five minutes from Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) airport. Bus service is available from downtown Baltimore; AMTRAK and MARC commuter trains serve the nearby BWI Rail Station. The nearby towns of Catonsville (Frederick Road) and Arbutus (East Drive) have retail districts with a variety of small shops and services to give you that "at home atmosphere." Ellicott City, 10 minutes away, is a historic mill town with excellent antique shops. The open-air walkways and shops of Baltimore's Harborplace, as well as Camden Yards, home of the Orioles, and PSI Net Stadium, home of the Ravens, are also convenient to UMBC. Just 30 Minutes to the Washington Beltway The Research Park and Technology Center are a convenient drive away from Washington, D.C.'s scientific and technical agencies including the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health. On Interstate 95 UMBC is in the center of the Baltimore-Washington corridor, with easy access to Philadelphia and New York. The Research Park and Technology Center are located immediately off Interstate I-95.