Visit Guide

Planning Your Visit to Liberty

• Shuttles

  We offer complimentary pick-up and drop-off service to prospective students and their families when coming to tour our beautiful campus. This service is available to and from the following locations in Lynchburg, VA:

  • Lynchburg Regional Airport
  • Lynchburg Amtrak
  • Lynchburg Greyhound Station

  This complimentary service to and from our campus comes at no charge to you. Please contact our team at visitorscenter@liberty.edu or (434) 582-2064 to arrange your transportation. Your request is best provided when received 48 hours prior to your arrival.

  Current Liberty University Students seeking shuttle services may contact Liberty University Transit.

• Directions

  This summer Liberty University continues to grow as a campus, and we are excited for your visit! Please do not use 1971 University Boulevard in Lynchburg, Virginia 24515 when planning your visit due to road closures on campus. Please do use 3699 Wards Road, Lynchburg, VA, 24501.

  Maps

  • View the Campus Map
  • Get directions & maps on MapQuest

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  Directions to Liberty University

  Northbound on 29
  Take 460 E to the exit for Candlers Mountain. Rd/Liberty University. At the stop sign, make a right. Go to the first light and make a left onto University Blvd. Stay straight through light and enter Liberty's campus.

  Southbound on 29 Business
  Take Exit 8b. Go through the first light. At the second light, make a right on S 670 (there is a Liberty University sign with an arrow pointing to the right). Go two more lights. Make a right on University Blvd. Stay straight through light and enter Liberty's campus.

  Eastbound on 460
  Take the Candlers Mountain. Rd./Liberty University exit. At the stop sign, make a right. Go to the first light and make a left onto University Blvd. Stay straight through light and enter Liberty's campus.

  Westbound on 460 or Northbound on 501
  Take the Candlers Mountain. Rd. / University Blvd. exit. At light make a left and enter Liberty's campus.

  We recommend all those driving South on I-81 to look over your online or GPS directions. We'd advise all those traveling South on I-81 to not take route 501 South out of Lexington to Lynchburg. Although route 501 is a beautiful drive, it is a winding road.

  We suggest you take I-64 East to Charlottesville and then US 29 South to 460 West to arrive at Liberty University.

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  Directions to the Hancock Welcome Center

  From Candler’s Mountain Road
  As you enter the main entrance of campus, from the intersection of University Blvd and Candler’s Mountain Rd, continue past the football stadium. The Hancock Welcome Center is the next building on the right. Turn right into the Hancock Welcome Center parking lot. Walk up the main entryway of the building and the Visitors Center will be on the left.

  From Wards Road coming from 29 North
  As you approach the intersection of Harvard St. and Liberty University Drive (once you have passed Wal-Mart on your left) get into the right-hand turn lane, and turn into the brick tunnel. Continue straight through the main intersection. Once you reach the crest of the hill you will see Williams Football Stadium on your left, and to your immediate right is the Hancock Welcome Center. 

  460 East Bound (Jerry Falwell Pkwy)
  Take the “Liberty University” Exit and proceed to the left-hand turn lane at the intersection of University Blvd and Evans Blvd. Take the left-hand turn from the light onto University Blvd, and continue on University Blvd passed the Football stadium (on your right). Once passed the Football stadium the Welcome Center is the next building on your right.

  Directions via GPS Coordinates
  N37 21.064'   W79 10.747'

• Lodging

  Current LU Online Intensive Students

  If you are taking an intensive on campus, please visit Intensive Lodging.

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  On-Campus Accommodations

  Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott
  (Liberty University East Campus)
  3777 Candlers Mountain Rd.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502

  (434) 845-1700
  (888) 494-6428 (toll-free)

  No other hotel in Lynchburg offers a better location, adjacent to Liberty University. The Fairfield Inn & Suites is located within a short walking distance from Liberty University and offers a spectacular view of the LU campus and the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains. We also offer easy access to Highway 29 (North/South) and Highway 460 (East/West). More than 40 restaurants are located within a 2-mile radius.

  The Fairfield Inn & Suites in Lynchburg, VA offers all the comforts of home. Each room is equipped with a 37" flat screen TV, mini-fridge, microwave, and iron/ironing board. Amenities include complimentary hot buffet breakfast, fitness center, heated indoor pool, fire pit, valet dry-cleaning, guest laundry service, shuttle service and extensive business services including 3 meeting rooms and 1,060 square feet of total meeting space. All rooms are 100% non-smoking.

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  Off-Campus Accommodations

  Comfort Inn & Suites
  15001 Wards Rd.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502
  (434) 266-1111

  Courtyard
  4640 Murray Pl.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502
  (434) 846-7900

  Craddock Terry Hotel
  1312 Commerce St.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502
  (434) 455-1500

  Extended Stay America Lynchburg
  1910 University Blvd.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502
  (434) 239-8863

  Hampton Inn
  3600 Liberty Mountain Dr.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502
  (434) 608-1224

  Hilton Garden Inn
  4025 Wards Rd.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502
  (434) 239-3006

  Holiday Inn Express Lynchburg
  5600 Seminole Ave.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502
  (800) 345-8082

  Holiday Inn Lynchburg
  601 Main St.
  Lynchburg, VA 24504
  (800) 345-8082

  Kirkley Hotel & Conference Center
  2900 Candlers Mountain Rd.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502
  (434) 237-6333

  La Quinta Inn & Suites Lynchburg
  3320 Candlers Mountain Rd.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502
  (434) 847-8655

  Microtel Inn & Suites
  5704 Seminole Ave.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502
  (434) 239-2300

  Springhill Suites
  15171 Wards Rd.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502
  (434) 237-5848

  Sleep Inn
  3620 Candlers Mountain Rd.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502
  (434) 846-6900

  Timberlake Motel
  19980 Lynchburg Hwy.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502
  (434) 525-2160

  Appomattox Inn & Suites
  447 Old Courthouse Road
  Appomattox, VA 24522
  (434) 664-2018

  Baymont Inn & Suites
  2815 Candlers Mountain Rd.
  Lynchburg, VA 24502
  (434) 237-2986

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  Bed & Breakfasts in the Area

  Acorn Hill Lodge
  2134 Old Forest Rd.
  Lynchburg, VA 24501
  (434) 528-0983 (Office)
  (434) 546-0364 (Cell)

  Cedar Post Inn
  1346 Reed Creek Rd.
  Big Island, VA 24526
  (434) 299-6327 (Office)
  (434) 660-9527 (Cell)

  Harmony Hill Bed & Breakfast
  929 Wilson Hill Rd.
  Arrington, VA 22922
  (434) 263-7750

  Orchard House Bed & Breakfast
  9749 Thomas Nelson Hwy.
  Lovingston, Virginia 22949
  (434) 263-7747
  (877) 603-7477 (toll-free)

  Riverview Manor
  2097 Stonemill Rd.
  Hurt, VA 24563
  (434) 386-1095

  Speed the Plough
  389 Fairlea Ln.
  Monroe, VA 24574
  (434) 384-3102

  Spring Grove Farm Bed & Breakfast
  3440 Spring Grove Rd.
  Appomattox, VA 24522
  (434) 352-7429