Traveling to Carbondale

Map of Illinois

Mass Transit Options

  • Air travel: American Connections regional commuter flights arrive at the Williamson County airport (618-993-3353) several times daily. The airport is located 16 miles east of campus, just off of Interstate 57. Rental cars are available at airport and nearby communities.

  • Train travel: Amtrak provides rail services out of its Chicago hub

  • Bus travel: Greyhound offers bus service in and out of town.

  • BART (Bootheel Area Rapid Transit) is a shuttle service traveling between Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, Missouri (120 miles northwest of Carbondale - approximately 2 and 1/2 hours away) and the Southern Illinois region. BART can be contacted to arrange your pick up at 800-284-2278 or 573-335-0844 or by email at bart@BigRiverTell.Net.

Reaching Carbondale by Car

    Take your best route to Illinois 13 which brings you to Carbondale. Here is a MapQuest map to help you.

    Carbondale, an economic center of Southern Illinois and home to Southern Illinois University Carbondale, has been cited in a recent study as one of America's 50 most desirable places. Only a few hours from Chicago, St. Louis, and Memphis, the community of 26,000 sits amid rolling hills, farmlands and orchards just 60 miles north of the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.