Just before Marietta, take Exit 6 from I-77; it is marked "Lower Salem & Marietta" and "OH-821 S." At the off-ramp stop sign, turn right, following the sign "to OH-7 South." OH-821 S runs along parallel to I-77 in the direction you were headed.

Go a couple of miles to the "T" intersection at the end of OH-821, where there is a traffic light; turn left onto OH-60 S, and drive another couple of miles into town, straight through several traffic lights.

Turn right at a traffic light immediately following the sign for "Junction OH-7", onto OH-7 S, and drive along the Ohio River to Belpre.

Stay on OH-7 as it joins US-50 W and OH-32 W at Belpre (across the Ohio River from Parkersburg, WV; this happens at the first bridge over the Ohio River south of Marietta). Once you are on US-50 W, in Belpre, you have about 45 minutes still to go.

Stay on US-50 W all the way up the Hocking River valley to the city of Athens. This will require an exit from the OH-7 four-lane less than a mile West of the small sign to turn left for "downtown Coolville."

US-50 has just recently been upgraded, and is now four lanes all the way from Belpre to Athens. There may be some construction zones between Coolville and Athens, with reduced speed limits or lane restrictions, during final work.

After US-33 E joins US-50 W in Athens, take Exit 17, for OH-682 N. Turn right at the first traffic light, onto Richland Avenue, to cross the Hocking River and enter the Ohio University campus. You will be at coordinates E-6 on the campus map, and the Visitor's Center will be located on your left, in the log cabin.