From the airport/29S: 

  • Follow Airport Road to stoplight.  Turn right onto Route 29.  Follow Route 29 into Charlottesville for about 6 miles. 
  • Follow signs to the Route 29 South/250 West Bypass and take that exit (on the right immediately past the Best Buy).
  • Continue on 29S/250 West Bypass for about 4 miles. 
  • Merge onto I64 East.  Continue for 3.5 miles and take exit 121 Charlottesville/Scottsville.  At the end of the exit ramp, take a left onto Route 20 South. 
  • At the second stoplight, turn left onto Route 53 (Thomas Jefferson Parkway).  Continue up the mountain on Route 53, passing the entrance to Monticello on the right.
  • When you pass the entrance to Monticello on Route 53, look for a driveway about .2 miles further up route 53.
  • Just before the white gated entrance to Kenwood, there is a driveway on the right with a white private property sign.  Turn down this driveway.
  • You will see a white house (Curatorial Dept.) and several small storage buildings nearby.  Keeping going to the end of the driveway, and the Marquis Cottage will be on the right.

 

From I64:

  • Take exit 121 to Charlottesville/Scottsville
  • At the end of the exit ramp, turn onto Route 20 South.
  • Go about .6 miles and, at the second stoplight, take a left onto Route 53 (Thomas Jefferson Parkway). Continue up the mountain on Route 53, passing the entrance to Monticello on the right.
  • When you pass the entrance to Monticello on Route 53, look for a driveway about .2 miles further up route 53.
  • Just before the white gated entrance to Kenwood, there is a driveway on the right with a white private property sign.  Turn down this driveway.
  • You will see a white house (Curatorial Dept.) and several small storage buildings nearby.  Keeping going to the end of the driveway, and the Marquis Cottage will be on the right.