Directions

Cleveland’s RIPE! Fest
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Friday, September 23 – Sunday, September 25
11:00 am – Sunset

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Parking for RIPE! Fest

Cleveland Botanical Garden offers convenient onsite parking in an underground garage with 200 parkings spaces. In addition, we urge you to take advantage of available parking throughout University Circle — see map above. You'll find more than 10,000 parking spaces within one square mile of the festival. A shuttle service will take you to and from several parking locations.

Suggested Driving Directions

Getting to Cleveland

From Detroit/Toledo:Take I-75 south to I-280 south to the Ohio Turnpike. Take the Turnpike east to I-90. Follow I-90 east to Cleveland.

From Pittsburgh/Youngstown: Take I-76 west to I-80 west. Take I-80 west to I-480 west. Take I-480 west to I-77 north and follow it to Cleveland.

From Cincinnati/Columbus: Take I-71 north. I-71 north becomes I-90 east. Follow I-90 east to Cleveland.

From Dayton: Take I-75 north to I-70 east. Take I-70 east to I-71 north. Take I-71 north. I-71 north becomes I-90 east. Follow I-90 east to Cleveland.

Getting to Cleveland Botanical Garden

From I-90 eastbound: Take exit 177 to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Turn right and proceed south for two miles to University Circle.

From I-77 northbound or I-71 northbound: Take I-90 eastbound to exit 177. Turn right onto Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and proceed south for two miles to University Circle.

From Downtown Cleveland

Travel 3.10 miles on Prospect Avenue. At the intersection of Prospect Avenue and East 55th Street, turn left onto East 55th Street.

Travel 300 feet on East 55th Street. At the intersection of East 55th Street and Euclid Avenue, turn right onto Euclid Avenue.

Travel 2.5 miles on Euclid Avenue. At the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East Boulevard, turn left onto East Boulevard. (After you make the turn onto East Boulevard, Severance Hall, home of the Cleveland Orchestra, will be on your immediate right. The Cleveland Museum of Art will be on your immediate left.)

Travel 0.3 miles on East Boulevard. At the intersection of East Boulevard and Wade Oval Drive, turn left onto Wade Oval Drive. (After you make the turn onto Wade Oval Drive, The Cleveland Museum of Art will be on your immediate left. Cleveland Botanical Garden will be on your immediate right.)

(Total estimated driving time: 10 minutes)

From Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

Travel 8.3 miles on I-71 north.

As you enter the downtown district, I-71 north becomes I-90 east. (The downtown skyline and Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians, will be on your left.) Remain on I-90 east, move to the second lane from the right curb, and travel 1.7 miles.

Exit on Chester Avenue. Travel 2.8 miles on Chester Avenue. As you cross East 105th Street, you enter the University Circle district of Cleveland. (The lagoon fronting the Cleveland Museum of Art will be on your left.)

At the intersection of Chester Avenue and Euclid Avenue, turn left. Travel 400 feet on Euclid Avenue.

At the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East Boulevard, turn left onto East Boulevard. (After you make the turn onto East Boulevard, Severance Hall, home of the Cleveland Orchestra, will be on your immediate right. The Cleveland Museum of Art will be on your immediate left.)

Travel 0.3 miles on East Boulevard. At the intersection of East Boulevard and Wade Oval Drive, turn left onto Wade Oval Drive. (After you make the turn onto Wade Oval Drive, The Cleveland Museum of Art will be on your immediate left. Cleveland Botanical Garden will be on your immediate right.)

(Total estimated driving time: 25 minutes)