Weddings at the Chapel

University of Maryland

Weddings at the Chapel

Parking at the Chapel

Weekday Parking

If you are coming to visit the Chapel during the week, parking during business hours for the lots surrounding the Chapel is restricted to faculty and staff members only. All weekday parking should be at the meters in front and behind Memorial Chapel. Parking meters require payment M-F 7AM-10PM. Unpaid parking meters will be ticketed; these tickets are not subject to appeal.

Event and Wedding Parking

505 parking spaces are convenient to the Chapel for scheduled events including rehearsals and weddings in the following lots.

  • Lot Y: 113 spaces
  • Lot L: 135 spaces
  • Lot C1: 170 spaces
  • Lot C2: 87 spaces

The Chapel has a standing agreement with campus parking allowing event guests to park in these lots without penalty. Too see the locations of these lots on campus please view the campus parking map.

If you hold your reception on campus, your guests' vehicles must be driven to the reception location in order to ensure Chapel-area parking for the next wedding or event. Wedding parties/guests may not park in Lots A, B, D or W, areas for the disabled, fire lanes, service or courier parking spaces. Parking in any of these areas may result in a parking ticket. You are responsible to so notify your wedding party and guests.

Handicap Access

Many handicap parking spaces are located in the vicinity of the Chapel. A grade-level entrance to the West Chapel is in the garden behind the Chapel. The Main Chapel has ramped access through north side entrance. Accessible rest rooms are available via the north side entrance.

Main Chapel

Guests for Main Chapel weddings will use the front entrance to the Chapel facing Route 1.

West Chapel

Guests parking in Lot Y will see the West Chapel garden entrance at the back of the Chapel.

Deliveries

Vendors making wedding deliveries should park along the north side of the Chapel and come in the side entrance.

Limousines

Drivers are allowed to wait at the front curb with flashers on during the ceremony.

Carriages, Buses, etc.

Please call the Reservations Office at 301-314-9866 to make arrangements

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