TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS/ DIRECTIONS to the Mississippi Delta

Please begin to explore travel options as soon as your acceptance is confirmed.  Cleveland, MS, does not have its own airport, but is served by a small regional airport in Greenville, MS, with limited flights arriving daily.  It is further served by large airports in Jackson, MS, and Memphis, TN.  Each is equidistant from Cleveland, around 100 miles.   There are rental-car agencies located at all airports.

Remember to allow sufficient travel time to and from the airport.  It takes at least two hours to drive from either Memphis or Jackson to Cleveland, MS, and about 45 minutes from Greenville. 

The airports include:

     Memphis International Airport (MEM), Memphis, Tennessee

     Jackson-Evers International Airport, (JAC), Jackson, Mississippi

     Greenville Municipal Airport (GLH), Greenville, Mississippi

Bus and Train Stations:

Delta Bus Lines LLC, 662-846-5112 (Delta Bus Lines have buses coming in from the south at 7:45 a.m. and 11:35 a.m. and from the north at 3:40 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.  These buses connect with Greyhound Bus Lines.

Amtrak (http://www.amtrak.com) stops in Grenada, MS, and Greenwood, MS.   Grenada is 45 miles due east of Cleveland, and Greenwood is 45 miles southeast of Cleveland.

Cleveland is located 100 miles south of Memphis and can be reached by car from Highway 61 directly or Interstate 55 to State Highway 8 west.

Should you fly into Greenville, you will take State Highway 1 south (turn left as exiting airport) to the intersection of State Highway 82, take a left (east) and travel to Highway 61 North (about 5 miles), and follow the signs to Cleveland.