1a. From points East on 1-10
- take the 1-110 exit off of 1-10 "to downtown and beaches" (about two miles after crossing the I-10 bridge over Pensacola Bay).
- go to step #2
1b. Or...From Pensacola Airport
- follow the signs as you exit the airport to go to 1-110 (Note: there is both an I-10 and an I-110!) Basically, you will go west out of the airport on Airport Blvd.,
- turn left onto Davis St. going south before crossing I-110 (no entrance from Airport Blvd.);
- turn right (west again) onto Brent Blvd. just under 1 light from Airport Blvd.;
- go 2 blocks and turn left under the freewya to enter onto 1-110 going south.
2. On I-110, exit at exit #2 marked "Cervantes St."
- Turn right onto Cervantes going again.
- Go about 25 blocks down to "T" Street. After a while, the streets are letters, counting down from "A" to "T".
- Turn left onto "T" Street, now going south
3. On "T" Street
- follow "T" Street downhill to it's dead end at Wright Street. Mount Zion is just to the right across Wright St. (Gulf Power is next to us on the east side.)
- [The private drive to the left of the church building goies to two homes. The second is the Shelton Guest Trailer.]
Follow US 98 going west from Panama City, Destin, Ft. Walton or Navarre.
As you approach the Pensacola area, you will enter the city of Gulf Breeze, still on US Hwy 98.
Continue through Gulf Breeze without making any turns, onto the "Three Mile Bridge" over Pensacola Bay, still on US 98. (Do not turn toward the Pensacola Beach toll bridge -- unless you want to go to the beach!)
Continue to follow US 98 through Pensacola. It is "Gregory St." through "resteraunt row" at the end of the bridge, but then makes a left just after the convention center (at Alcanes St.) -- if you miss the first turn to the left, you can do so at any of the following lights.
At the left turn to the south, go two blocks and turn right onto Garden St., which is US 98 again.
After a mile or so on Garden St., the cross streets become the letters of the alphabet, counting up from "A" Street.
About "O" or so, will be Pace Blvd. (also crosses Garden St.). Turn right to go north a few blocks, crossing Chase St. and then Gregory St. (the next Street is Wright St.).
Turn left onto Wright St. just after the American Classifieds office on the left, across from the Family Dollar store on the right. (If you get to the lights at Jackson or Cervantes, you will have gone too far.)
Go weat on Wright St. to the intersection with "T" St. You will have just passed a Gulf Power maintenance building on the left. On the left after Gulf Power are the Mount Zion Bible Church buildings at 2603 West Wright St..
Note: The Shelton Guest House is down the private drive between the Gulf Power bldg. and the church building. The Guest House is at the end of the drive around the curve.
To Pensacola
- From Atlanta, take I-85 to Montgomery; then I-65 toward Mobile.
Mileposts and services: (the exits are numbered according to the mileage: counting up from Mobile as 0 on 1-65, and from Montgomery as 0 on I-85 (in Alabama).
Out of Atlanta toward Montgomery on I-85:
166 Atlanta
80 Peachtree Factory Stores (9 miles in Georgia from Alabama state line)
76 Alabama/Georgia state line
75 Taco Bell, Subway, Wendy's?
46 Rest Area
3 Wendy's (SW corner) and many other fast foods (in Montgomery on I-85)
Out of Montgomery toward Mobile on I-65:
142 Priester's Pecans
134 Rest Area (2 miles north of Greenville AL)
130 Taco Bell, Arby's, Winn-Dixie Supercenter
89 Rest Area
69 exit. Texaco on 113 north side, after crossing under I-65
- About 70 miles before Mobile at exit #69, exit I-65 at State Road 113 (103 miles from Montgomery). Turn left under the freeway onto Hwy 113, going southeast toward Flomaton, Alabama.
- After about 18 miles, Hwy 113 dead ends into US 31. Turn right onto US 31 (still toward Flomaton).
- Stay on US 31 for just 1.1 miles. It crosses a river, then you will see Church's and Hardee's (fast food) on the left. Turb left onto US 29 (going south) at the stoplight (across the intersection is an Amoco station on the left and a Pizza Hut on the right). There also is a Shell station on the right of 29 just a few blocks south of 31.
- Stay on US 29 all the way to Pensacola (about 40 miles, about one hour).
In Pensacola
- As you come into Pensacola on US 29, you will come to Interstate 10 (going east-west). You can either a) take two freeways (less stoplights and turns, but a little longer), or b) go through the city on normal roads.
Option A: I-10- and I-110
- enter onto I-10 going east (toward Tallahassee and Jacksonville), by entering from the right lane of US 29 just after going under I-10 (a clover leaf intersection).
- follow I-10 east only just about a mile to the very first exit (#4), and bend from the right lane onto I-110 going south (marked "Downtown Pensacola and Beaches").
- follow I-110 south to exit #2 marked "Cervantes" street. [You will pass Pensacola Christian College on the right at exit #5, Brent Lane. To go to PCC: take exit #5 turn right going west on Brent Lane. PCC is just past the first light, on the right (north)side. To get to the PCC Campus House motel, turn right at this first light onto Rawson Lane (just before the PCC fenced campus). Campus House is on the right side after about 1/2 mile.]
- turn right onto Cervantes going west. Follow it through several stop lights, including Palafox (a Day's Inn on the left). The street name become letters, counting down from "A" Street. Cross Pace Blvd., go 5 blocks, and turn left on "T" Street.
Option B: Continue on US 29 through Pensacola
- Stay on US 29 through town, also labeled State 95, and called new Palafox Blvd. After crossing Airport Blvd., you will see a huge "shopping mall" on the left side - this is actually the Pensacola Christian Academy K - 12 school, home of A-Beka Books. At the next corner is Brent Lane. Continue south on 29. [To go to PCC turn left onto Brent Ln. going east.]
- After Brent Lane, get in the right lane, as Palafox splits at a "Y" junction. Bend to the right at this "Y" onto Pace Blvd. (also labeled State 292). Continue due south on Pace, crossing lights at Fairfield, St. Mary, and Jordan.
- After the light at Jordan, the next light is Cervantes St. Turn right onto Cervantes, go 5 blocks to T Street. The streets are letters, counting down from "P" to "T".
- Turn left onto T Street, going south, downhill.
On T Street
Follow T Street to its dead end at Wright Street. Mount Zion is just to the right across Wright. [A Gulf Power building is on the left.]
[The private drive to the left of the church building goes to the Shelton Guest House, the second home at the end of the private drive.]
Church services are 10:30 AM Sunday, and 6:30 PM Wednesday.
Ministry hours are Monday – Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM. We have staff prayer from 8 – 9 AM, and visitors are always welcome to join us then or anytime thereafter.
Option A: using the freeway
About 50 min. on I-10 from Mobile, take the I-110 exit off of I-10 (marked “to downtown and beaches”).
Follow I-110 south to exit #2, Cervantes St.
[You will pass PCC at exit #5, Brent Lane.]
Turn right onto Cervantes, now going west.
Go about two miles on Cervantes. The streets become letters counting up from A St.
Go through a light at Pace Blvd. There is a Walgreen’s on the left and a CVS on the right.
A few blocks and at the first light after Pace, turn left onto T St.
Follow T St. through a stop sign, and to the dead-end at the bottom of the hill, at Wright St. - Mt. Zion is just across Wright St. and to the right.
Option B: through town (passing food stores and Wal-mart)
About 45 min. on I-10 from Mobile, exit #7A (second exit after crossing Florida state line) (not exit #7B)
Exit is marked: Pine Forest Rd. South, Pensacola N.A.S. (Naval Air Station)
Note: there is a Florida rest area between the state line and exit #7
Turn right going south onto Pine Forest Rd., also called Hwy. 297
- after 3.3 miles, turn left slightly as Hwy. 297 merges into U.S. Hwy. 90 East (now going SE)
- (the Pensacola Tri-state fairgrounds are off to the right)
- go 5.4 miles: crossing 5 stop-lights
- including passing a Wal-Mart on the left and then a K-mart on the right
- go under an under-pass, then over an over-pass. You are now going east.
- the 2nd light after the over-pass is "W" street (the streets are now letters counting up)
Turn right at the third light after the over-pass onto "T" Street, going south
this is 5.4 miles from the 297/90 intersection, and 8.7 miles from the I-10 exit
Follow T St. through a stop sign, and to the dead-end at the bottom of the hill, at Wright St.
- Mt. Zion is just across Wright and to the right.
Church services are 10:30 AM Sunday, and 6:30 PM Wednesday.
Ministry hours are Monday – Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM. We have staff prayer from 8 – 9 AM, and visitors are always welcome to join us then or anytime thereafter.
Follow Perdido Key Dr. (Florida SR 292) east along Perdido Key, crossing the bridge to the mainland
- (it is about 25 miles from the bridge to MZ – an estimate))
Continue on SR 292 – now called Sorento Rd.
You will cross lights at:
- SR 297 (Gulf Beach Hwy.) near the bridge
- Bauer Rd (CR 293) – a WalMart at the NW corner
- Blue Angel Parkway (SR 173)
- Dog Track Rd. (CR 297)
- at the Dog Track light Sorento becomes named Gulf Beach Hwy. (the one you crossed earlier!!)
- Fairfield Dr. (many shops and fast foods here)
Turn left onto Navy Blvd., now going north
- get into either of the right lane after turning
- just after the next light, Navy makes a “Y” with Navy itself bending to the right (Warrington goes straight),
- follow Navy Blvd. to the right, now going east (about two miles – an estimate)
Cross a small bridge
At the light at “W” Street, before the overpass
- turn left onto W going north up hill
- cross the railroad tracks
Turn right at the first light onto Jackson St., now going east
- after three blocks (V, U, and T), turn right onto T Street, going south downhill
Follow T Street to the dead-end at the bottom of the hill, at Wright St.
- Mt. Zion is just across Wright St. and to the right.
[Behind the church building, the second home is the Shelton Guest House (there is a “private drive” sign and small drive between Gulf Power and the church parking lot).]
Church services are 10:30 AM Sunday, and 6:30 PM Wednesday.
Ministry hours are Monday – Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM. We have staff prayer from 8 – 9 AM, and visitors are always welcome to join us then or anytime thereafter.
