Travel Directions to Ames, Iowa and to the ISU Campus    
     
  This page provides a map and directions for getting to Ames, Iowa and the 18th BCCE registration desk and housing check-in desk,  
     

If You Are Driving a Car, Motorcycle, or Truck

Directions to Ames and the ISU campus if you are traveling by car from the on I-80 East or West

Take I-80 to DesMoines, then I-35 North. To continue see the directions below.

If you are traveling on I-35 from the North or South

Take the Ames/Nevada Exit to US-30 West. On US-30 West take the Iowa State Center/Elwood Drive Exit. Stay to your right and merge onto Elwood Drive heading north. Go past Jack Trice Football Stadium (on your left).To continue see the directions below.

If you are traveling on US-30 East or West.

Take the Iowa State Center/Elwood Drive Exit. From US-30 West - Stay to you left and male a left turn onto Elwood heading North. From US-30 East. Take the Iowa State Center/Elwood Drive Exit. Turn left onton Elwood Drive heading North. Go past Jack Trice Football Stadium (on your left). To continue see the directions below.

Animated map and digital photos of the roads to Ames.

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Directions to the Scheman Conference Center and the 18th BCCE Conference Registration Desk on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (7/19/04 - 7/21/04)

The intersection after the football stadium is South 4th Street. Go one block past South 4th Street and turn right onto Center Street. Center Street is the street on the South side of Hilton Coliseum. When you turn onto Center Street you will see Hilton on your right. Go one block and turn right. This access road will lead you to the Scheman Conference Center.

Directions to the MWL Dorms, the 18th BCCE Conference Registation Desk (Saturday July 17 and Sunday July 18, 2004) and On-Campus Housing Check-In for both Maple and Frederiksen Court

Stay on Elwood until you reach the intersection of Elwood and Lincoln Way. Turn left onto Lincoln Way (heading West). You will see the MWL dorms ahead on your right. Go one block and turn right at the lights. The entrance to the MWL parking lot is one block on your right.
       
Airplane view showing the Maple-Willow-Larch dorm complex at the top-left corner, Scheman Conference Center is across the street from MWL. This road is Lincoln Way. Hilton Coliseum is the octagonal structure showing on the center-right of this photo.    
               
         
This web page was up-dated on July 17, 2003 by Tom Greenbowe, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011 (bcce@iastate.edu).