Directions to the Story County Conservation Center and the McFarland Park Observatory

• From Ames, drive east on 13^th Street until you reach the stop light on Dayton Avenue. Turn left (north) on Dayton Avenue and drive north until you find a T-intersection at 180^th Street. Turn right (east) and drive a little less than a mile. On your left (north side of the road) is the Story County Conservation Center at McFarland Park. The observatory is just a little farther east.
• From Highway 69, turn east on Riverside Road to Dayton Avenue. Turn left on Dayton Avenue and drive north until you find a T-intersection at 180^th Street. Turn right (east) and drive a little less than a mile. On your left (north side of the road) is the Story County Conservation Center at McFarland Park. The observatory is just a little further east.
• From I-35, take Exit 116 and go west on 190^th Street until you reach a T-intersection at Dayton Avenue. Turn right (north) on Dayton Avenue and drive north until you find a T-intersection at 180^th Street. Turn right (east) and drive a little less than a mile. On your left (north side of the road) is the Story County Conservation Center at McFarland Park. The observatory is just a little further east.

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