Directions to the Story County Conservation Center and the McFarland Park Observatory
a) From Ames, drive east on 13th 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 180th 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.
b) 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 180th
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.
c) From I-35, take Exit 116 and go west
on 190th 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 180th 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.
