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K-State challenge course

Location: getting here by car

From the east

Take I-70 West.
Turn right at exit 313 (K-177 North) and drive approximately 9 miles.
After you go over the Kansas River bridge, take the Fort Riley Boulevard exit.
You will see the Town Center Mall in front of you.
Turn left at the stoplight onto Tuttle Creek Boulevard.
Turn left at the Bluemont Avenue stoplight.
Travel 10 blocks to the Manhattan Avenue stoplight. You will see the campus in front of you.
Turn right at the stop light onto Manhattan Avenue.
Travel 7 blocks north to the Claflin Road stoplight.
Turn left onto Claflin Road. You will be entering campus.
Turn right onto Mid-Campus Drive at the four-way stop.
Turn right onto Jardine Drive and continue to the K-State Challenge Course parking lot, located to the north.

From the west

Take I-70 East.
Take exit 303 (K-18 North) and turn left onto K-18.
Drive about 10 minutes on K-18 (it changes into Ft. Riley Boulevard on the edge of Manhattan).
Turn left at the 17th Street stoplight. Travel 11 blocks to the Anderson Avenue stoplight. You will see the campus in front of you.
Turn right onto Anderson Avenue at the stoplight.
Turn left onto Manhattan Avenue at the stoplight.
Travel 7 blocks north to the Claflin Road stoplight.
Turn left onto Claflin Road. You will be entering campus.
Turn right onto Mid-Campus Drive at the four-way stop.
Turn right onto Jardine Drive and continue to the K-State Challenge Course parking lot, located to the north.

From the north

Take Highway 13 South to Highway 113.
Turn left on 113 (which turns into Seth Childs Road) and travel south to Anderson Avenue.
Turn left on Anderson Avenue and travel east to 17th Street.
Turn left onto Manhattan Avenue stoplight.
Travel 7 blocks north to the Claflin Road stoplight.
Turn left onto Claflin Road. You will be entering campus.
Turn right onto Mid-Campus Drive at the four-way stop.
Turn right onto Jardine Drive and continue to the K-State Challenge Course parking lot, located to the north.

From the south

Take K-177 North to Manhattan.
After you go over the Kansas River bridge, take the Fort Riley Boulevard exit.
You will see the Town Center Mall in front of you.
Turn left at the stoplight onto Tuttle Creek Boulevard.
Turn left at the Bluemont Avenue stoplight.
Travel 10 blocks to the Manhattan Avenue stoplight. You will see the campus in front of you.
Turn right at the stop light onto Manhattan Avenue.
Travel 7 blocks north to the Claflin Road stoplight.
Turn left onto Claflin Road. You will be entering campus.
Turn right onto Mid-Campus Drive at the four-way stop.
Turn right onto Jardine Drive and continue to the K-State Challenge Course parking lot, located to the north.

From Fort Riley

Take Walnut Street and turn left onto K-18.
Drive about 10 minutes on K-18 (it changes into Ft. Riley Boulevard on the edge of Manhattan).
Turn left at the 17th Street stoplight. Travel 11 blocks to the Anderson Avenue stoplight. You will see the campus in front of you.
Turn right onto Anderson Avenue at the stoplight.
Turn left onto Manhattan Avenue at the stoplight.
Travel 7 blocks north to the Claflin Road stoplight.
Turn left onto Claflin Road. You will be entering campus.
Turn right onto Mid-Campus Drive at the four-way stop.
Turn right onto Jardine Drive and continue to the K-State Challenge Course parking lot, located to the north.