Ames

Ooaj Travel Guide, tourism, hotel reservation, residence, plane, cheap pension for you holidays in ames

Free Travel guide Ooaj.com A free travel guide for holidays. Hotels in ames, Bed and Breakfast!

Ames is located in central Iowa roughly 30 miles north of Des Moines, in the eastern part of Story County, astride the Skunk River. The city was named after Massachusetts congressman, shovel tycoon, and transcontinental railroad supporter Oakes Ames, the railroad is still a daily part of Ames life, with nearly 90 Union Pacific long-haul freight trains passing through town each day over several at-grade road crossings. Unfortunately, no passenger rail service is available to the city. Life in Ames follows the ebb and flow of the academic year at Iowa State University, the city's largest employer. Other major employers include the Iowa Department of Transportation, Sauer-Danfoss, Ball Corporation, and Barilla.

	ames Travel Guide : 1 Get in 1.1 By car 1.2 By bus 1.3 By plane 2 Get around 3 See 4 Do 5 Learn 6 Buy 7 Eat 8 Drink 9 Sleep 10 Get out 11 External links

Get in

By car

Traveling from the north (eg, Minneapolis, approximate drive time 2.5 hours) or from the south (eg, from Des Moines, 0.5 hours, or from Kansas City, approximately 3 hours), take I-35 to exit 113 and drive west along 13th Street to Clark Avenue. Head south on Clark Avenue to City Hall and the Main Street district. Travelling from the east (Chicago, 5.5 hours) or from the west (Omaha, 2 hours), take I-80 to I-35, and then I-35 north and as above.

By bus

• Trailways. Has a location on the north side of Lincoln Way east of Duff Avenue and west of Dayton Road, but this location is not yet integrated into the city bus or bike- and foot-path system, so have car transportation arranged if arriving by long-distance bus.

By plane

Shuttle service is available from Out of Town transport to/from the Des Moines International airport. If flying via charter or general aviation, one can use Ames' airport on the southern edge of town, south of Airport Road, but again, privately-arranged car transport is the best bet from there into town.

Get around

The city-university partnership Cyride (http://www.cyride.com) provides bus service to most of the city. Far is $1, with monthly passes available for $35.

Ames has a moderately extensive paved trail system (http://www.city.ames.ia.us/WorksWeb/trafficdept/Bicycleinfo/bikemap.htm) for walking and biking.

Lincoln Way is the main east-west thoroughfare of the city, running from just south of downtown west to Campustown and along the southern edge of the central campus of Iowa State University. Similarly, 13th street runs across the northern edges of the downtown area and the university campus. Main north-south roads include Duff Avenue and Grand Avenue (which together carry U.S. Highway 69 through Ames) and North and South Dakota Avenues.

Apart from Iowa State University itself, there are generally, there are three main pedestrian-friendly concentrations of shops and restaurants: Downtown on Main Street between Clark and Duff Avenues, Campustown south of Lincoln Way along either side of Welch Avenue, and the much newer Somerset neighborhood, to the east of Stange Avenue north of 24th Street.

See

• Brunnier Museum.
• Farm House Museum.
• Christian Peterson sculpture collection. Located around the ISU campus.
• Hoggatt School. A historical one-room schoolhouse.
• Iowa State University Campanile

Do

• Iowa State University sporting event Men's football and men's and women's basketball are probably the biggest draws, but Iowa State is also a national power in mens' wrestling and the university fields teams in several other sports in the Big 12 Conference, at the NCAA Division I level.
• Cultural events at Iowa State Center Concerts and plays at Scheman and Fisher theaters.

Learn

• Iowa State University, 1 (http://www.iastate.edu/).

Buy

Iowa State University licensed paraphernalia (sweaters and such) are available from several retailers around town, but perhaps most notably at the bookstores on or near campus along Lincoln Way. Other specialty shopping can be had in Campustown, Somerset, or downtown.

For big-box chain stores, the major shopping areas are along south Duff Avenue from Lincoln Way south past U.S. Highway 30, and along east of north Grand Avenue near the North Grand Mall, between 24th Street and Bloomington Avenue.

Eat

• Aunt Maude's, Main St, on the west end. Slightly more formal dining.
• Bali Satay House. Vegetarian friendly.
• Cafe Beaudalaire, Lincoln Way, in Campustown. Vegetarian friendly.
• Hickory Park, South Duff. Barbecue.
• Battle's BBQ, Welch Ave. Barbecue.
• If it's outdoor grill season, stop by the Iowa State Meats Lab (http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/isumeatscience/about.html) and pick up some cuts.

Drink

The college club scene is served by an ever-shifting array of bars and clubs in Campustown.

Sleep

• Hotel at Gateway Center, off Elwood Drive, south of U.S. Highway 30.
• Memorial Union, Union Drive, ISU campus.

Other lodging is located near the northwest portion of the I-35 and U.S. Highway 30 interchange (exit 111) and near exit 113 along 13th Street near I-35.

Get out

• Story City. About a 15 minute drive north of Ames on I-35 or U.S. Highway 69 to see their antique carousel.
• See the corn maze in the summer just east of Ames, between Ames and Nevada, Iowa on U.S. Highway 30.

External links

• Rofflehaus (http://rofflehaus.com) - an Ames / ISU wiki

Biggest country to travel: Biggest cities to travel: Islands in the top travel 40: World Travel guide Random travel link: South Korea Philippines Mexico State China Beijing in china Sao Paulo in Brazil New York in USA London in England Maui Caribbean San_Juan Bermuda Cyclades Namibia French_Guiana Egypt Wallis_and_Futuna Bulgaria Netherlands Travel in Laos Norway Travel in Macau Belgium

• Url Rewriting, optimisation, referencement professionnel: Atuvu Referencement
• Cours 2 langues, cours d'anglais tous niveaux Cours 2 Langues
• Photographe aix en provence Daniel Weiss
• Ooaj Travel Guide Home Page