Driving Directions

From the east on I-44 (from the St. Louis area)

Exit I-44 at the US 65 south exit (the Branson exit). Stay on US 65 (south) 2.5 miles until you reach the Chestnut Expressway exit. Take the Chestnut Expressway exit. Turn right and follow the Chestnut Expressway 2.7 miles (west) until you reach National Avenue. Turn left and follow National Avenue approximately 1.0 mile (south) to Grand. Turn right on Grand and then right on John Q. Hammons Parkway to Monroe. Make a right on Monroe. Please use parking lot #15 and look for registration signs.

From the north on Highway 13 (from the Kansas City area)

Stay on Highway 13 from Clinton (which is called the Kansas Expressway as you reach Springfield) until you get to Grand Street. (It is approximately 3.6 miles from where US 13 crosses I-44 to Grand Street.) Turn left and follow Grand Street. Turn right on John Q. Hammons Parkway to Monroe. Make a right on Monroe. Please use parking lot #15 and look for registration signs.

From the west on I-44 (from the Joplin/Tulsa area)

From I-44, exit at the Chestnut Expressway exit, and travel east to National Avenue. Turn south (or right) and travel south until you reach Grand Avenue. Turn west (right) on Grand Avenue. Turn right on John Q. Hammons Parkway to Monroe. Make a right on Monroe. Please use parking lot #15 and look for registration signs.

From the north or south on US 65

Exit US 65 at the Chestnut Expressway exit. Go west on Chestnut 2.7 miles to National Avenue. Turn left and follow National approximately 1.0 mile (south) to Grand. Turn right on John Q. Hammons Parkway to Monroe. Make a right on Monroe. Please use parking lot #15 and look for registration signs.

From the east on US 60

Exit US 60 (or James River Expressway) at the National Avenue exit. Turn right and follow National Avenue approximately 3.5 miles (north) to the SMSU campus. Make a left on Grand. Turn right on John Q. Hammons Parkway to Monroe. Make a right on Monroe. Please use parking lot #15 and look for registration signs.

From the Springfield-Branson Regional Airport

Take Kearney Street as you leave the airport 3.7 miles to the Kansas Expressway. Turn right and follow the Kansas Expressway approximately 3.0 miles (south) to Grand Street. Turn left and follow Grand Street approximately 2.0 miles (east) to the SMSU campus. Turn right on John Q. Hammons Parkway to Monroe. Make a right on Monroe. Please use parking lot #15 and look for registration signs.