Travel Directions

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For your convenience, a map of local restaurants and cafeterias will be available at our registration desk. Detailed travel and parking instructions are given below.

Additional information for visitors is availabe on the main WMU Visitors Web page (including campus maps, parking information, hotels, eateries and more)

Directions From the East

1. Take I-94 past all 5 Kalamazoo exits (including the Oakland Drive exit which is marked as the "Western Michigan University" exit) to US 131.
2. Take US 131 North to the first exit (Stadium Drive).
3. Take the first Stadium Drive exit (east).
4. Continue on Stadium Drive to the 4th traffic signal (Howard Street).
5. Turn left on Howard, cross the railroad tracks and stay in the right lane as you proceed up Howard going under the first overpass.
6. Take the first available right just before coming to the second overpass.
7. You will immediately come to a stop sign at Western Avenue.
8. Turn left on Western Avenue.
9. Proceed on Western Avenue to the first available right (parking structure before you).
10. Park in this parking structure.
11. Walk toward Miller Auditorium in the structure; Dalton Center will be on your left as you approach the bridge to Miller.
12. The lobby entrance to Dalton Center is under the 3-story glass walls facing the reflection pool.

Directions From the West

1. Take I-94 to US 131.
2. Follow steps 2 through 12 above.

Directions From the South

1. Take US 131 north to the first exit past the I-94 exits.
2. Follow steps 3 through 12 above.

Directions From the North

1. Take US 131 south to the Stadium Drive East exit.
2. Take Stadium Drive East exit.
3. Follow steps 4 through 12 above.

Parking Instructions
Please be sure to park in the parking structure adjacent to Miller Auditorium.

When you register, you will receive a parking permit. The permit can be returned to your car so you can avoid being issued a parking ticket, OR it can be mailed back to the University along with any parking tickets you received (in which case the tickets will be voided).