Polk State College

Formerly Polk Community College DIRECTIONS TO POLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE
From North/Northeast (Orlando, Jacksonville, Titusville): Get on I-4 West toward Tampa. Get off on Exit 23 (US 27 South). Go south to US 17-92 and turn right (east). The road will go into Winter Haven, turn left onto US 17 South. Follow US 17 South and go until you get to CR 542--turn left (east). Follow CR 542 east for about a mile until the road kind of splits off around a lake. Turn left onto Lake Elbert Dr. to go around the lake. Look for PCC on yoru left (since it is not on an island in the middle of the lake!).
From West (Tampa): Get on I-4 East toward Orlando. Get off on Exit 22 (CR 557). Take this road south until you get to US 17 South. Get on US 17 South and go until you get to CR 542--turn left (east). Follow CR 542 east for about a mile until the road kind of splits off around a lake. Turn left onto Lake Elbert Dr. to go around the lake. Look for PCC on yoru left (left because it is not in the lake!).
From South (Miami, West Palm, Fort Myers): Get on US-27 North. Go through Lake Wales, Florida and turn left onto CR 540 (to Cypress Gardens). This road will take you past Cypress Gardens into the main strip of Winter Haven. Turn right on 6th Ave. and go to CR 542 and turn right. Go right for just a few blocks before turning left to go around the lake onto Lake Elbert Dr. Look for PCC on your left (as opposed to in the lake!).

Course Overview:
The course starts out with a short grass straitaway and then runners head right and onto an apparently defined orange clay trail. The runners seldom diverge from this yellow path, which goes around a huge grass field and baseball field next to the parking lot at PCC. They follow this path around the field, making two loops...on the third loop they will cross the street. Here they will make a loop around the new softball complex and accross a grass field (sometimes high grass, the only slow part of the course) before recrossing the street, and coming back around on the orange clay trail through a herd of cheering fans to the final straitaway.

The course is very fast. The clay trail offers excellent rebound and stiff competition futher adds to the quickness of the times. The course is wheeled and accurate at 3.0 miles.

Observation:
This course is ideal for fans and coaches, as it is set over a large open field. One could watch almost the entire place from one strategic location.

Parking:
Parking facilities are directly adjacent to the field, and are plentiful.

The higher the number the more difficult the course statistically.