How do i play a downloaded map?

I'm sorry for making a new thread for a question that probuably has been asked about before, but in what folder do I put the maps that I download?

If you know the answer, please answer

 

so since steampipe, there's 2 folders you can drop your maps in, one being tf\maps and the other is tf\download\maps

 

My favourite method is simply playing on a server with a map I don't have and TF2 simply do the rest for me. I don't have to worry about navigating my folder for which file goes where.

 

This thread's been dead for five months, why would you bump it