Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Directions

Direction to Dinner:

Click here to get direction from SLAC to the restaurant where the dinner will be held.

Directions to SLAC from various locations:

Directions from SFO airport, SJC airport, Berkeley, Davis or Santa Cruz to SLAC are below. Once you get to the SLAC main gate, please provide your ID card to the security staff. As soon as you pass main gate security, look for a sign that said "Cosmology in Northern California" meeting. Parking should be available in or near the first lot on the right.

Driving Directions from San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
  1. Exit the airport to take 101 N toward SAN FRANCISCO.
  2. Merge onto I-380 W via the ramp- on the left- toward I-280/ SAN BRUNO.
  3. Merge onto I-280 S via the exit- on the left- toward SAN JOSE. (19.77 miles)
  4. Take the SAND HILL RD exit toward MENLO PARK. (0.16 miles)
  5. Take the SAND HILL ROAD EAST ramp. (0.29 miles)
  6. Merge onto SAND HILL RD. (1.04 miles)
  7. At the stoplight at SAGA LANE., turn right into the SLAC main entrance.

Google Maps: Directions from SFO to SLAC


From San Jose International Airport (SJC)
  1. Start out going South on AIRPORT BLVD toward AIRPORT EXIT. (1.55 miles)
  2. Turn LEFT onto COLEMAN AVE. (0.10 miles)
  3. Merge onto I-880 S toward SANTA CRUZ. (2.39 miles)
  4. Merge onto I-280 N toward SAN FRANCISCO. (17.94 miles)
  5. Take the SAND HILL RD exit. (0.16 miles)
  6. Take the SAND HILL ROAD EAST ramp. (0.12 miles)
  7. Take the ramp toward MENLO PARK/ ATHERTON. (0.04 miles)
  8. Merge onto SAND HILL RD. (0.62 miles)
  9. At the stoplight at SAGA LANE., turn right into the SLAC main entrance.

Google Maps: Directions from SJC to SLAC


Directions from Berkeley / Davis

(We recommend taking the *San Mateo bridge*, rather than the Bay bridge, to avoid the worst traffic; The Dumbarton bridge is not convenient to SLAC)

  1. Start on interstate 80 W toward San Francisco
  2. Slight right at I-880 S (signs for San Jose/I-880 S/W Grand Ave/Alameda) (18.3 mi)
  3. Take exit 27 for CA-92 W/Jackson St toward San Mateo Bridge (0.5 mi)
  4. Merge onto CA-92 W (17.3 mi; toll)
  5. Take exit 8 to merge onto I-280 S toward San Jose (9.7 mi)
  6. Take the Sand Hill Rd exit toward Menlo Park (0.2 mi)
  7. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Sand Hill Rd E and merge onto Sand Hill Rd (1.3 mi)
  8. At the stoplight at SAGA LANE., turn right into the SLAC main entrance.

Google Maps: Directions from Berkeley / Davis to SLAC


Directions from Santa Cruz
  1. Take CA-17 N toward Oakland/San Jose (21.6 mi)
  2. Take the exit onto CA-85 N (8.1 mi)
  3. Take the exit onto I-280 N toward San Francisco (11.9 mi)
  4. Take the Sand Hill Rd exit (0.1 mi)
  5. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Sand Hill Rd E (0.1 mi)
  6. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Menlo Park/Atherton and merge onto Sand Hill Rd (0.7 mi)
  7. At the stoplight at SAGA LANE., turn right into the SLAC main entrance.

Google Maps: Directions from Santa Cruz to SLAC