General Information

 

Access to SLAC

All visitors must have a valid photo ID to enter the Laboratory. The SLAC Main Gate is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (more about visiting SLAC).

To reach the Stanford Guest House, ask for directions at the main gate. Parking is available for registered guests.

SLAC also has an on-site cafeteria. To learn more about the hours and menus, please go to cafeteria's website.

Computing Access

• SLAC wireless network

Information About the Local Area

Weather

The average temperature in the Stanford area in December is 60ºF. "
[More weather information]

Tourism

• Local Restaurant Guides
• Visitor Information
• Events at Stanford
• Museums
• Performing Arts
• Hiking / Outdoors
• Amusement Parks
• Extended Day Trips

Local Restaurant Guides:

• RestaurantRow.com: List of Menlo Park restaurants (be careful -- some restaurants are outside of the Menlo Park/Palo Alto area)
• ActiveDiner.com: List of Menlo Park/Palo Alto restaurants
• Waiters on Wheels: Palo Alto area (This is great if you don't have a car.)
• Menlo Park and Palo Alto Restaurants (pdf)

Visitor Information

• Stanford Visitor’s Information
• Go California: San Francisco Bay Area
• Quick Start Guide

Events at Stanford

• Events at Stanford University
• Stanford Jazz Festival

Museums

• Cantor Center for Visual Arts (Stanford University)
• The Exploratoruim (San Francisco)
• Golden Gate Park (San Francisco)
   
  • Asian Art Museum (San Francisco)
  • California Academy of Sciences (Steinhart Aquarium, Natural History Museum, Morrison Planetarium)
  • Conservatory of Flowers
  • deYoung Museum of Art
  • Garden of Shakespeare's Flowers
  • Japanese Tea Garden
  • Strybing Arboretum
• Legion of Honor (San Francisco)
• San Jose Museum of Art (San Jose)
• The Tech Museum of Innovation (San Jose)
• The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum (Santa Cruz)
• Japanese Tea Garden
• Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey)
• Coyote Point Museum (San Mateo)

Performing Arts

• San Francisco Opera (limited summer program)
• San Francisco Symphony
• San Francisco Ballet (special summer program)
• Villa Montalvo Arts Center - outdoor concerts (Saratoga)

Hiking / Outdoors

• Bay Area Hiker: Peninsula and South Bay Hikes (Menlo Park / Palo Alto)
• County of San Mateo Park Trails (Menlo Park area)
• County of Santa Clara Find a Park (Palo Alto area)
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area (San Francisco / Marin)

Amusement Parks

• Paramount's Great America (Santa Clara)
• Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (Santa Cruz)
• Six Flags Marine World (Vallejo)

Extended Day Trips

South:

• Santa Cruz County
• Go Monterey  
• Carmel

North:

• Napa Valley Online
• Go Sonoma
• Calistoga