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

Tourism

Local Restaurant Guides

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

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
  • Conservatory of Flowers
  • deYoung Museum of Art
  • Japanese Tea Garden
• 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)
• Hakone Japanese Tea Garden (San Jose)
• Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey)
• Coyote Point Museum (San Mateo)

Visitor Information

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

Events

• Stanford University
• SLAC

Golf

• Stanford Golf Course

Performing Arts

• San Francisco Opera (limited summer program)
• San Francisco Symphony
• 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)

Extended Day Trips

• Santa Cruz County
• Go Monterey 
• Carmel
• Napa Valley Online
• Go Sonoma