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Lawrence Hall of Science is on Centennial Drive in the Berkeley hills east of the main UC Berkeley campus. It is just above the UC Botanical Gardens.

510-642-5132

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Parking
The LHS parking lots are operated by the University of California parking system. Machines are located in the vista lot, the terrace lots, and near the LHS plaza. The machines take quarters and small bills.

Please note the number on your parking stall before leaving your car; the parking machines will ask for your parking stall number. You will receive a receipt at the machine, but you do NOT need to return to your car to display the receipt.

Fall UC Football Season
Each fall during UC Berkeley home football games Centennial Drive normally closes BELOW LHS at 10:30 a.m. and reopens at approximately 4:30 pm. Please use the Grizzly Peak Boulevard route on those days.

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Directions

Driving Directions

from Concord, Walnut Creek area

alternative route from Concord, Walnut Creek area

from 80/580/880 (San Francisco, Fremont, Marin, Richmond, Vallejo)

from 13 (Warren Freeway); from Hayward, San Leandro, Piedmont, Oakland

from 880 North (Nimitz Freeway); from Fremont, Alameda

from 101 (Bayshore Freeway); Peninsula: San Mateo, Palo Alto

From Concord, Walnut Creek area

printable version

  1. Take Hwy. 24 West (680 to 24 West).

  2. Take the Fish Ranch Road exit and turn right onto Fish Ranch Road. Go uphill until the first stop sign.

  3. Turn right at the stop sign (Grizzly Peak Boulevard) and go approximately 3 miles until the next stop sign.

  4. Turn left at the stop sign (Centennial Drive) and go downhill approximately 1/4 mile. LHS is on the right. Parking lots are on both the left and right. The address is 1 Centenneal Drive.

Alternative route from Concord, Walnut Creek area

printable version

  1. Take Hwy. 24 West (680 to 24 West).

  2. Go through the Caldecott Tunnel, take the second exit, "Berkeley, North Hwy 13," which becomes Tunnel Road.

  3. Stay on Tunnel Road, which becomes Ashby Avenue.

  4. Turn right onto College Avenue at a stop light.

  5. Turn right onto Dwight Way at a stop light.

  6. Turn left onto Prospect Street (two blocks above the stop light at Piedmont Avenue).

  7. Turn right onto Stadium Rimway (around the back of the stadium).

  8. Turn right onto Centennial Drive at the stop sign. Go uphill about 1 mile. LHS is on the left just below the top of the hill. Parking lots are on both the left and right.

From 80/580/880 (San Francisco, Fremont, Marin, Richmond, Vallejo)

printable version

  1. Exit at University Avenue in Berkeley from 80/580.

  2. Go about 2 miles to campus (the street ends) and turn left at the stop light onto Oxford Street.

  3. Turn right onto Hearst Avenue at a stop light.

  4. Go uphill and turn right at a stop light onto Gayley Road.

  5. Turn left onto Stadium Rimwayat the stop sign (just past the Greek Theater).

  6. Turn left at the next stop sign onto Centennial Drive. Go uphill about 1 mile. LHS is on the left just below the top of the hill. Parking lots are on both the left and right.

From Oakland via Grizzly Peak Boulevard

printable version

  1. Take Claremont Avenue (behind the Claremont Hotel at the intersection of Clarmont Avenue and Ashby Avenue) uphill to Grizzly Peak Blvd.

  2. Turn left at the stop sign (Grizzly Peak Boulevard) and go approximately 3 miles until the next stop sign.

  3. Turn left at the stop sign (Centennial Drive) and go downhill approximately 1/4 mile. LHS is on the right. Parking lots are on both the left and right.

From 13 (Warren Freeway); from Hayward, San Leandro, Piedmont, Oakland

printable version

  1. Exit "Hwy. 13 to Berkeley," which becomes Tunnel Road and then Ashby Avenue.

  2. Turn right onto College Avenue at a stop light.

  3. Turn right onto Dwight Way at a stop light.

  4. Turn left onto Prospect Street (two blocks above the stop light at Piedmont Avenue).

  5. Turn right onto Stadium Rimway (around the back of the stadium).

  6. Turn right onto Centennial Drive at the stop sign. Go uphill about 1 mile. LHS is on the left just below the top of the hill. Parking lots are on both the left and right.

From 880 North (Nimitz Freeway); from Fremont, Alameda

printable version

  1. 880 to 980

  2. 980 to Hwy. 24 (towards Walnut Creek)

  3. Exit at Claremont Avenue and turn left.

  4. Turn left onto College Avenue at a stop light.

  5. Turn right onto Dwight Way at a stop light.

  6. Turn left onto Prospect Street (two blocks above the stop light at Piedmont Avenue).

  7. Turn right onto Stadium Rimway (around the back of the stadium).

  8. Turn right onto Centennial Drive at the stop sign. Go uphill about 1 mile. LHS is on the left just below the top of the hill. Parking lots are on both the left and right.

From 101 (Bayshore Freeway); Peninsula: San Mateo, Palo Alto

printable version

  1. Take San Mateo Bridge (92) or Dunbarton Bridge (84) to the East Bay. Take 880 north towards Sacramento.

  2. Exit at University Avenue in Berkeley from 80.

  3. Go about 2 miles to campus (the street ends) and turn left at the stop light onto Oxford Street.

  4. Turn right onto Hearst Avenue at a stop light.

  5. Go uphill and turn right at a stop light onto Gayley Road. Be forewarned that Gayley Road is being repaved in July–August and there may be traffic delays.

  6. Turn left onto Stadium Rimwayat the stop sign (just past the Greek Theater).

  7. Turn left at the next stop sign onto Centennial Drive. Go uphill about 1 mile. LHS is on the left just below the top of the hill. Parking lots are on both the left and right.

OR

  1. 101 to San Francisco, Hwy. 80 over the Bay Bridge, 80 north towards Sacramento.

  2. Exit at University Avenue in Berkeley from 80.

  3. Go about 2 miles to campus (the street ends) and turn left at the stop light onto Oxford Street.

  4. Turn right onto Hearst Avenue at a stop light.

  5. Go uphill and turn right at a stop light onto Gayley Road. Be forewarned that Gayley Road is being repaved in July–August and there may be traffic delays.

  6. Turn left onto Stadium Rimwayat the stop sign (just past the Greek Theater).

  7. Turn left at the next stop sign onto Centennial Drive. Go uphill about 1 mile. LHS is on the left just below the top of the hill. Parking lots are on both the left and right.

 


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