Directions

Directions to Santa Cruz

Downtown Santa Cruz

Downtown Santa Cruz

From Oakland: Take Interstate 880 South to San Jose, where the freeway becomes Highway 17. Continue on Highway 17 South to Santa Cruz. At the outskirts of Santa Cruz, take Highway 1 North (toward half Moon Bay). On Business Highway 1 (Mission Street), travel approximately one mile north to Bay Street in Santa Cruz. Turn right on Bay and proceed up the hill to the main campus entrance.

From San Jose: Take Highway 17 South to Santa Cruz. At the outskirts of Santa Cruz, take Highway 1 North (toward half Moon Bay). On Business Highway 1 (Mission Street), travel approximately one mile north to Bay Street in Santa Cruz. Turn right on Bay and proceed up the hill to the main campus entrance.

From San Francisco: Take Highway 101 South or Interstate 280 South to Highway 85 South. Take 17 South to Santa Cruz. At the outskirts of Santa Cruz, take Highway 1 North (toward half Moon Bay). On Business Highway 1 (Mission Street), travel approximately one mile north to Bay Street in Santa Cruz. Turn right on Bay and proceed up the hill to the main campus entrance.

From Walnut Creek/Concord: Take Interstate 680 South to San Jose, where it becomes Interstate 280 North. From 280 North, take Highway 17 South. At the outskirts of Santa Cruz, take Highway 1 North (toward half Moon Bay). On Business Highway 1 (Mission Street), travel approximately one mile north to Bay Street in Santa Cruz. Turn right on Bay and proceed up the hill to the main campus entrance.

From Sacramento: Take Interstate 80 West to the exit for Interstate 680 towards San Jose. In San Jose, Interstate 680 becomes Interstate 280 North. From 280 North, take Highway 17 South. At the outskirts of Santa Cruz, take Highway 1 North (toward half Moon Bay). On Business Highway 1 (Mission Street), travel approximately one mile north to Bay Street in Santa Cruz. Turn right on Bay and proceed up the hill to the main campus entrance.

From Los Angeles: Take Interstate 5 North. Take Highway 152 West, to Watsonville. Take Highway 1 North to Santa Cruz (toward Half Moon Bay). On Business Highway 1 (Mission Street), travel approximately one mile north to Bay Street in Santa Cruz. Turn right on Bay and proceed up the hill to the main campus entrance.

From Santa Barbara: Take Highway 101 North, then Highway 129 to Watsonville. On Business Highway 1 (Mission Street), travel approximately one mile north to Bay Street in Santa Cruz. Turn right on Bay and proceed up the hill to the main campus entrance.

Directions to the Conference

Humanities 1 Building

Humanities 1 Building

The Free to Universalize or Bound by Culture? conference will be located in the Humanities 1 Building. Humanities 1 is part of the Humanities and Social Sciences Complex which is located at the entrance to Cowell College, on the corner of Hagar Drive and McLaughlin Drive.

The Humanities and Social Sciences Facility is located just north of Cowell College, in the northeast corner of the campus core. Those walking or arriving by Metro bus or campus shuttle should disembark at the Crown/Merrill bus stop.

For those driving from the Main Entrance, stay on Coolidge Drive. Shortly after Coolidge turns left and becomes McLaughlin Drive, turn left at the second opportunity, following the sign for Cowell College. The Humanities and Social Sciences facility is the first group of buildings on your right.

There are several options for visitor parking. The first small lot on the left is not available for visitor parking. You may park in the second lot on the left. If it is full, you can also continue on the service road as it goes down a hill to several larger parking lots.

Those needing accessible parking spaces have several options. There are two accessible spaces located in front of the Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, one space in the Cowell Circle, and several “medical” spaces reserved in the first small lot mentioned above. (“Medical” spaces are reserved for those with disabilities, but who don’t need the additional width of standard accessible parking spaces.)

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