directions, maps & parking information

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Directions to Baskin Visual Arts, UC Santa Cruz

From the South (Watsonville, Monterey, etc.):

From the North (Bay Area, San Jose, etc.) via Hwy 17:

  • Take Hwy 17 SOUTH to SANTA CRUZ.
  • Take Hwy 1 NORTH in Santa Cruz (toward Half Moon Bay).
  • Continue on Hwy 1 NORTH as it enters town and becomes Mission St.
  • Turn RIGHT onto Bay Streetand continue to High Street.
  • At High Street, follow directions below.

Directions From High & Bay Streets to Baskin Visual Arts:

  • Turn LEFT on High Street at the main campus entrance (FOLLOW "PRINT SALE" DIRECTIONAL SIGNS).
  • Turn RIGHT onto Heller Dr. (into the UCSC WEST ENTRANCE)
  • At 4th stop sign turn Right onto Meyer Dr. (signs indicate Performing Arts).
  • Parking lot is just ahead on your left.
  • Purchase a parking permit from an attendant or vending machine and display permit in dashboard. (See below for permit information.)
  • Baskin Visual Arts is a short walk up the hill.
  • Disabled parking spaces are available on Kerr Road at the top of the hill.

Parking Information

Parking permits are REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES in the
Performing Arts Lot (click here for map)

  • Visitors may park in any spot that has a ParkMobile sign in front of it and scan the QR code on that sign with their smartphone to open the ParkMobile app and pay for parking that way.
  • When parking ATTENDANTS are selling permits for a special event
    (e.g., during some Print Sale hours), permits must be purchased
    from an attendant for $5
  • Parking requirements may be different in lots other than the
    Performing Arts parking lot.

ALWAYS PARK WITH PERMIT DISPLAYED CLEARLY ON DASH BOARD
THE LOT IS PATROLLED FREQUENTLY, CITATIONS ARE EXPENSIVE
AND WE DON'T WANT YOU TO GET ONE!!

For more parking information:
UCSC Transportation and Parking Services
http://taps.ucsc.edu/paparking.html
(831) 459-2190