This page will help you find your way to the Arboretum of the University of California at Santa Cruz. There are written directions below the map.The Arboretum is open daily for visitors from 9 - 5, except Thanksgiving and Christmas.
From the East BayFrom San Francisco
- Take 880 or 680 South to 17 South
- Go through the Santa Cruz Mountains on 17
- Take Highway 1 North towards Half Moon Bay. At this point you will begin to see signs for UC Santa Cruz
- Once you are in town, turn right onto Bay, going up to the UC campus
- Turn left at the High St. traffic light at the base of campus
- Stay on this street for approx 1/2 mile, the entrance is to your right
- If you have hit the West entrance to campus, you have gone too far
From Southern California
- Take 280 South to 85 to 17 or
- Take 101 to 17
- From here, simply use the directions above.
- Take Highway 1 North
- Pass Through Santa Cruz
- Once you are in town, turn right onto Bay, going up to the UC campus
- Turn left at the High St. traffic light at the base of campus
- Stay on this street for approx 1/2 mile, the entrance is to your right
- If you have hit the West entrance to campus, you have gone too far