Directions and Parking

Parking

• A valid UC Davis permit is required to park on campus.

• UC Davis uses Aggie Park, an app that allows drivers to conduct parking permit transactions from their mobile devices.

  • Visitor lots (aka C lots) allow hourly parking in any space at $2.75 for the first hour, $6.50 for two hours and $11.25 for three hours. Daily rates are available in these lots for visitors for $17 per day.

    • There are solar-powered COSMO permit dispensers in the C lots that allow for non-app usage. You’ll need to know your license plate number.

  • After 5:00 pm these lots become available for hourly rates to all visitors.

  • Visitors with a disabled placard/plate may park without displaying an additional permit, and may park in spaces where UC Davis DSA permits are honored. Disabled placards/plates are not valid in restricted spaces (such as 1 hour A permit spaces), loading zones, red zones, center core and reserved areas.

Directions by Car

• From Interstate 80 East (from Bay Area), take the “UC Davis” exit (Exit 71) and turn left on to Old Davis Road. Continue north-west through the traffic circle, stop light and two stop signs. Visitor Parking Lot 5 will be on your right in approximately 1 mile.
• From Interstate 80 West (from Sacramento), take the “UC Davis” exit (Exit 71) and turn right on to Old Davis Road. Continue north-west through the traffic circle, stop light and two stop signs. Visitor Parking Lot 5 will be on your right in approximately 1 mile.
• From State Highway 113 (from Woodland), head South and merge with I-80. Take the “UC Davis” exit (Exit 71) and turn left on to Old Davis Road. Continue north-west through the traffic circle, stop light and two stop signs. Visitor Parking Lot 5 will be on your right in approximately 1 mile.
• From Visitor Parking Lot 5, head north along walk along Old Davis Road until you reach Hutchison Drive. Turn turn left. The Ceramics Studio TB-9 will be on your right. Continue past the Pitzer Center to Maria Manetti Shrem Art District and the Art Building which will be on your right.

By Bus

• Unitrans bus lines A, L and W, stop at Shields / the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Hall (and Wright Hall) and also at TB-9. Note: there is no Unitrans service on Friday or Saturday nights. Use the Unitrans trip planner for help planning your route.

By Train

• Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor line provides service to and from the Bay Area and Sacramento. The station, located in downtown Davis, can be reached by taking Unitrans’ A line which stops at Shields / the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Hall (and Wright Hall) and also at TB-9. Note: there is no Unitrans service on Friday or Saturday nights. Use the Unitrans trip planner for help planning your route.