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Directions
DOE Joint Genome Institute
2800 Mitchell Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Note: You can get custom directions to JGI on our map page.
From Oakland Airport
- Follow Airport exit signs onto AIRPORT DR.
- Turn RIGHT onto HEGENBERGER RD.
- After traveling about 0.8 miles, take the I-880 NORTH ramp.
- Travel about 1.5 miles and follow signs to get onto I-980 EAST.
- I-980 merges with and becomes CA-24 after about 4.4 miles.
- Travel 13.5 miles on CA-24 EAST through the CALDECOTT TUNNEL.
- Take the I-680 NORTH exit on the LEFT towards CONCORD/SACRAMENTO.
- Travel 1.6 miles on I-680, then exit right on TREAT BLVD.
- Merge onto TREAT BLVD traveling EAST.
- Travel approximately 1.8 miles on TREAT BLVD.
- Turn RIGHT onto OAK GROVE RD. (Note: do not confuse Oak Grove Rd. with Oak Blvd., which is near the freeway. Oak Grove Rd. is nearly two miles further east.)
- Go through three stop lights
- Turn RIGHT onto MITCHELL DR.
- Turn RIGHT into second driveway, before JGI sign (parking lot for Building 310).
Estimated time: 50 minutes
From San Francisco Airport
- Follow the SFO Airport EXIT signs to US-101 NORTH
- Take US-101 NORTH towards SAN FRANCISCO.
- Follow the signs to get onto I-80 EAST.
- Cross the SF Bay Bridge on I-80 EAST.
- Take I-580 EAST EXIT (towards HAYWARD/STOCKTON/DOWNTOWN OAKLAND).
- Stay on I-580 EAST until you reach the CA-24 EAST exit (towards BERKELEY/WALNUT CREEK).
- Take the CA-24 EAST exit.
- Travel on CA-24 EAST approx. 12.5 mi. through the CALDECOTT TUNNEL and past PLEASANT HILL exits.
- Take the I-680 NORTH exit on the LEFT towards CONCORD/SACRAMENTO.
- Travel 1.6 miles on I-680, then exit right on TREAT BLVD.
- Merge onto TREAT BLVD traveling EAST.
- Travel approximately 1.8 miles on TREAT BLVD.
- Turn RIGHT onto OAK GROVE RD. (Note: do not confuse Oak Grove Rd. with Oak Blvd., which is near the freeway. Oak Grove Rd. is nearly two miles further east.)
- Go through three stop lights
- Turn RIGHT onto MITCHELL DR.
- Turn RIGHT into second driveway, before JGI sign (parking lot for Building 310)..
Estimated travel time (non-afternoon commute hours): 1 hour.
From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Exit West Gate of LLNL.
- Turn RIGHT onto VASCO ROAD.
- Take VASCO ROAD to 580 WEST
- Take 580 WEST to 680 NORTH.
- Take 680 NORTH to WALNUT CREEK
- Exit TREAT BLVD (RIGHT). Go EAST on TREAT ~ 1.8 miles
- Turn RIGHT on OAK GROVE ROAD (Note: do not confuse Oak Grove Rd. with Oak Blvd., which is near the freeway. Oak Grove Rd. is nearly two miles further east.)
- Go through three stop lights
- Turn RIGHT on MITCHELL DRIVE
- Turn RIGHT into second driveway, before JGI sign (parking lot for Building 310)..
Estimated travel time (non afternoon commute hours): 45 minutes.
From Sacramento
- Take I-80 west (toward San Francisco) about 45 miles to I-680 S toward BENICIA/SAN JOSE.
- Proceed about 22 miles to the TREAT BLVD/GEARY ROAD Exit.
- Turn left onto N. Main for 0.1 mile
- Turn left onto TREAT BLVD
- Travel approximately 2 miles on TREAT BLVD.
- Turn RIGHT onto OAK GROVE RD. (Note: do not confuse Oak Grove Rd. with Oak Blvd., which is near the freeway. Oak Grove Rd. is nearly two miles further east.)
- Go through three stop lights
- Turn RIGHT on MITCHELL DRIVE
- Turn RIGHT into second driveway, before JGI sign (parking lot for Building 310)..
Estimated travel time: 1 hour 15 minutes.
By Public Transit
- Take BART to the Walnut Creek station, then transfer to the County Connection 101 bus.
- Get off at the Mitchell Drive stop, cross the street, and walk just a few doors eastward.
From Walnut Creek Embassy Suites
1345 Treat Blvd, Walnut Creek, CA 94597:
- Turn LEFT (EAST) on TREAT BLVD and travel approximately 1.8 miles
- Turn RIGHT onto OAK GROVE RD.
- Turn RIGHT onto MITCHELL DR.
- Turn RIGHT into second driveway, before JGI sign (parking lot for Building 310).
From Walnut Creek Marriott
2355 N Main St, Walnut Creek, CA 94596:
- Turn RIGHT (SOUTH) on N Main St toward Parkside Dr 0.4 mi
- Turn LEFT on Ygnacio Valley Rd. proceed ~2.5 miles
- Turn LEFT on N Wiget Lane
- Turn RIGHT on Mitchell Dr, proceed ~0.4 miles past the lot for the Production Genomics Facility and just after the large JGI sign
- Turn LEFT (parking lot for Building 310).