# Purpose: Directions to Croul Hall Offices

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My office is 

Croul Hall 3323
Department of Earth System Science
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3100
(949) 891-2429

Latitude :   33.643662 N
Longitude: -117.844613 E

Campus maps and freeway directions are at http://www.uci.edu/campusmap
ESS offices are in Croul Hall (CH), building 417 in quadrant F6.
Parking permits may be obtained/picked-up at these five locations:

https://www.parking.uci.edu/reservations

which are the red stars shown on this map:

https://www.parking.uci.edu/maps/structures

Driving from the North (LA) or East (Riverside):
We are about 45 minutes from LAX airport.
Take 405S or 55W to 73S and exit 73S at Bison Ave.
(Bison Ave. is the last toll-free exit on 73S).
Turn left onto Bison and drive straight into UCI.
At the third stoplight, turn right onto Peltason Ave.
You are heading for the School of Physical Sciences.
Peltason will curve around the campus. Before the first stopsign, 
turn left onto Reines Hall Way and drive into Parking Lot 12b.
If you reach the Los Trancos stopsign, then you have missed the 
entrance (do a U-turn and take the first right into Lot 12b).
All spaces in Lot 12b require parking permits.
If you have a reserved parking permit, you may park in any of the
faculty/staff spaces (those with red signs requiring an AR permit). 
Croul Hall is the new, three story beige brick building with the
glass facade and golden-copper roof. 

Driving from the South (San Diego):
We are about 80 minutes from San Diego.
Take 405N and get off on the Culver Ave. exit.
Turn left onto Culver and follow Culver for about 1.5 miles
until you reach Campus Ave. Turn right onto Campus Ave.
and continue through a few lights until you reach Peltason Ave.
Turn left onto Peltason (Peltason turns into Berkeley Ave., 
so if you turned to the right here you would be on Berkeley). 
You may buy a permit at the parking kiosk on your immediate right.
Follow Peltason as it circles around the main campus. 
Turn right on Reines Hall Way into parking lot 12b, 
the first turn following the stop-sign intersection with Los Trancos.
All spaces in lot 12b now require parking stickers.
If you have a red parking permit, you may park in any of the
faculty/staff spaces (those with red signs requiring an AR permit). 
Croul Hall is the new, three story beige brick building with the
glass facade and golden-copper roof. 

Note that Parking Lot 12a actually abuts Croul Hall. 
However, directions to Lot 12a are more difficult to understand.
The entrance to Lot 12a is on your right as you follow Bison straight 
through the intersection with Peltason and drive past the dormitories.
Lot 12a requires reserved parking coupons as well.
Thus if you know what you're doing 12a is a little closer.
If you want to play it safe, park in Lot 12b.

Obtain your reserved parking pass before parking in Lots 12a/b!
Pick up your reserved parking pass at the Mesa or Engineering Parking 
structures. These appear as "MPS" and "EPS" on this map:

http://www.parking.uci.edu/wayfinding/structures

After obtaining your permit, proceed as described above and park in
Lot 12b or Lot 12a which both serve Physical Sciences and Croul Hall:  

http://www.parking.uci.edu/wayfinding

The reserved parking pass will be under your or my name (check both).