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Getting to MSOB
The Medical School Office Building (MSOB) is located on the corner of Campus Drive West and Welch Road, between Panama Street and Welch Road. The MSOB is a three story white building with redwood window framing and stone fountain outside the back entrance, indicated with the red arrow in the figure below. The street address is 1265 Welch Road, Stanford, CA 94305 (building recently renumbered from 251 Campus Drive West), which means very little to GPS devices. The exact latitude/longitude is 37.431734, -122.179476.
There are two options for parking. Note the two orange arrows in the figure below.
The first option is the parking lot in front of our building, which has an entrance on Welch Road. This lot has a few parking slots with coin metered parking.
A second option for parking is in the large parking lot across the street on Welch Road. Entrance to the lot is from Stock Farm Road or Oak Road, but you have to drive within the lot towards the corner of Welch Road and Campus Drive. There are many spots available here, and payment is through cash, coins, or credit card using an automated permit dispenser.
A full Stanford map in PDF format is available here.
Logistics
By Shuttle from San Francisco International Airport
Take the "Super Shuttle" van service (roughly $30). The van will take you to a stop on Campus Drive near MSOB, between Panama Street and Welch Road.
By Taxi Cab from San Francisco International Airport
Taxi cabs from San Francisco Airport to the Stanford campus can be very expensive, around $100 each way.
From San Francisco on Highway 101
Take Highway 101 South to Palo Alto, and exit on Embarcadero Rd. West. Take Embarcadero across El Camino Real, at which point it becomes Galvez Street, and you will be on Stanford's campus.
Turn right on Campus Drive West. Turn right on Welch Rd (next right turn after the stop sign at Panama St) and then the first right to enter our parking lot. Metered visitor spaces are immediately to your left. If you pass Stock Farm Road while on Campus Drive West, you are too far and should turn around at the next stop sign.
From San Jose on Highway 101
Take Highway 101 North to Palo Alto, and exit on Embarcadero Rd. West (there should be a sign saying Stanford University second exit). Do not take the first Embarcadero exit. The second Embarcadero Road exit will loop around and go over the freeway. Take Embarcadero across El Camino Real, at which point it becomes Galvez Street, and you will be on Stanford's campus.
Turn right on Campus Drive West. Turn right on Welch Rd (next right turn after the stop sign at Panama St) and then the first right to enter our parking lot. Metered visitor spaces are immediately to your left. If you pass Stock Farm Road while on Campus Drive West, you are too far and should turn around at the next stop sign.
From San Francisco on Highway 280
Take Highway 280 South toward San Jose. Exit on Alpine and turn left (going under the freeway). Turn right at Junipero Serra (first light). Turn left on Campus Drive West (first light). Pass 3 stop signs and turn left onto Welch Rd and then the first right to enter the parking lot.
From San Jose on Highway 280
Take Highway 280 North toward San Francisco. Exit on Alpine and turn right. Turn right at Junipero Serra (first light). Turn left on Campus Drive West (first light). Pass 3 stop signs and turn left onto Welch Rd and then the first right to enter the parking lot.
Using the Stanford Campus Shuttle Service
The Marguerite Shuttle is a free Stanford Transportation service within the campus. It has schedules posted on bus stop posts. The Marguerite schedule is also available online. The B line stops at the Stock Farm Parking Structure across Welch Rd from the MSOB.
The Marguerite also stops at the Stanford Medical Center, the Stanford Oval (near Memorial Church), Tressider (near Stanford Bookstore), and other stops along Campus Drive. For more information, see the Marguerite information page.
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