SLAC is located on 426 acres of Stanford University property, just three miles west of the main campus. The main entrance to the facility is on Sand Hill Road, just east of Interstate 280.

• SLAC site map
• Bay Area map (PDF)

Weather

• The average high temperature in the Stanford area in October is 73°F.
• "California casual" is appropriate for daytime and most evening outings and is acceptable for all conference activities. A sweater or light jacket is suggested for evenings.
• More local weather information »

Visitor Information

• Stanford Visitor’s Information
• Stanford Guest House (group block 'USERS2017')
• Other local accommodations

Events at Stanford

• Events at Stanford University

Hiking / Outdoors

• Bay Area Hiking Guide
• Bair Island Aquatic Center
• East Bay Regional Park District
• Elkhorn Slough (Monterey Bay)
• County of San Mateo Parks (Menlo Park area)
• County of Santa Clara Find a Park (Palo Alto area)
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area (San Francisco / Marin)
• Marine Mammal Center (Sausalito)

Museums

• Asian Art Museum (San Francisco)
• Cantor Center for Visual Arts (Stanford University)
• Computer History Museum (Mountain View)
• Coyote Point Museum (San Mateo)
• Exploratorium (San Francisco)
• Golden Gate Park (San Francisco)
  • California Academy of Sciences (Steinhart Aquarium, Natural History Museum, Morrison Planetarium)
  • Conservatory of Flowers
  • deYoung Museum of Art
  • Japanese Tea Garden
  • Strybing Arboretum
• Lawrence Hall of Science (Berkeley)
• Legion of Honor (San Francisco)
• Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey)
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco)
• San Jose Museum of Art (San Jose)
• Santa Cruz Surfing Museum (Santa Cruz)
• The Tech Museum of Innovation (San Jose)

Performing Arts

• Concerts in the San Francisco Bay Area
• San Francisco Opera
• San Francisco Symphony
• San Francisco Ballet
• Villa Montalvo Arts Center - outdoor concerts (Saratoga)

Amusement Parks

• California's Great America (Santa Clara)
• Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (Santa Cruz)
• Six Flags Discover Kingdom (Vallejo)