The UC Merced Campus

Visiting Merced

• Driving to campus and need directions? Use the maps & directions below or go to the UC Merced Maps page for more information.
• Use the CatTracks bus system to get around Merced instead of driving.
• Save money when riding the San Joaquin Amtrak by getting a Student Advantage Card.
• More information on campus visits here.

2020 Project

• An ambitious initiative to rapidly add new capital facilities to the University of California, Merced.
• The Project includes 1.2 million gross square feet (790,000 asf) of critically needed facilities.
• By 2020, the project will roughly double the physical capacity of the campus.
• Learn more about the project here.

Campus Location

Driections

UC Merced, 5200 N. Lake Road, is about eight miles northeast of the city of Merced’s downtown area. Driving directions to the campus from the region’s major airports (San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose and Fresno) are available online.

Directions from southbound Highway 99

1. Head southeast on CA-99 South.
2. Take Exit 187B toward Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
3. Turn left onto CA-59 North/Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
4. Take the third right onto West 16th Street.
5. Take the third left onto G Street.
6. Turn right onto East Bellevue Road.
7. Turn left at Lake Road.
8. Arrive at main entrance to the UC Merced campus.

Directions from northbound Highway 99

1. Head northwest on CA-99 North.
2. Take exit 187A for G Street.
3. Turn right onto G Street.
4. Turn right onto East Bellevue Road.
5. Turn left at Lake Road.
6. Arrive at main entrance to the UC Merced campus.