Directions to the KNI Lab

Campus Location

The KNI Lab is located in the Harry G. Steele Laboratory of Electrical Sciences, Building #81 on the Caltech campus.

Parking

Visitors are required to display a parking permit if their vehicle is parked on campus between the hours of 7am–5pm, Mon–Fri. Visitor permits are available at automated pay stations in parking structures.
The Holliston Parking Structure (Parking Structure 4; Building #66) is nearest the Steele Laboratory, Building #81.
Additional parking information can be found here.

Public Transportation

Visit the Caltech Bike Lab's transit guide, intended especially for the Caltech community.
You will find Caltech-specific information on everything from transit subsidies to bus routes, which will help to make your public-transit trip cheaper and faster.

Driving to Caltech

Caltech is easily accessible from both the Harbor/Pasadena Freeway (110), southwest of campus, and the Foothill Freeway (210), north of campus. If using a car or shuttle service, tell the driver you are going to Caltech. If you are asked for an address or intersection, the four corners of campus are Wilson Avenue and California Boulevard (southwest); South Hill Avenue and California Boulevard (southeast); South Hill Avenue and Del Mar Boulevard (northeast); and Wilson Avenue and Del Mar Boulevard (northwest). See the campus map for other streets.

From Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

• Travel south on Sepulveda Boulevard to the Century Freeway (105).
• Proceed east on the 105 to the Harbor/Pasadena Freeway (110).
• Drive north on the 110 until it ends at Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena.
• Continue north on Arroyo Parkway to California Boulevard.
• Turn right to go east on California Boulevard.

From Downtown Los Angeles

• Access the Harbor/Pasadena Freeway (110) and then proceed north until it ends at Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena.
• Continue north on Arroyo Parkway to California Boulevard.
• Turn right to go east on California Boulevard.

From Bob Hope Airport (BUR) and Glendale

• Follow the signs leaving the airport to the Golden State Freeway (5).
• Proceed south on the 5 to the Ventura Freeway (134).
• Go east on the 134 to the Foothill Freeway (210).
• Continue east on the 210 to the Hill Avenue exit.
• Turn right on Hill Avenue, traveling south until you reach campus.

From West Los Angeles

• Travel east on the Santa Monica Freeway (10) to the Harbor/Pasadena Freeway (110).
• Go north on the 110 until it ends at Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena.
• Continue north on the Arroyo Parkway to California Boulevard.
• Turn right to go east on California Boulevard.

From Ontario Airport (ONT)

• Follow signs leaving the airport to the San Bernardino Freeway (10).
• Travel west on the 10 toward Los Angeles to the Orange Freeway (57).
• Go north on the 57 to the Foothill Freeway (210).
• Continue west on the 210 to Pasadena.
• Exit at Hill Avenue.
• Turn left onto Hill Avenue, traveling south until you reach campus.

From Orange County or the San Gabriel Valley

• Access the San Gabriel River Freeway (605) and drive north to the Foothill Freeway (210).
• Go west on the 210, taking the Hill Avenue exit.
• Turn left on Hill Avenue, traveling south until you reach campus.