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  • Nearby Airports:
      ✈ SNA (<10 min away), John Wayne Airport
      ✈ LGB (~20 min away), Long Beach Airport
      ✈ LAX (~1 hr away), Los Angeles International Airport
      ✈ ONT (~1 hr away), Ontario International Airport

      ✷ Note for LAX: The LAX shuttles are color coded. Here is the Shuttle Maps provided by LAX Transportation Options.

  • UCI Directions
      UCI can be reached via multiple routes, including 405 (Freeway), 5 (Freeway), 55 (Freeway), 73 (Freeway/Tollway), 91 Freeway/261Tollway.

      ✷ Note: 73 is a combination of freeway and tollway.
      ⬇ Driving South: When driving down to UCI (from North, such as LA, Long Beach, Ontario), UCI is located between the exits 14B University and 13 Bison (last exist before toll). See image below. You may stay on the route as long as exiting at these no toll exits if the GPS system only recognize 73 as a full tollroad.

      ⬆ Driving North: When driving North to UCI from San Diego area, 405 is the freeway option, while 73 requires toll along the way. Toll info/calculator is at the toll roads.

  • UCI is located at exits 13 and 14 of 73.

    Image modified from thetollroads and UCI Maps


  • Rideshare location/zone or Zipcar rental
  • These are the Rideshare dropoff or pick up locations.


  • Parking
  • Most of the in-person kiosk (“i” mark) are open during weekdays.
    The Anteater Parking Structure is the closer spot to the Middle Earth Housing.
    You may purchase permit at the dispenser machine. Here is the rate information, https://parking.uci.edu/permits/visitorpermits.cfm
    A weekly pass has reduced rate in comparison to daily rate.

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