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directions to the RFS:

campus shuttle: (23 minutes) there is a campus shuttle to the RFS for 50 cents that leaves once an hour from campus. the schedules (at time of writing, you might want to check: 643-7665) are:

getting there (northbound):

  • Hearst Mining Circle (Evans Hall) -- first shuttle at 7:35am; next at 9:10am, then 10 minutes after each hour until 4:10pm; last at 5:35pm.
  • Oxford St. & University Ave. -- first shuttle at 7:37am; next at 9:12am, then 12 minutes after each hour until 4:12; last at 5:37pm.
  • arrives at the RFS 23 minutes after leaving Oxford and University.

getting back (southbound):
  • leaves the RFS -- first two at 7:00am and 8:30am; next at 9:40am and 40 minutes after each hour until 3:40pm; last at 5:00pm. if you miss it, see the "biking from BART" directions.

biking from Berkeley-area: (45min-1hr)
this sounds a bit confusing, but it's actually really easy.

  • get on the Ohlone Greenway going north. (it goes underneath the BART tracks where they're out of the ground -- a good place to meet it is the NW corner of the N.Berkeley BART station)
  • go left at Marin Ave -- a big street, with a big red-and-white striped library and no street sign. You will then cross San Pablo, bend right, and then left as Marin turns into Buchanan.
  • go over the overpass and across the two ramps.
  • go right immediately after the offramp on the bicycle path just between the freeway and the bay.
  • follow this about 1.5 miles: across a big intersection, past the Pt. Isabel dog park.
  • go righton the footbridge leading off to your right. if you get to the subdivision, you've gone too far.
  • go right at the stop sign, then immediately left onto Meade.
  • go left on S. 47th St. after the curve, where the train tracks appear.
  • immediately go right into the Richmond Field Station.
  • go left on Egret, after the guard shack,
  • go straight all the way to the end, then curve right around the end of the last building.
  • we're in the building ahead of you -- look for our sign.

biking from BART: (about 15 minutes from BART)

  • get off at the El Cerrito del Norte BART stop.
  • go west on Hill St (away from the hills, towards the freeway), which goes along the south side of the station, crosses San Pablo, and bends left, becoming Eastshore.
  • take Eastshore one block, until going straight would put you on the freeway.
  • turn right onto Potrero.
  • take the first left that's not the freeway -- this is South 55th, but it's not labeled.
  • go right on Gately, just before the hill.
  • turn left on Ells at the "T".
  • immediately go right on Bayview.
  • Bayview will take you up over the freeway, then curve right, becoming Meade.
  • go straight at the stop sign.
  • go left on S. 47th St. after the curve, where the train tracks appear.
  • after this, see the biking directions above.