Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
the parking lot on Centennial Dr just southwest of the Botanical Garden; you'll emerge
near the Lawrence Hall of Science.
The garden can be reached via the Bear Transit shuttle H line.
Lawrence Hall of Science
SCIENCE CENTER
child 7-8/child 3-6 $12/9/6; 10am-5pm daily; )
Near Grizzly Peak Blvd, the science hall is named after Ernest Lawrence, who won the
Nobel Prize for his invention of the cyclotron particle accelerator. He was a key member
of the WWII Manhattan Project, and he's also the name behind the Lawrence Berkeley and
Lawrence Livermore laboratories. The Hall of Science has interactive exhibits for kids and
adults (many closed on weekdays) on subjects ranging from earthquakes to nanotechno-
logy, and outside there's a 60ft model of a DNA molecule.
AC Transit bus 65 runs to the hall from the downtown BART station. You can also catch
the university's Bear Transit shuttle (H line) from the Hearst Mining Circle.
West Berkeley
Berkeley Marina
MARINA
At the west end of University Ave is the marina, frequented by squawking seagulls, silent
types fishing from the pier, unleashed dogs and, especially on windy weekends, lots of col-
orful kites. First construction began in 1936, though the pier has much older origins. It was
originally built in the 1870s, then replaced by a 3-mile-long ferry pier in 1920 (its length
dictated by the bay's extreme shallowness). Part of the original pier is now rebuilt, afford-
ing visitors sweeping bay views.
Adventure Playground
PLAYGROUND
(
510-981-6720;
www.cityofberkeley.info/adventureplayground
;
11am-5pm Sat & Sun & daily
mid-Jun-mid-Aug, closed last week of year; )
At the Berkeley Marina, this is one of the coolest play spaces in the country - a free out-
door park encouraging creativity and cooperation where supervised kids of any age can
