College of San Mateo Library
1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd.
Building 9
San Mateo CA 94402
650.574.6100
Directions
Highway 280 (traveling North or South): Take the Highway 92 exit east toward San Mateo. Exit at West Hillsdale Boulevard, turning left at the traffic light at the end of the exit ramp onto West Hillsdale Boulevard. Proceed uphill through second and third sets of traffic lights. For all buildings proceed on West Hillsdale Boulevard to enter the campus at CSM Drive or continue driving north on West Hillsdale Boulevard onto the road that circles the campus. The Library is Building #9.Highway 101 (traveling North or South): Take the Highway 92 exit west toward Half Moon Bay. Exit at West Hillsdale Boulevard, turning right at the traffic light at the end of the exit ramp onto West Hillsdale Boulevard. Proceed uphill through second set of traffic lights. For all buildings proceed on West Hillsdale Boulevard to enter the campus at CSM Drive or continue driving north on West Hillsdale Boulevard onto the road that circles the campus. The Library is Building #9.
El Camino Real (traveling North & South): Take the Highway 92 exit west toward Half Moon Bay. Exit at West Hillsdale Boulevard, turning right at the traffic light at the end of the exit ramp onto West Hillsdale Boulevard. Proceed uphill through second set of traffic lights. For all buildings proceed on West Hillsdale Boulevard to enter the campus at CSM Drive or continue driving north on West Hillsdale Boulevard onto the road that circles the campus. The Library is Building #9.
Public Transportation: SamTrans bus service has two direct routes to the campus (#250 and #260) and connecting bus routes from the Hillsdale Shopping Center and the Caltrain Station serving the CSM campus throughout the day. All buses have wheelchair lifts and also serve students attending evening classes. Routing information is available by calling 1-800-660-4BUS or via the web at Samtrans or Caltrain.
Visitor Parking
Parking by permit only during class hours. Library parking available in Lots 1 & 2. Disabled parking (by special permit only) available in Lots 3D & 5.Metered visitor parking available at the north end of Lot 2. Visitors may park in PayBySpace Visitor Lots 2A or 2D ($0.25 for each 15 minutes). After entering the space number in which the vehicle is parked into the machine and depositing sufficient money to purchase required time the permit machine located at each of the Visitor Lots will issue a receipt that need not be displayed in the vehicle.
Visitors may also park in a student lot after purchasing and displaying in the vehicle (face up on dashboard) a $2 daily permit. Parking permit machines are located in Hillsdale Lot 1B, Beethoven Lot 2A and 2E, Galileo Lot 6B, and Stadium lot 11. For the location of the parking lots please see a campus map.
CSM Parking Regulations