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Transportation Information

HILLER CAMPUS TRANSPORTATION (GRADES K–8)

Bentley Lower and Middle School
1 Hiller Drive
Oakland, CA 94618
Tel: (510) 843-2512

Visitors should plan to park on the street, alongside the Firestorm Memorial Garden. Please check in with the security guard at the entrance, then walk up the hill to the Main Office on campus. 

DIRECTIONS 
From Berkeley
Pass the Claremont Hotel on Ashby Avenue going East. At the traffic lights, make a 90 degree left turn into the small central island area. Turn left again onto Hiller Drive and proceed straight until you reach the first driveway on the left.
From Oakland / Highway 13N
Arrive at the junction of traffic lights at the end of Highway 13. Make a sharp right-hand turn into the central island area. Turn left onto Hiller Drive and go straight until you reach the first driveway on the left.
From San Francisco
Coming off the Bay Bridge, follow signs to Walnut Creek. Take Highway 24 and then the Old Tunnel Road exit, right before the Caldecott Tunnel. Swing right and drive parallel to the freeway to the overpass. Turn right over the overpass. At the stop sign, turn left. Stay on the road until you come to the multiple stoplights. Be sure to be in the right lane and drive straight until you reach the first driveway on the left.
From Walnut Creek
Be sure to be in the right-hand lane as you go through the right bore of the Caldecott Tunnel. Take the very first exit after the tunnel (Tunnel Road). Follow the road, bearing left then right around the hill to the junction of stoplights. Be in the right-hand lane at the stoplights. Drive straight ahead. Bentley School is just ahead- it's the first driveway on the left.
 

LAFAYETTE CAMPUS TRANSPORTATION 
(GRADES 9–12)

Bentley Upper School
1000 Upper Happy Valley Road
Lafayette, CA 94549
Tel: (925) 283-2101

Visitors will see available parking spaces in the Student Lot near the Athletic Field at the campus entrance. For visitor parking spaces near the Main Office, follow the one-way road past the Athletic Center and The Commons. Please check in with the Main Office upon your arrival to campus.

DIRECTIONS
From Highway 580 / 13 Berkeley / Oakland
Take Highway 24 East through the Caldecott Tunnel. Take the Acalanes Road exit, following the Upper Happy Valley Road ramp straight ahead, then bearing right. You will go under the freeway. At the stop sign, take a right onto El Nido Ranch Road. You will pass the school exit on your right at the next stop sign. Continue downhill and make the next right to enter the campus, next to the Soccer Field.
From Highway 680 Walnut Creek / Concord
Take Highway 24 West towards Oakland/Berkeley. Take the Acalanes Road exit and bear to the right. At the stop sign take a right onto El Nido Ranch Road. You will pass the school exit on your right at the next stop sign. Continue downhill and make the next right to enter campus, next to the Soccer Field.

USEFUL LINKS

Current Bus Schedule For 2026–2027

Hiller Campus Parking Guidelines

Hiller Campus Good Neighbor Pledge

Oakland Traffic, Parking, & Safety Handbook

Hiller Campus Map

Upper School Campus Map

 

 

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