Getting to Lake Merritt

Local rides depart from the Children's Fairyland parking lot at the junction of Grand Avenue and Bellevue in the Lake Merritt district of Oakland. How to get there…

From Points East:
Take I-580 West to Oakland. Exit at Grand Avenue. Turn right to Grand Avenue at traffic light at end of exit ramp. Turn leftinto Lakeside Park/Fairyland parking lot at Parkview Terrace/Bellevue (5th traffic light on Grand).

From Points West:
Take I-580 East toward Hayward. Exit at Grand Avenue. Turn right to Grand Avenue at traffic light at end of exit ramp. Turn left into Lakeside Park/Fairyland parking lot at Parkview Terrace/Bellevue (5th traffic light on Grand).

From Points South:
Take I-880 North to Oakland. Exit at Oak Street (immediately following 5th St exit). Turn right at traffic signal onto Oak after exiting. Proceed on Oak until the lake comes into view at which time Oak becomes Lakeside Drive. Lakeside then merges with Harrison Street. Turn right at Grand Avenue. Turn right into Lakeside Park/Fairyland parking lot at Parkview Terrace/Bellevue (1st traffic light on Grand).

From Points North:
Take I-80 West or Highway 24 West, depending on your origin. Merge onto I-580 East toward Hayward. Exit at Grand Avenue. Turn right to Grand Avenue at traffic light at end of exit ramp. Turn left into Fairyland parking lot at Parkview Terrace/Bellevue (3rd traffic light on Grand).

By BART:
FROM THE 19TH STREET STATION – Exit the station at Broadway and go up one block to 20th Street. Turn right on 20th and follow it three blocks to Harrison. Turn left on to Harrison, and right at the next light on to Grand, then right on Bellevue into Lakeside Park/Childrens Fairyland (1st traffic light on Grand).

FROM THE LAKE MERRITT STATION – Exit the station at Oak Street. Head north on Oak (AWAY from freeway overpass). Proceed on Oak until the lake comes into view at which time Oak becomes Lakeside Drive. Lakeside then merges with Harrison Street. Turn right at Grand Avenue. Turn right into Lakeside Park/Fairyland parking lot at Bellevue (1st traffic light on Grand).