DIRECTIONS
to
HOLY CROSS MONASTERY
34580 Palomares Road
Castro Valley, California 94552-9622
1-510-581-2778
From the Oakland Airport and Alameda
Take 880 Freeway south (toward San José).
Stay in right lanes as you follow Freeway until you see the exit sign for 580 Freeway toward Castro Valley and Tracy/Stockton.
Continue on 580 Freeway through Castro Valley until you are out of town and into the country.
Take the Eden Canyon\Palomares Road Exit. (This is the first exit after the Center Street exit and there is only one off ramp).
As you come down the off ramp you will come to a stop sign. Turn right (away from Freeway), cross one road, and then turn left onto Palomares Road. (There is an old barn on the corner with the words "SPARK STOVES" painted on its side).
As you drive on Palomares Road, watch the little white mileage markers on the right hand side of the road. They will begin with "0.00" and gradually increase. The Monastery is opposite the "6.58" marker, about a mile past the summit.
Watch for our high walls and large (brown and white) vertical address sign on the left hand side: 34580
Come down the asphalt driveway to the bottom and make a sharp right, turning up toward the Monastery (white stucco with clay tile roof).
Do not cross the bridges over the creek.
This page was last edited on June 22, 2002