Sandia/California is located at 7011 East Avenue in Livermore, Calif., a suburban community about 45 miles east of San Francisco. Positioned at the eastern edge of the San Francisco Bay Area, Sandia is within easy commuting distance of many affordable housing communities in San Joaquin County and the Central Valley.
The official hours of operation at Sandia/California are from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. General inquiries can be made by calling (925) 294-3000. See our contacts page for additional information.
All three major airports in the San Francisco Bay Area provide access to Sandia/California. Oakland International Airport is the closest airport to Sandia, followed by San Jose International Airport and then San Francisco International Airport. Traffic on Interstate 580 — used when traveling to Sandia from either Oakland or San Francisco — can be quite heavy, so be sure to allow for extra time when driving during rush hour.
Public transportation to Sandia is available from the San Francisco and Oakland airports via the Bay Area Rapid Transit and Wheels bus system. In addition, you can rent a car from any AVIS rental location — including the airports — and return the car at Sandia. AVIS cars are also available for pickup at Sandia with a prior reservation at least 24 hours in advance of the pickup date and time.
To arrange a drop-off or pickup of your AVIS rental car at Sandia, you must make your reservation by calling AVIS’s on-site office at (925) 371-0326. You can then manage your reservation on the AVIS website. The AVIS rental car pickup and drop-off area is in the west parking lot, near the Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union.
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Access to Sandia’s California site is limited to those with authorized badges. If you do not have an authorized badge, be sure to make arrangements with your Sandia point of contact ahead of time so that you can pick up a visitor badge at the Satellite Badge Office (Mobile 53) before entering the site.
Visitors to Sandia/California should also note the following:
Because Sandia/California is a Department of Energy national laboratory, the following special security measures are applied to everyone on-site: