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Main Campus

Address

4800 Sand Point Way N.E.
Seattle, WA 98105

Telephone

206-987-2000
206-987-2280 (TTY)
866-987-2000 (Toll free)
866-583-1527 (no English)
206-987-2226 (Driving directions)

Parking at the Main Campus

Valet Parking

Whale Garage: Free valet parking is available for patients and families in the Whale 6 parking garage from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday. Drop your vehicle off at the Whale 6 driveway and receive a valet ticket from Children’s staff. When leaving, present your ticket to the staff at the valet booth on Whale 6 and your car will be brought to you.

Emergency Department: Free valet parking is available to Emergency Department patients and families from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Drop off your vehicle at the main driveway in front of the Emergency Department entrance. See the ED waiting room staff for assistance.

Garage Parking

Children's Hospital provides free parking for visitors, patients and families. Most lots are open 24 hours a day. They are monitored by closed-circuit television.

For families and visitors going to patient rooms or the Wright Auditorium, please use the Giraffe parking garage, located across from the Giraffe entrance on Penny Lane. Follow signs to the Giraffe entrance. View campus map.

Emergency Department: When Emergency Department valet parking is not available, there is an additional parking in lot 4 across Penny Lane from the Emergency Department entrance.

All other families and visitors, please use the Whale parking garage. The three levels of the Whale garage are numbered to correspond with the hospital's floors 4, 5 and 6. All levels have direct access to the hospital. See patient, family and visitor entrance hours for more detail.

Large Vehicles

  • Vehicles up to 6 feet, 10 inches park in Giraffe parking or on any level of Whale parking.
  • Vehicles 6 feet, 10 inches to 8 feet 4 inches park in Whale parking on level 6.
  • Vehicles over 8 feet, 4 inches park in Lot 4.

Disabled Parking

Learn about our disabled parking facilities.

Parking Escort Service

Security Services will provide escort service to any person wishing assistance to return to their vehicle in any parking lot. Call the hospital operator at (206) 987-2000 to request assistance.

Driving Directions to the Hospital

From the North

  1. Take I-5 South to exit #169, NE 45th Street
  2. Turn left (east) at the stoplight onto NE 45th Street
  3. Go 1.5 miles, passing the University of Washington
  4. At the bottom of the hill, turn left at the stoplight and continue on NE 45th Street
  5. NE 45th Street will bear left, becoming Sand Point Way NE
  6. Turn right at the stoplight onto Children's campus

From the South

  1. Take I-5 North to exit #169, NE 45th Street
  2. Stay in the right lane
  3. Turn right at the stoplight onto NE 45th Street
  4. Go 1.5 miles, passing the University of Washington
  5. At the bottom of the hill, turn left at the stoplight and continue on NE 45th Street
  6. NE 45th Street will bear left, becoming Sand Point Way NE
  7. Turn right at the stoplight onto Children's campus

From the Eastside (Hwy 520)

  1. Take 520 west over the Evergreen Point Bridge
  2. Take the Montlake Exit (north) for 1.1 miles
  3. Bear right onto 45th Street, which becomes Sand Point Way NE
  4. Turn right at the stoplight onto Children's campus

From the Eastside (I-90)

  1. Take I-90 across the Mercer Island Floating Bridge to I-5 North
  2. Take I-5 North to exit #169, NE 45th Street
  3. Stay in the right lane
  4. Turn right at the stoplight onto NE 45th Street
  5. Go 1.5 miles, passing the University of Washington
  6. At the bottom of the hill, turn left at the stoplight and continue on NE 45th Street
  7. NE 45th Street will bear left, becoming Sand Point Way NE
  8. Turn right at the stoplight onto Children's campus

Bus Information

These Metro bus routes stop here: #25, #75
These Metro bus routes stop within seven minutes' walk: #30, #65, #74

Bicycling Directions

From the South: Access the Burke Gilman Trail at the University of Washington. Travel North past University Village, cross 35th Avenue via a wooden trestle, continue riding North to 50th NE and Railroad. Turn RIGHT off the trail and onto 50th NE. Cross 40th Ave NE at stop. Turn right onto sidewalk at Sand Point Way. Cross Sand Point Way on crosswalk to Penny Drive. Bicycle parking for visitors is located at the Giraffe entrance which is the first right off Penny.

From the North: Take the Burke Gilman Trail southward. After crossing 40th Ave NE, take the first left off the trail at 50th NE and Railroad. Riding on 50th NE stop at 40th Ave NE and proceed across 40th to Sand Point Way. Turn right onto sidewalk at Sand Point Way. Use crosswalk across Sand Point Way to Penny Drive. Bicycle parking for visitors is located at the Giraffe entrance which is the first right off Penny.

See the Seattle Bicycling Guide Map (PDF) for additional route information.

Patient, Family and Visitor Entrance Hours

Giraffe, 1st floor

Staffed by Greeters, daily 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Staffed by security all other hours.

All non-emergency patients, families and visitors wishing to enter the hospital after visiting hours can request entry from the security guard after 8 p.m.

Purple Whale, 5th floor

  • 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Friday.
  • 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday.
  • 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday.

Orange Whale, 4th floor

  • 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday.
  • Closed weekends.

Green Whale, 6th floor

  • 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.
  • Closed weekends.

An employee photo ID badge will open these entrances at any time.

Emergency Entrance

Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. All patients and families with emergencies should enter through the outside Emergency Department (ED) entrance, unless they are wearing an Emergency ID pass provided by the ED.