The Downing Planetarium

Contact Us

Location: 
5320 N Maple Ave
Fresno, CA 93710

(We are located at the corner of San Ramon and Maple, just south of Barstow Avenue. We are next to the Science II Building.)

Email:  danbrown@mail.fresnostate.edu

Phone: 559.278.2810

For Immediate Assistance: Physics Department: 559.278.2371

Parking

General Public
Visitors to the Downing Planetarium can find parking in lot P15. A permit is required during normal university hours. We have machines on campus in several locations along Barstow and also on Woodrow by the Save Mart Center.  The machines require a bank card and the car license plate number.  There are also some old fashioned parking meters along Maple Avenue, next to the planetarium.  You can also use the app, PayByPhone, which can be downloaded onto your smartphone. The app requires a location code. For metered parking the code is “5445”. For general parking the code is “5446”. You will also need your license plate number. It is $2/hour at the meter for a maximum of 2 hours or it’s $5 for the day in general parking. Here is the website: https://www.paybyphone.com/.  A parking permit on the weekends is not required.  For more info on parking enforcement visit the university parking enforcement web page.

Bus Parking
Buses bringing students to the Downing Planetarium can drop students off near parking lot P15 as shown in the image below. 

Bus parking is allowed in Parking Lot P11. Lot P11 is a gravel parking lot, on the north side of Barstow Ave, east of Woodrow Ave ( east of the Animal Science Pavilion). View more info on school bus parking.