Visitor Parking

Pay Station

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Sage Way Visitor Lot, Pay & Display

(Formerly known as "Visitor Lot")

$1.75/hour pay station payment required seven days per week, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., no limit.

20 Sage Way, next to the Parking & Transit Center (set GPS for 20 Sage Way). Free evening/overnight (9 p.m to 7 a.m.) parking; meter requirement resumes at 7 a.m. the following morning. Exempt from the winter parking ban unless otherwise declared.

Edgewood Road Visitor Lot, Pay & Display

(Formerly known as "Main Street Visitor Lot" or "H-Lot Visitor Section.")

$1.75/hour pay station payment required seven days per week, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., up to 4 hours.

The corner of Edgewood Road and Main Street, near the Whittemore Center (set GPS for 5 Edgewood Road). Free evening/overnight (9 p.m. to 7 a.m.) parking EXCEPT during the Winter Parking Ban from January 1 through April 1, when lot closes at 2 a.m.  Otherwise the meter requirement resumes at 7 a.m. the following morning.

Campus Crossing Visitor Lot, Pay & Display

(Formerly known as "Mill Road Visitor Lot", or "C-Lot.")

$1.75/hour pay station payment required seven days per week, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., up to 4 hours.

Mill Road across from the Durham Market Place plaza (set GPS for 8 Mill Road). Free evening/overnight (9 p.m. to 7 a.m.) parking EXCEPT  when winter parking ban snow emergency is declared when the lot is closed from 2:00 a.m - 6:00 a.m. Otherwise, meter requirement resumes at 7 a.m. the following morning.

College Road Visitor Lot, Pay & Display

(Formerly known as "Forest Park North.")

$1.75/hour pay station payment required seven days per week, 7a.m. to 9 p.m., up to 4 hours.

McDaniel Drive, across from Morse Hall, adjacent to faculty/staff Lot F. Free evening/overnight (9 p.m. to 7 a.m.) parking EXCEPT during the Winter Parking Ban (Jan. 1-April 1), when this lot is closed from 2:00 a.m. - 6:00am nightly.  Otherwise, meter requirement resumes at 7 a.m. the following morning.

Thompson Hall Lot, Pay & Display

$1.75/hour pay station payment required seven days per week, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., up to 1 hour.

Main Street, across from intersection of Main and Garrison (set GPS for 105 Main St.). Limited parking for short-term errands only. Do not park there for attending class. Free evening/overnight (9 p.m. to 7 a.m.) parking EXCEPT during the Winter Parking Ban period, when the lot is closed from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Otherwise, meter requirements resume at 7 a.m. the following morning.
The Thompson Hall Lot & Driveway may NOT be used for drop-offs or pickups of passengers! 
Visitor parking space availability subject to administrative reservations.

Other Campus Pay stations and Meters

$1.75/hour payment required Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., rates and limits posted.

Visitors are welcome to use any available (vacant/unreserved) Pay & Display or traditional meter around campus. Payment is required Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Meters are available for one fully-paid cycle, after which you must move your vehicle.  During the Winter Parking Ban, Jan 1 - Apr 1, these spaces are closed from midnight to 6:00 a.m. each night.

View all pay station and meter information.

Loading Zones

Short-term loading zones are available for quick loading/unloading use. Time limits are strictly enforced. Undesignated areas near campus buildings are considered fire lanes — do not park there.

Open Evening Parking in Commuter & Fac/Staff Lots

Limited free parking is available in designated faculty/staff and commuter lots after 6 p.m. weekdays or all day on Saturday/Sunday and specified UNH holidays. Permit requirements resume at 7 a.m. the following weekday morning, and from Dec. 1 to April 1, most lots close at midnight (see winter parking ban below).  Resident lots, mixed-use lots that include resident parking, service, ADA spaces, etc., are not available for open parking, but rather have a 24/7 permit requirement.

Restrictions

  • Resident Lots or mixed-use lots that include resident parking, excluded 24/7: Visitors parking is not allowed at any time in resident lots or mixed-use lots that include resident parking.
  • Faculty/Staff and Commuter lots excluded weekdays: Visitor parking is not allowed in faculty/staff or commuter lots, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • No Parking Areas: Parking is not permitted in any area that is not a designated parking space.
  • Beware the winter parking ban (WPB):  From Jan. 2 to April 1, most faculty/staff and commuter lots close at midnight. During the WPB, after-midnight parking for visitors is limited to exempted areas only. Please visit the winter parking ban page for details.
  • Pay & Display pay stations: take coins or credit cards (Visa/MasterCard/Discover/American Express). They do not take bills and do not issue change.
  • Non-transferability:  Meter/Pay & Display parking is only valid at the space or lot governed by the meter or kiosk where the meter payment was made.