Parking at La Jolla starts free, with lots from $2.50/hr. Compare 6 nearby lots and garages by price, walking distance and how full each one is right now, plus metered street parking. Lot locations, rates and hours are real and geocoded. Tap a pin for driving directions.
6 lots · 690 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
500 metered spaces · Free (limited) · Coast Blvd & Village streets · fills early on weekends. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
Rates checked Oct 20, 2026; not confirmed: Coast Blvd / Scripps Park, Girard Avenue Lots, Prospect Street Meters, La Jolla Shores Drive, Windansea Street Parking. Posted prices at the lot always win.
Local moves
The city lists Ellen Browning Scripps Park, at the cove, as street parking only, so there is no lot to count on.
The city lists Kellogg Park at La Jolla Shores as open 4 AM to 10 PM with the parking lot gates closing at 10 PM, and says the lot fills up quickly on summer weekends.
Overnight camping, sleeping or parking is not allowed on the beach, the cliffs, the walkways, the parks or the adjacent parking lots.
Parking at La Jolla starts free, with lots from $2.50/hr. The cheapest paid lot is Prospect Street Meters at $2.50/hr.
Yes. La Jolla has free parking at Coast Blvd / Scripps Park, Kellogg Park Lot, La Jolla Shores Drive and more. Free spaces are limited and fill first, so arrive early or have a paid backup in mind.
La Jolla has 6 lots within walking distance; the largest is Kellogg Park Lot (240 spaces). The lots nearest the sand fill first, so the ones a block or two back usually have room. Use the live map above to compare walking distance and how full each lot is right now.
On warm, sunny weekend days the closest La Jolla lots fill by mid-morning. Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking, and scrub the time slider on the map above for the crowd estimate hour by hour.
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Lot locations, counts, rates and hours are real, geocoded from each address. No live space-count feed is published, so availability is estimated from typical beach crowds and today’s weather. Your location is used only in your browser to sort by distance.
Main parking at La Jolla: Coast Blvd / Scripps Park (Free) and Kellogg Park Lot (Free), plus street parking at Free (limited). Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.