From 101, take Embarcadero Road west toward Stanford. After you cross El Camino Real (2 miles), be in the left lane as you go by the stadium. Turn right at the first stop sign (Campus Drive). Turn left at the next stop sign, which is Palm Drive (an extension of University Ave.). Go to the end of the road, where it turns into an oval parking area around a grassy field. Park there and then keep heading in and up the steps toward the main quad. The grassy Memorial Court is just inside the quad there.
From 280, take Alpine Road east toward Stanford for roughly 1 1/2 miles. When you get to the first signal light, turn right, on Junipero Serra Blvd. Then turn left 1/2 mile later at the first light (Campus Drive West). Stay on Campus drive as it winds around the University until you get to Palm Drive (lined with, what else, palm trees). Turn right, go to The Oval at the end, park there and keep heading in and up the steps toward the main quad. The grassy Memorial Court is just inside the quad there.
Click the following link for a Stanford map showing Memorial Court between Margaret Jacks and McClatchy, then click the boxed "-" above the map to zoom out:
Rough map to Memorial Court at Stanford:
< to SJ_|____________________________|______280________|____________to SF > | / / \ / Sand/Hill \ / / Page|Mill \Alpine / | \ / | \ / \ \ / \ \ / | \ / | \ / Foothill_+___Junipero Serra Blvd______|___|____Avenida da las Pulgas | | | Santa Cruz | | | | | | Ricker Dining Hall---> X| | ________|_| Santa Teresa | | | | | Cubberley Aud, | School of _________ | Education | | | | | | Green | | | Library |Main Quad| Campus|Drive West | | | JUGGLING IN | | | MEMORIAL COURT|--> X | | ON THE GRASS |____ ____| / ______ _______________ / |Serra St. ___/ | /\Parking / | \/ | | | | | | |Keck| |__________|____|____| | |Roth|Way | | | | | |__________|____| | | |Museum | | | | / ______|__________|____|___/ |Campus Drive | | Galvez Palm|Drive | | Stanford |__________|_____Arboretum_ Shopping \ | Center ______\_________|______El Camino____|____ \ | \ | PALO \ | MENLO ALTO | | PARK / University / | Embarcadero | / | < to SJ_/__________|______101________to SF > | |