Directions to Back Designs

The Back Designs warehouse is located in an historic building on the Napa River waterfront within the old Mare Island Naval Complex in Vallejo, California. If this is your first visit to the island, allow some extra time to find your way around. Wayfinding here can be a challenge because many streets have no street signs, are not on maps, and look more like parking lots than streets.

Warehouse Address

Our building address has changed. Same building ... new address. This is causing problems with GPS systems, online maps, and delivery services. To make matters worse, neither address is accurately located on many maps. If your delivery service or map does not recognize our new address, try our old address.

If you use a GPS system or online map you will likely get lost. Our address may not appear or will appear half-mile away on a dead-end street. You may have to plug in our longitude and latitude coordinates (38.09361,-122.262647) for accurate navigation.

Once you reach Mare Island we strongly recommend you follow our directions below. We doubt you'll find us otherwise.

From the North

1. Take I-80 W
2. When you approach Vallejo, take CA-37 W toward Novato/San Rafael
3. Take the exit toward Mare Island (0.1 mi)
4. Continue straight (0.2 mi)
5. Continue straight onto Walnut Ave (0.7 mi)
6. Take the 3rd left at G St (423 ft).
7. Take the 2nd right onto Nimitz Ave. Nimitz is the last turn before the Mare Island Causeway Bridge. Do not cross the bridge.
8. Continue straight on Nimitz (1.2 mi). Nimitz is a bumpy industrial road traversed by a dozen railroad tracks. It is about a mile to the first stop sign at the Bagley Street intersection.
9. Continue on Nimitz a short distance beyond the stop sign at Bagley Street until you see Building "670" on your left, behind a quonset hut and a chain link fence (0.2 mi).
10. Bear left into the parking lot and drive through the gate in the chain link fence to Building 670.

From the South

1. Take I-80 E toward Sacramento
2. When you approach Vallejo, take exit 29A for CA-29/Sonoma Blvd (Toll road) (0.4 mi). The exit is easy to miss. It comes up very quickly after the toll gate. If you miss the exit, don't worry. Continue on I-80 E another 1.1 mi and exit on 780/Curtola Pkwy instead (Skip to #4 below).
3. Merge onto Sonoma Blvd (1.8 mi)
4. Turn left at Curtola Pkwy (36 ft)
5. Curtola Pkwy turns slightly right and becomes Mare Island Way (1.3 mi)
6. Turn left at Mare Island Causeway (0.9 mi). There is a vertical lift bridge where the causeway crosses the Napa River. If you are lucky, you car will be stopped mid-span while the bridge is lifted for boat traffic. Relax and enjoy the beautiful view.
7. Turn left at Nimitz Ave. Nimitz is the first left turn after you cross the bridge.
8. Continue straight on Nimitz (1.2 mi). Nimitz is a bumpy industrial road traversed by a dozen railroad tracks. It is about a mile to the first stop sign at the Bagley Street intersection.
9. Continue on Nimitz a short distance beyond the stop sign at Bagley Street until you see Building "670" on your left, behind a quonset hut and a chain link fence (0.2 mi).
10. Bear left into the parking lot and drive through the gate in the chain link fence to Building 670.

From the East

1. Take I-780 W toward Benicia/Vallejo
2. Continue onto Curtola Pkwy (1.4 mi)
3. Curtola Pkwy turns slightly left and becomes Mare Island Way (1.3 mi)
4. Turn left at Mare Island Causeway (0.9 mi). There is a vertical lift bridge where the causeway crosses the Napa River. If you are lucky, you car will be stopped mid-span while the bridge is lifted for boat traffic. Relax and enjoy the beautiful view.
5. Turn left at Nimitz Ave. Nimitz is the first left turn after you cross the bridge.
6. Continue straight on Nimitz (1.2 mi). Nimitz is a bumpy industrial road traversed by a dozen railroad tracks. It is about a mile to the first stop sign at the Bagley Street intersection.
7. Continue on Nimitz a short distance beyond the stop sign at Bagley Street until you see Building "670" on your left, behind a quonset hut and a chain link fence (0.2 mi).
8. Bear left into the parking lot and drive through the gate in the chain link fence to Building 670.

From the West

1. Take CA-37 E toward Vallejo
2. When you approach Vallejo, take the exit toward Walnut Ave/Mare Island (0.3 mi)
3. Turn right at Walnut Ave (0.7 mi)
4. Take the 3rd left at G St (423 ft).
5. Take the 2nd right onto Nimitz Ave. Nimitz is the last turn before the Mare Island Causeway Bridge. Do not cross the bridge.
6. Continue straight on Nimitz (1.2 mi). Nimitz is a bumpy industrial road traversed by a dozen railroad tracks. It is about a mile to the first stop sign at the Bagley Street intersection.
7. Continue on Nimitz a short distance beyond the stop sign at Bagley Street until you see Building "670" on your left, behind a quonset hut and a chain link fence (0.2 mi).
8. Bear left into the parking lot and drive through the gate in the chain link fence to Building 670.