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Open today 7 AM – 9 PM

Cleaner. Faster.
Funner.

Camping in the Santa Cruz Mountains with a bag of dirty laundry? We’ve got giant, fast machines and free parking — right on Highway 9 in Boulder Creek.

12890 Highway 9, Boulder Creek, CA 95006 · Open every day, 7 AM – 9 PM

Rows of stainless Speed Queen washers and dryers inside The Mat, with daylight coming through the windows

Machines & prices

Machines big enough for the whole trip

Thirteen Speed Queen washers from 20 to 80 pounds, twenty-one dryers, and a live view so you know what’s open before you load the car.

  • 80 lb

    W1

    $19.00

    The big one. A whole camping trip's laundry, or 5–6 hampers.

  • 60 lb

    W2–W5

    $16.00

    About 4 hampers. A family's week in one go.

  • 40 lb

    W6–W9

    $12.00

    About 3 hampers. Two people, two weeks of clothes.

  • 20 lb

    W10–W13

    $7.00

    About 2 hampers. A normal home-sized load.

A family at the vending machines inside The Mat, buying detergent and a drink
Detergent, dryer sheets, snacks and cold drinks — whatever you forgot is by the door.

Find us

Right on Highway 9

Pull straight into the free lot — no meters, no circling, room for a truck with a rooftop carrier.

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Address

12890 Highway 9
Boulder Creek, CA 95006

Hours

Every day, 7 AM – 9 PM

The door locks automatically at close, so start your last load with about 90 minutes to spare.

Questions?

Call or text and a real person answers during open hours.

Not self-service, exactly

There’s a real person on the screen

No counter, no queue — but never nobody. A live attendant is on the video screen in the store every hour we’re open. They can start a machine, sort out a refund, or just tell you which washer to use.

The Virtual Attendant screen inside The Mat, showing a live video call with a member of staff, next to an orange hippo cut-out
Our Virtual Attendant screen, live during every open hour.

Skip the coins

Our code is THEMAT

Download the Speed Queen app, enter our code, and your phone becomes the payment, the timer, and the thing that tells you your laundry is done.

Prefer plastic? There’s a card kiosk in the store. More questions