Portola Valley

#4825 among destinations in the United States

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Portola Valley is a town in San Mateo County, California. Located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the Bay Area, Portola is one of the wealthiest towns in America, per the American Community Survey among U.S. communities with a population larger than 4,000. ()

Alternative names: Population: 4.6 thous.Area: 9.09 mi²Coordinates: 37°23'0"N, 122°11'38"W

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Portola Valley – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stanford Dish, White Memorial Fountain, Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden, Old Union Fountain.

1.9 miNE
Museum, Observatories and planetariums
Stanford Dish, Palo Alto
49 min walk • The Dish, also known as the Stanford Dish, is a radio antenna in the Stanford foothills. The 150-foot-diameter dish was built in 1961 by the Stanford Research Institute.
3.2 miNE
Monuments and statues
White Memorial Fountain, Palo Alto
81 min walk • White Memorial Fountain, also known as The Claw, is a fountain by Aristides Demetrios on the Stanford University campus in Stanford, California, United States. It was installed in 1964, and Demetrios returned to restore the fountain in 2011. It has 65 jets. The fountain was commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B.
3.1 miN
Park, Garden
Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden, Palo Alto
79 min walk • In 1994, Jim Mason, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University, arranged for two groups of men from the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea to carve the New Guinea Sculpture Garden at Stanford University. The men were from several communities or villages of the Iatmul people and the Kwoma people.
3.2 miNE
Fountain
Old Union Fountain, Palo Alto
81 min walk • Old Union Fountain is a fountain on the Stanford University campus in Stanford, California, United States. The fountain exhibits traditional mission style architecture, and is one of several on campus used in the tradition of "fountain hopping".
3 miN
Nature, Lake, Natural attraction
Lake Lagunita, Palo Alto
78 min walk • Lake Lagunita, informally referred to as Lake Lag, is an artificial dry lake in Stanford University, California, located on the western side of the Stanford campus near the Lagunita residences.
2.8 miNE
Architecture, Historical place
Hanna–Honeycomb House, Palo Alto
72 min walk • The Hanna–Honeycomb House, also known as simply the Hanna House, located on the Stanford University campus in Stanford, California, United States, was Frank Lloyd Wright's first work in the Bay Area and his first work with non-rectangular structures.
3.7 miNE
Music and shows, Nightlife, Theater
Bing Concert Hall, Palo Alto
95 min walk • Bing Concert Hall is a performing arts facility at Stanford University that opened in January 2013. The heart of the building is the oval-shaped concert hall, which has 842 seats arranged in a vineyard style surrounding the stage in terraces.
3.5 miNE
Theater
Stanford Memorial Auditorium, Palo Alto
90 min walk • Memorial Hall, was built in 1937 to commemorate those students and faculty from Stanford University who died in World War I. Designed by Arthur Brown, Jr. in conjunction with Bakewell and Weihe, construction of the building was funded primarily through student contributions.
3.2 miNE
Tower
Stanford Clock Tower, Palo Alto
83 min walk • The Stanford Clock Tower with its attached, colonnaded pergola is located at the so-called “Circle of Death” at the corner of Escondido and Lasuen Malls on the campus of Stanford University. It was built in 1983 by a donation from trustee William Kimball.
2.8 miNW
Dam
Searsville Dam, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
72 min walk • Searsville Dam is a masonry dam in San Mateo County, California that was completed in 1892, one year after the founding of Stanford University, and impounds Corte Madera Creek to form a reservoir known as Searsville Lake.
3.6 miNE
Music and shows, Nightlife, Theater
Frost Amphitheater, Palo Alto
93 min walk • The Laurence Frost Amphitheater, commonly known as Frost Amphitheater, is a prominent amphitheater at Stanford University. It first opened in 1937 and was the site of commencement ceremonies for the university from 1938 until 1984.