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Portola Valley is an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States. Located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the Bay Area , Portola Valley is a small, wealthy community nestled on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains .
The Western Pacific Railroad Museum, a preservation society founded in 1984, is located next to the Union Pacific rail yard in Portola, California. The remaining portion of the Feather River Route follows a corridor similar to that of State Route 70 in California and former State Route 49 in Nevada.
Portola [37] is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of San Francisco, northeast of McLaren Park. It is roughly bordered by San Bruno Avenue and the James Lick Freeway ( U.S. Route 101 ) to the east, Mansell Street to the south, University Street to the west and the Southern Freeway ( Interstate 280 ) to the north.
Pacific Heights (often referred to as Pac Heights [4]) is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States. It has panoramic views of the Golden Gate Bridge , San Francisco Bay , the Palace of Fine Arts , Alcatraz , and the Presidio .
The route begins at SR 1 on the Pacific coast near San Gregorio. It then heads northeast through San Mateo County, following San Gregorio Road and La Honda Road and crossing the Santa Cruz Mountains. As it enters Woodside, it intersects SR 35, also known as Skyline Boulevard. From the juncture of La Honda Road with Portola Road to US 101 it ...
Bounded by Portola Dr., San Pablo and Santa Paula Aves., San Jacinto Way, San Andreas Way, Junipero Serra and Monterey Blvds. 37°44′06″N 122°28′05″W / 37.7349°N 122.4680°W / 37.7349; -122.4680 ( St. Francis Wood Historic
Portola lies on the Middle Fork of the Feather River in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The headwaters of the Middle Fork of the Feather River originate just east of Portola in Sierra Valley, near Beckwourth. [9] Lake Davis is located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Portola, and is a popular fishing and camping location.
Historically, the area was part of the Western Addition.Long a middle-class neighborhood geographically and socially intermediate between Pacific Heights and the Lower Fillmore, the area became wealthier and more upscale with the escalation of San Francisco property values in the 1980s and 1990s, when the designation "Upper Fillmore" fell out of favor and "Lower Pacific Heights" came into ...