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Montara

Montara is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 2,833 at the 2020 census. Nearby communities include Moss Beach and Princeton-by-the-Sea.
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  • Type: Village with 2,910 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Montara, CA” and “Montara, California”
  • Postal code: 94037

Places of Interest

Highlights include Point Montara Light Station and Eddie Andreini Sr. Airfield.

Lighthouse
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The Point Montara Light is a lighthouse in Montara, California, , on the southern approach to the , approximately 25 miles south of San Francisco.

Aerodrome
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, officially Half Moon Bay Airport, is a public airport in , six miles northwest of , United States. The airport is on the Pacific Coast, south of . is situated 2 miles southeast of Montara.

Nature reserve
Photo: Elaine with Grey Cats, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve is a marine reserve in on the Pacific Ocean, located just north of and Mavericks in the community of . is situated 2 miles south of Montara.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moss Beach and Princeton.

Photo: Sallyrob, Public domain.
is a coastal census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, with a year 2020 census population of 3,214. Located in are the , a marine sanctuary; the Half Moon Bay Airport, the historic ; and the Seal Cove Inn, a destination lodging property.

Hamlet
Princeton-by-the-Sea is an unincorporated community on the coast of . The ZIP code is 94019 and the community is in area code 650. is situated 3 miles southeast of Montara.

Village
Photo: Vadim Manuylov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Peninsula region of the San Francisco Bay Area lies immediately south of the City and County of —reaching from its famous neighbor to the north into the high-tech region of . is situated 3½ miles southeast of Montara.

Montara

Latitude
37.54216° or 37° 32′ 32″ north
Longitude
-122.51609° or 122° 30′ 58″ west
Population
2,910
Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US OQT
Open location code
849VGFRM+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150959565
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5374222
Wiki­data ID
Q2682480
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Volapük—“Montara” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Montara”
  • Bulgarian: “Монтара”
  • Catalan: “Montara”
  • Cebuano: “Montara”
  • Chechen: “Монтара”
  • Chinese: “Montara”
  • Chinese: “蒙塔拉”
  • Croatian: “Montara”
  • Danish: “Montara”
  • Dutch: “Montara”
  • French: “Montara”
  • German: “Montara”
  • Gilaki: “مؤنتارا”
  • Irish: “Montara”
  • Italian: “Montara”
  • Ladin: “Montara”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Montara”
  • Newari: “मोन्टारा (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
  • Newari: “मोन्टारा, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “मोन्टारा”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Montara”
  • Persian: “مونتارا، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “مونتارا”
  • Polish: “Montara”
  • Portuguese: “Montara”
  • Serbian: “Монтара”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Montara, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Montara”
  • Silesian: “Montara”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مونتارا، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Montara (California)”
  • Spanish: “Montara”
  • Tatar: “Монтара”
  • Turkish: “Montara”
  • Ukrainian: “Монтара”
  • Volapük: “Montara”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Montara”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.