Searsville Dam
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 Reservoir or Searsville Lake.Photo: Efly, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
Nature reserve
The Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is a 1,190 acres nature preserve and biological field station formally established as a reserve in 1973. The biological preserve is owned by Stanford University, and is part of the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences.
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Research institute
Photo: Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is a federally funded research and development center in Menlo Park, California, United States. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Searsville Dam.
Our Lady of the Wayside Church
Church
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
Our Lady of the Wayside Church is a modest church built in 1912 for the then-growing Catholic parish of Portola Valley by a combined effort of Jewish, Protestant and Catholic members of The Family, a San Francisco men's club that owns a nearby rural retreat. Our Lady of the Wayside Church is situated 1½ miles south of Searsville Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodside and Sky Londa.
Woodside
Photo: Jawed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Woodside is a small town on the San Francisco Peninsula in California. It is considered one of the wealthiest towns in the United States, and is home to many celebrities and executives. Despite its small size, Woodside features many local attractions.
Sky Londa
Hamlet
Sky Londa is an unincorporated mountain community in San Mateo County, California located at the intersection of State Route 84 and State Route 35. The community is inside area code 650 and ZIP code 94062. Sky Londa is situated 2 miles southwest of Searsville Dam.
Ladera
Village
Ladera is a census-designated place in southern San Mateo County, California, adjacent to Portola Valley. Primarily a residential community, it comprises approximately 520 homes, governed by the Ladera Community Association. Ladera is situated 2½ miles east of Searsville Dam.
Searsville Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in San Mateo County, California, USA
- Category: gravity dam
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.40727° or 37° 24′ 26″ northLongitude
-122.23797° or 122° 14′ 17″ westElevation
351 feet (107 metres)Open location code
849VCQ46+WROpenStreetMap ID
way 810294258OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Searsville Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Searsville 614 Dam”
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