Searsville Historical Marker

Searsville Historical Marker is a park in San Mateo, California. Searsville Historical Marker is situated nearby to the hamlet Woodside Highlands, as well as near Sky Londa.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve and Searsville Dam.

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.

Searsville Dam

Dam

Photo: Efly, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sky Londa and Woodside.

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 1½ miles southwest of Searsville Historical Marker.

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.