Thornewood Open Space Preserve

Thornewood Open Space Preserve is a small regional park located in the in San Mateo County. The park lies in the and is operated by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in the Santa Cruz Mountains of San Mateo County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Thornewood Preserve”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Our Lady of the Wayside Church and Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve.

Church
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
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 men's club that owns a nearby rural retreat.

Nature reserve
The 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. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Thornewood Open Space Preserve.

Town hall
Photo: W Nowicki, CC BY 3.0.
The is a one-room schoolhouse that sits at 775 Portola Road in , . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is currently used for Portola Valley town-hall meetings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sky Londa and Portola Valley.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated mountain community in , United States, located at the intersection of State Route 84 and State Route 35.

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
is on the in the Bay Area of . The city is in and is south of and west of .

Photo: Jawed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small town on the in . It is considered one of the wealthiest towns in the United States, and is home to many celebrities and executives. Despite its small size, features many local attractions.

Thornewood Open Space Preserve

Latitude
37.39216° or 37° 23′ 32″ north
Longitude
-122.25219° or 122° 15′ 8″ west
Elevation
784 feet (239 metres)
Open location code
849V9PRX+V4
Geo­Names ID
5402385
Wiki­data ID
Q17513070
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Thornewood Open Space Preserve” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Thornewood Open Space Preserve”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu bảo tồn Không gian mở Thornewood”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu bảo tồn Thornewood”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Woodside Highlands and Westridge.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Schilling Lake and Portola Valley.

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