Sandhills

Sandhills is in San Mateo, California. Sandhills is situated nearby to the waterfall Peter’s Creek Falls, as well as near Bodhidharma Cave.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monte Bello Open Space Preserve and Black Mountain.

Monte Bello Open Space Preserve

Nature reserve

Photo: Viktor Lapinskii, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Monte Bello Open Space Preserve is a 3,133-acre open space preserve, located near Palo Alto in the Santa Cruz Mountains, in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, California, United States.

Black Mountain

Peak

Photo: Trovatore, Public domain.

Black Mountain is a summit on Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains of west Santa Clara County, California, south of Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, and west of Cupertino; it is within the Palo Alto city limits though not near the developed part of the city. Black Mountain is situated 2 miles northeast of Sandhills.

Portola Redwoods State Park

Protected area

Photo: Elaine with Grey Cats, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Portola Redwoods State Park is a 2,800 acres state park in California situated in San Mateo County. The parks' primary watercourses — Peters Creek, Pescadero Creek and their associated tributaries — converge at Portola Redwoods State Park. Tip Toe Falls is a small waterfall along Fall Creek, a tributary of Pescadero Creek. Portola Redwoods State Park is situated 2½ miles southwest of Sandhills.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Loyola.

Loyola

Hamlet

Loyola is an official census-designated place in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 3,491 at the 2020 census. It was ranked as one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in America, with homes ranging from cottages to sprawling ranch houses and mansions. Loyola is situated 6 miles northeast of Sandhills.

Sandhills

Type: Shrubland
Location: San Mateo, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.28981° or 37° 17′ 23″ north

Longitude

-122.16654° or 122° 9′ 60″ west

Open location code

849V7RQM+W9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 678958702

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=scrub

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