In 1976 an early three-network internetworked (TCP/IP) transmission was demonstrated from the Alpine Inn, a step in the development of the Internet source
Community character
An affluent, rural residential town in the wooded foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains in San Mateo County, zoned almost entirely for single-family homes and surrounded by open space. source
Our Lady of the Wayside Church
1912 church designated a California Historical Landmark source
Alpine Inn (Casa de Tableta)
Roadhouse dating to about 1852, one of California's oldest continuously operating bars source
Portola Valley School
1909 one-room schoolhouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places source
Windy Hill Open Space Preserve
Midpeninsula open space preserve with ridgeline hiking trails source
Coal Mine Ridge Nature Preserve
About 235 acres of foothill trails in the Santa Cruz Mountains source
