Stanford Weekend Acres Neighborhood, Menlo Park, CA

Stanford Weekend Acres Neighborhood —A country setting behind Stanford University yet close to shopping and transportation

Although located just behind Stanford University, the Stanford Weekend Acres neighborhood is not owned by the university. With a history of earth-conscious denizens, including the founders of Whole Earth Catalog, Stanford Weekend Acres is a San Mateo County community where neighbors respect each other as much as they respect the environment.

Stanford Weekend Acres Neighborhood Real Estate Insider

Home prices in Stanford Weekend Acres range from $848,000 to $3,305,000 with the median home selling for $975,000 in 2006. Originally, the properties were long and narrow, stretching from Alpine Road to San Francisquito Creek with 1920s summer cabins. Today, there is a more eclectic mix of lot sizes and architectural styles, with some of the lots being combined and turned into subdivisions with larger scaled houses. This neighborhood feels like being tucked away in a country setting amongst large Oak and Madrone trees. There are no sidewalks and streets essentially charming country lanes.

San Francisquito Creek, which runs behind Stanford Weekend Acres, has been returned to a wild and free waterway, and today Steelhead Trout migrate upstream to spawn.

Stanford Weekend Acres residents can easily walk or bike to Stanford Sporting Events and shopping is available at the nearby Ladera County Shopper. Highway 280 is easily accessible and just minutes away. Some residents commute to San Francisco and San Jose due to the very easy freeway access.

Neighborhood concerns, usually addressed by Families for Fair Government, include a proposed 16-foot wide hiking and biking sidewalk trail on Alpine road as well as traffic and pedestrian safety. Otherwise, Stanford Weekend Acres residents come together for annual holiday celebrations, including a 4th of July party on Homer Lane and a spring block party on Bishop Lane and an Arts and Crafts Faire.

Stanford Weekend Acres Neighborhood School Information

Stanford Weekend Acres is served by the excellent Las Lomitas School District, specifically, Las Lomitas School and La Entrada School, both of which score in the upper 900s on the API. Afterwards, student attend Menlo-Atherton High School, which was ranked as one of the top 100 public schools by Newsweek magazine.

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