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Downtown Menlo Park (Neighborhood)
Atherton CA
~6.86 miles from Belmont city center
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Stanford University Arboretum
Silicon Valley CA
~8.13 miles from Belmont city center
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The Stanford University Arboretum is an arboretum located on the grounds of Stanford University in Stanford, California. It is open to the public daily without charge.The arboretum began with the indigenous live oaks on Leland Stanford's estate, which later became the university campus, augmented by a variety of trees that he collected. In 1885 Stanford contracted with noted landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted to plan the grounds. An 1888 memorandum by Olmsted, and signed by Stanford, states that the then-extant University Forest and the Arboretum were to be combined, and that "In this enlarged Arboretum it is desired that there shall be exhibited to advantage all the trees and wood plants of the world that may be expected to grow to mature natural forms under the climatic and other...
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Palo Alto
Atherton CA
~8.15 miles from Belmont city center
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Palo Alto (pronounced /?pælo?'ælto?/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" (or "pole" or "tree") and alto: "tall") is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA. It is named after a tree called El Palo Alto. The city includes portions of Stanford University and is headquarters to a number of Silicon Valley high-technology companies, including Hewlett-Packard, VMware and Facebook. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,598 residents.
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Stanford Mausoleum
Silicon Valley CA
~8.17 miles from Belmont city center
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The Stanford Mausoleum, located in the northwest of the Stanford University campus in the Stanford University Arboretum, holds the remains of the university's namesake Leland Stanford, Jr. and his parents Leland and Jane Stanford.The original intent of the Stanfords was to build a family mansion here. They had only got as far as planting a cactus garden (still present) before the death of their only son. They changed their plans to the building of a university instead. Nearby is a memorial (the Angel of Grief) to Jane Stanford's brother, Henry Clay Lathrop. This memorial is a 1908 copy of a 1901 copy of an 1894 statue by the prominent American sculptor William Wetmore Story.The mausoleum has sphinxes on both the front and the back. The back ones are Greek and female with naked breasts....
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Cantor Arts Center
Silicon Valley CA
~8.33 miles from Belmont city center
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The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, formerly the Stanford University Museum of Art, is an art museum on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. It displays art in 24 galleries plus sculpture gardens, terraces, and a courtyard -- all with free admission.The museum was established, along with the university, in 1891 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford and his wife Jane. As with the university, the museum was created in memory of the couple's late son, Leland Stanford, Jr., and the museum was known initially as the Leland Stanford Junior Museum. The museum opened to the public in 1894 as one of the largest museums in the United States.Less than a year after Mrs. Stanford's death, more than two-thirds of the building and collections...
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Palo Alto Stadium
Silicon Valley CA
~8.72 miles from Belmont city center
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Stanford Stadium (capacity 50,000 as of 2006) is an outdoor athletic stadium on the Stanford University campus, the home of Stanford Cardinal college football team. It originally opened in 1921 as a football and track stadium, an earthen horseshoe with wooden bleacher seating and flooring upon a steel frame. Its original seating capacity was 60,000, which grew to 85,500 by 1927 as a nearly-enclosed bowl. Immediately following the 2005 season, the stadium was completely rebuilt as a dual-deck concrete structure, without a track.
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Elizabeth Gamble Garden Center
Silicon Valley CA
~8.87 miles from Belmont city center
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Stanford University
Silicon Valley CA
~8.99 miles from Belmont city center
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The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university located in Stanford, California, United States. The university was founded in 1891 by Leland Stanford. Its alumni have founded the companies Hewlett-Packard, Electronic Arts, Sun Microsystems, Nvidia, Yahoo!, Cisco Systems, Silicon Graphics, and Google.Stanford enrolls approximately 6,800 undergraduate and 8,300 graduate students from the United States and around the world. The university is divided into a number of schools, including the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Law School, Stanford School of Medicine, and Stanford School of Engineering.Stanford is ranked second among world universities by the Academic Ranking of World Universities, and...
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Downtown Half Moon Bay (Neighborhood)
Half Moon Bay CA
~9.33 miles from Belmont city center
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Downtown El Granada (Neighborhood)
El Granada CA
~10.76 miles from Belmont city center
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Arastredero Preserve
Silicon Valley CA
~11.04 miles from Belmont city center
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Downtown Hayward (Neighborhood)
Hayward CA
~11.89 miles from Belmont city center
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Shoreline Park
Silicon Valley CA
~11.92 miles from Belmont city center
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Shoreline Park is a park in Mountain View, California, USA. It was originally a landfill for San Francisco garbage. The city park was dedicated in 1983. Shoreline Park features a golf course and a 50-acre (200,000 m2) artificial lake. On the lake's eastern shore is located the Shoreline Aquatic Center, which offers sailboat, windsurfing, kayak, canoe, rowboat, and pedal boat rentals, as well as sailing, windsurfing, and kayaking classes. The adjacent Shoreline Cafe is open daily and offers a variety of food to lake goers. A video on the history of the park is available at the Mountain View Public Library. It is also the location of the West Catholic Athletic League's second cross-country league meet every year, which is hosted by nearby Saint Francis High School.The park golf course, kno...
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San Antonio Shopping Center
Silicon Valley CA
~12.12 miles from Belmont city center
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San Antonio Shopping Center is an outdoor shopping mall located on El Camino Real at San Antonio Road in Mountain View, California. It is one of the biggest shopping malls in Mountain View, and its proximity to Los Altos and Palo Alto also attracts shoppers from the nearby towns. The mall's anchor stores include 24 Hour Fitness, Ross Dress For Less, Trader Joe's, Sears and Wal-Mart.
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Shoreline Ampitheater
Silicon Valley CA
~12.70 miles from Belmont city center
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Shoreline Amphitheatre is an outdoor amphitheater in Mountain View, California, USA, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has a capacity of 22,000, with 6,500 reserved seats and 15,500 unreserved lawn seating.The Amphitheatre was built from 1985 to 1986 by the city of Mountain View in cooperation with local promoter Bill Graham as part of the Shoreline Park project. Graham designed the amphitheatre to resemble The Grateful Dead's "steal your face" image.Each row of fixed seating at the amphitheatre has a pitch of three feet, providing ample legroom and space for dancing.The premiere season was during the Summer of 1986; it was planned to open with a concert by The Grateful Dead, who had to cancel due to Jerry Garcia's coma.David Bowie performed, on two consecutive nights, at the amp...
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Computer History Museum
Silicon Valley CA
~13.01 miles from Belmont city center
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When The Computer Museum (TCM, in Boston) sent the majority of its historical collection to Moffett Field, California, so that TCM could concentrate on computing-related exhibits for children, The Computer History Museum was created. Thus, it was originally the West Coast division of The Computer Museum, named The Computer Museum History Center until it shortened its name in 2001, dedicated to preserving and presenting the stories and artifacts of the information age, and exploring the computing revolution and its impact on our lives. When The Computer Museum closed in 1999, its exhibit collection was absorbed into the Museum of Science collection in Boston. In February 2000 the remaining historical artifacts were sent to The Computer Museum History Center at Moffett Field. Originally loca...
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Los Altos
Los Altos CA
~13.03 miles from Belmont city center
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Los Altos (pronounced /l??'sælto?s/ ( listen)) is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 27,693 according to the 2000 census. It is one of the wealthiest places in the United States.Most of the city's growth occurred between 1950 and 1980. Originally an agricultural town with many summer cottages, Los Altos is now an affluent bedroom community. Los Altos has several distinctive features. Commercial zones are strictly limited to the downtown area and small shopping and office parks lining Foothill Expressway and El Camino Real. Los Altos' low crime rate, excellent schools and proximity to coastal foothills make it one of the area's premier cities.
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Los Altos History Museum
Silicon Valley CA
~13.05 miles from Belmont city center
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Located in one of the few remaining apricot orchards of Santa Clara Valley, the Los Altos History Museum explores the rich history of local people and how the use of the land over time has transformed the agricultural paradise once known as the "Valley of Heart’s Delight" into the high technology hub of today’s Silicon Valley. Opened in spring of 2001, the Los Altos History Museum resides in an impressive three-level, 8,200-square-foot building – built entirely with private donations; building ownership was transferred to the City of Los Altos in 2002. The Museum features a changing exhibits gallery as well as the permanent exhibit, "Crown of the Peninsula," that describes the rich history of Los Altos. There’s more history just across the lushly landscaped courtyard in the landmark J....
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Downtown Montara (Neighborhood)
Montara CA
~13.28 miles from Belmont city center
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Newark
Newark CA
~13.53 miles from Belmont city center
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Newark is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It was incorporated as a city in September 1955. Newark is an enclave, completely surrounded by the city of Fremont. Its population was 42,471 at the 2000 census. The California State Department of Finance estimates Newark's population to be 44,035 as of January 2009.
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Downtown Mountain View (Neighborhood)
Silicon Valley CA
~13.86 miles from Belmont city center
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Mountain View
Silicon Valley CA
~13.89 miles from Belmont city center
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Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 70,708.Mountain View is located at 37°25'19?N 122°5'4?W (37.42223, -122.08429).According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.7 km² (12.2 mi²). 31.2 km² (12.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (1.39%) is water.Mountain View is located on the San Francisco Peninsula, at the north end of State Route 85, where it meets U.S. Route 101. The historic route El Camino Real also runs through Mountain View. It is bounded to the northwest by Palo Alto, to the southwest by Los Altos, to the southeast by Sunnyvale, and to the northeast by the San Fra...
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Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Silicon Valley CA
~13.91 miles from Belmont city center
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The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts is located in downtown Mountain View, California. It is operated by the City of Mountain View and hosts a variety of art events. Its home theatre companies include Peninsula Youth Theatre and TheatreWorks.
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Oakland Convention Center Heliport (JCE)
Oakland CA
~14.09 miles from Belmont city center
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Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena - NFL Raiders
7000 Coliseum Way Oakland CA - 510-569-2121
~14.41 miles from Belmont city center
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The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, also known by its former names of the Oakland Coliseum Arena, the Oakland Arena, the Arena in Oakland, and The New Arena, is an indoor arena in Oakland, California. It was originally constructed as the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena in 1966. It is also the oldest facility still in use by the NBA.Amongst the current NBA venues in the state of California (Staples Center in Los Angeles [18,997], and Sacramento's ARCO Arena [17,317]), it has the largest seating capacity, holding 19,596 spectators.
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Colma (Neighborhood)
San Francisco CA
~14.45 miles from Belmont city center
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Colma is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 1,191 at the 2000 census. The town was founded as a necropolis in 1924.With much of Colma's land dedicated to cemeteries (17 for the interment of humans and one for pets), the dead population outnumber the living by thousands to one. This has led to it being called, "the city of the silent," and also has given rise to a humorous motto among some residents: "It's great to be alive in Colma."
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 #27 of 30 Things To Do in Belmont
Monster Park - SF 49ers
602 Jamestown Ave San Francisco CA
~14.60 miles from Belmont city center
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Monster Park (Candlestick or The Stick) is an outdoor sports and entertainment stadium located in San Francisco, California.Candlestick Park (also commonly referred to as Candlestick or The Stick) is an outdoor sports and entertainment stadium located in San Francisco, California. The stadium was originally built as the home of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants, who played there from 1960 until moving into Pacific Bell Park (since renamed AT&T Park) in 2000. Currently it is the home field of the San Francisco 49ers NFL team, who moved in for the 1971 season. Candlestick Park may be replaced by New 49ers Stadium as early as 2012.The stadium is situated at Candlestick Point on the western shore of the San Francisco Bay. Due to its location next to the bay, strong winds often...
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Centerville Depot
Newark CA
~14.89 miles from Belmont city center
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On Saturday morning May 29, 1909, the first steam-powered passenger train into Centerville received a hearty welcome. A cannon was fired, the locomotive was decorated with flags, and the train crew was presented with Centerville's choicest fruits and flowers. But for more than a year after this celebration, local Centerville citizens complained about the boxcar that served as the town depot. Before any improvement could be made, property had to be purchased and Niles Road (later renamed Peralta Boulevard) had to be relocated to make room for a full-sized depot. Finally, more than a year after train service began to the town of Centerville, the Southern Pacific Railroad completed a new wood depot in September of 1910. The depot was built as a variation of what Southern Pacific called it...
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 #29 of 30 Things To Do in Belmont
Montessori Teacher Training
317 Moorpark Way Mountain View CA - 650-967-6695
~14.91 miles from Belmont city center
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Tucked away in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area of California is the Montessori Teacher Training Center of Northern California (MTTCofNC) in Mountain View. The Center opened in 1965 and offers training at the primary level (3-6 year-olds) accredited by Association Montessori Internationale (AMI). MTTCofNC welcomes all applicants and offers easy access for US and international trainees. The Center is authorized to issue student visas. AMI Montessori trained personnel for pre-school programs are in great demand worldwide.The training staff has over 84 years combined experience in AMI teaching and training. The Center is a peaceful environment. The weather is warm and pleasant most of the year. Students have indoor and outdoor facilities for work, study and relaxation. During the course...
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 #30 of 30 Things To Do in Belmont
Downtown Fremont (Neighborhood)
Silicon Valley CA
~14.92 miles from Belmont city center
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