San Mateo (/ˌsæn məˈteɪ.oʊ/ SAN mə-TAY-oh; Spanish for "Saint Matthew") is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the high-tech enclave of Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of 97,207 as of the 2010 census, it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City and San Francisco Bay to the east, Belmont to the south, and Highlands-Baywood Park and Hillsborough to the west. The 2014 population was estimated to be 102,893. San Mateo was incorporated in 1894.
Population: 97,207
Latitude: 37° 33' 46.76" N
Longitude: -122° 19' 31.91" W
The Alameda Mole was a facility, no longer existing, that served as a transit and transportation artery for ferries landing in the San Francisco East Bay. It was located on the West end of Alameda (the end facing San Francisco), and later became par…
Bear Creek, or Bear Gulch Creek, is a 6.6-mile-long (10.6 km) southeastward-flowing stream originating north of the summit of Sierra Morena in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near the community of Kings Mountain in San Mateo County, California, United Sta…
Victoria Theatre is a 480-seat in San Francisco's Mission District, which presents locally produced original plays, live concerts, film festivals, musicals, performances by international performing companies and other kinds of events. The theater is…
The General Frank M.
The Skywest Commons is an 185,000-square-foot (17,200 m2), 12.79-acre (51,800 m2) outdoor shopping mall in Hayward, California, built by Bowman Development Company in 2005 and anchored by a Target and Fresh & Easy grocery store. Approved in 2005, th…
Serramonte is a large 1960s residential neighborhood on the border of Daly City and Colma in the suburbs south of San Francisco, California, that is also home to numerous shopping malls, strip malls, and big box retailers.
Sequoia Hall is the home of the Statistics Department on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California.
San Francisco State University Station is a major Muni Metro aboveground station located on the median of 19th Avenue at Holloway Avenue, near the station's namesake university. It is served by the M Ocean View line, which runs between Embarcadero S…
Robert is a former settlement in Alameda County, California. It lay at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m).
Peninsula High School, home to the Pumas, is a public continuation high school in San Bruno, California, using Crestmoor High School's building. It is part of the San Mateo Union High School District (SMUHSD).
Our Lady of the Wayside Church 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 San Francisco men's club that owns a nearby rural…
North Star Academy is a magnet school in Redwood City, California, serving students from grades 3–8. The school is part of the Redwood City School District. It emphasizes compacted curriculum, differentiated education, and enrichment activities/cl…
Mount Olympus is a hill located on Upper Terrace in the Ashbury Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. It was once considered to mark the geographical center of the city, and was topped off by a statue given by Adolph Sutro.
Miramar Beach is a sandy beach in western San Mateo County, California. Miramar Beach is one of the numerous beaches on Half Moon Bay, a Pacific Ocean embayment noted for its surfing and extensive visitation. The marine terrace above the beach itsel…
The Hartford Street Zen Center, temple name Issan-ji (literally 'One Mountain Temple'), is a Soto Zen practice-center located in the Castro district of San Francisco.
Green Hills Country Club, located in Millbrae, California, is often referred to as the San Francisco Peninsula’s “hidden gem”.
Devil's Canyon Brewing Company is a brewery established in 2001 by Chris Garrett in an unincorporated section of Belmont, California on the San Francisco Peninsula, USA.
Crystal Springs is a county park located between San Bruno to the north and Woodside to the south.