Mountain View
Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, part of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Named for its views of the Santa Cruz Mountains, the population was 82,376 at the 2020 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Mountain View
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Stanford University
Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, in memory of their only child, Leland Jr., who died from typhoid at the age of 15.
8.9 km · private research university in Stanford, California, USA · Wikipedia - 02Googleplex
The Googleplex is the corporate headquarters complex of Google and its parent company, Alphabet Inc. It is located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, California.
4 km · building complex in California, United States · Wikipedia - 03Computer History Museum
The Computer History Museum is a computer museum in Mountain View, California. The museum presents stories and artifacts of Silicon Valley and the Information Age, and explores the computing revolution and its impact on society.
3.2 km · museum in Mountain View, California · Wikipedia - 04Stanford Stadium
Stanford Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium located on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, United States. It is the home of the Stanford Cardinal and hosts the university's commencement exercises.
8.7 km · American college football stadium in Stanford, California, USA · Wikipedia - 05Kuiper Airborne Observatory
The Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory was a national facility operated by NASA to support research in infrared astronomy. The observation platform was a highly modified Lockheed C-141A Starlifter jet transport aircraft with a range of 6,000 nautical miles, capable of conducting research operations at altitudes of up to 48,000 feet.
4.2 km · airborne infrared observatory operated by NASA · Wikipedia - 06Stanford Graduate School of Business
The Stanford Graduate School of Business is the graduate business school of Stanford University, a private research university in Stanford, California. Stanford GSB offers a general management Master of Business Administration degree, the MSx Program, Stanford LEAD Online Business Program and a PhD program, along with joint degrees with other schools at Stanford, including Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Law, and Medicine.
8.3 km · professional school of Stanford University, in Stanford, California · Wikipedia - 07Stanford University School of Medicine
The Stanford University School of Medicine is the medical school of Stanford University and is located in Stanford, California, United States. It traces its roots to the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific, founded in San Francisco in 1858.
9.8 km · medical school of Stanford University in California · Wikipedia - 08Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School is the law school of Stanford University. It was established in 1893.
8.5 km · graduate school of Stanford University, California, U.S · Wikipedia - 09Cecil H. Green Library
The Cecil H. Green Library is the main library on the Stanford University campus and is part of the SUL system. It is named for Cecil H. Green.
8.6 km · library at Stanford University · Wikipedia - 10Stanford Research Park
Stanford Research Park is a technology park established in 1951 as a joint initiative between Stanford University and the City of Palo Alto. It was the world's first university research park.
6.4 km · technology park in Palo Alto, California, USA · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mountain View
- Airports
- Mineta San Jose (SJC), 14 km · San Francisco (SFO), 37 km · Oakland San Francisco Bay (OAK), 39 km
- Stations
- Moffett Federal Airfield, 4.5 km · Palo Alto Airport, 8.8 km · Q7413298, 3.1 km · Q5020256, 7 km · Q7598711, 8.7 km
- Sacramento → Mountain View143 km · quickest by road, 3h · $15–21
- Fresno → Mountain View217 km · quickest by road, 4h 7m · $21–29
- Reno → Mountain View310 km · quickest by air, 5h 53m · $140–220
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Mountain View
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mountain View. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Mountain View – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Mountain View
Mountain View is 17 km from San Jose, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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