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Latitude: 37.40991 to 37.44936
Longitude: -122.1253 to -122.1667
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Area code(s): 310, 408, 415, 510, 650
Zip Code(s): 94301, 94302, 94303, 94304, 94305, 94306, 94309, 94310
Population: 58,598
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Palo Alto is a bustling small city just
south of the Peninsula south of San Francisco. It is home to Stanford
University and hundreds of Silicon Valley technology companies ranging from
Hewlett Packard to tiny startups operating in garages (which is exactly how
HP started). Palo Alto means high tree in Spanish, and refers
to an aging redwood tree at the north end of the city, hard by the CalTrain
tracks at the trestle bridge that crosses the San Francis Quito creek, which
forms the border with Menlo Park in San Mateo County. The 1061-year-old
Coast Redwood which stands 110 feet high and has a based diameter of 90
inches, marks a campsite for the Portola Expedition Party of 1769.Get
around
By bus
Bus service runs through most of the major areas within the city. Routes
are concentrated around El Camino Real and University Avenue. The Palo Alto
Shuttle is More...
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California: San Francisco Bay Region: Santa Clara County: Palo Alto