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Alice's Restaurant
A legendary biker and car enthusiast hangout on Skyline Boulevard in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a must-stop on one of California's best riding roads.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Los Altos
California, United States · North America
About Los Altos
Los Altos is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Loyola, 58km from Golden Gate Bridge.
Los Altos is in California, United States, with about 31,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Loyola, about 4 km away.
Los Altos High School (LAHS) is a public senior high school located in Los Altos, California, United States, in the heart of Silicon Valley. It was opened in 1954. It is part of the Mountain View–Los Altos Union High School District.
The main feeder schools are Egan Junior High School and Crittenden Middle School. TheRead more
attendance area includes highly affluent sections of Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View, and low-income housing sections of Mountain View. The high school is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
Tracey Runeare has served as the school principal since 2023, succeeding Wynne Satterwhite, who served from 2005 to 2022, and George Perez, who served until 2004.
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What is there to see near Los Altos?
Within an hour or so of Los Altos: Alice's Restaurant (13 km), Tom Lantos Tunnels (Devil's Slide) (41 km), Blackhawk Museum (49 km), Exploratorium (53 km).
Are there any good drives near Los Altos?
The nearest famous roads are 17-Mile Drive, Pacific Coast Highway - Big Sur (CA-1) and Pacific Coast Highway (Highway 1).
Where is Los Altos?
Los Altos is in California, United States, about 4 km from Loyola.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 30,671
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 37.3852, -122.1141
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Essential numbers in United States
AAA roadside assistance: 1-800-222-4357. Right turn on red is legal in most states unless signed otherwise.
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Worth the detour from Los Altos
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Tom Lantos Tunnels (Devil's Slide)
Twin highway tunnels that bypass the notorious Devil's Slide cliffs on Highway 1 south of Pacifica; the old clifftop roadbed is now a spectacular coastal trail.
41 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Blackhawk Museum
Classic and rare automobiles displayed as art in an elegant gallery setting in the San Francisco Bay Area.
49 km · about 55 min drive
museum
Exploratorium
A pioneering hands-on science museum on San Francisco's waterfront that inspired interactive museums worldwide.
53 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Coit Tower
Art Deco observation tower on Telegraph Hill offering 360-degree views of San Francisco, the bay, and the Golden Gate Bridge.
53 km · about 60 min drive
museum
California Academy of Sciences
A unique museum combining an aquarium, planetarium, and natural history museum under a living green roof in Golden Gate Park.
53 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Alcatraz Island
Notorious former federal penitentiary on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay that once held America's most dangerous criminals.
56 km · about 65 min drive
bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
The Art Deco suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait in famous International Orange; drive, cycle, or walk it, with classic viewpoints at Battery Spencer and Fort Point.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Los Altos
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 41 kmTom Lantos Tunnels (Devil's Slide)Twin highway tunnels that bypass the notorious Devil's Slide cliffs on Highway 1 south of Pacifica; the old clifftop roadbed is now a spectacular coastal trail.
- 58 kmGolden Gate BridgeThe Art Deco suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait in famous International Orange; drive, cycle, or walk it, with classic viewpoints at Battery Spencer and Fort Point.
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