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Portola Valley California Map

Explore Portola Valley, California, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Portola Valley, California

How to Use This Portola Valley, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Portola Valley, California. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of California or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Portola Valley.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Portola Valley
State	California (CA)
County	San Mateo County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	37.365191
Longitude	-122.232724
Population	4,456
Density	189.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	94028
Area Code	415, 628
County Seat	Redwood City
School District	Portola Valley Elementary School District

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About Portola Valley, California

Portola Valley is a locality in San Mateo County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,456. The population density is 189.4 people per km². Portola Valley is located at 37.3652°N, 122.2327°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Portola Valley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 94028.

Portola Valley unfolds as a series of quiet, sun-drenched slopes defined by the persistent, rhythmic passage of Bull Run Creek, which carves its way through the earth like a silver thread pulled tight across the landscape. It lies 4.7 miles southwest of Stanford, CA (from Stanford, CA: bearing 234°T), and is situated 8.3 miles west of Mountain View. The terrain here is shaped by Neils Gulch, a deep, verdant basin that catches the morning fog before it dissipates into the clear, sharp light characteristic of these inland elevations. To the west, the distant, hazy blue of the Coast Ranges marks the horizon, acting as a sentinel against the maritime air that travels eight miles from the salt-heavy expanse of Casey Forebay. Life within Portola Valley moves in harmony with the natural topography, where the oaks provide a canopy over the earth and the golden, tinder-dry grasses of summer offer a stark, honest beauty that changes color with the sun’s slow descent.

Russ Miller Field serves as the pulse of the local geography, a protected space that anchors the residents to the land even as the modern world encroaches upon the perimeter. History here is quiet, marked not by grand monuments but by the persistence of those who worked the soil and recognized the value of the valley’s seclusion long before the encroachment of suburban growth. The local economy remains tethered to the careful preservation of this environment, favoring a pace that resists the frantic acceleration found in the neighboring urban corridors. For those who seek a moment of stillness, the Meadow Trail offers a path seven miles removed from the waters of Big Lagoon, winding through the quietude of the woods where the only sound is the wind moving through the canopy or the distant, muffled call of birds. Portola Valley maintains a character of deliberate restraint, ensuring that the legacy of the land is as carefully managed as the lives of those who dwell upon its slopes.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Windy Hill Open Space Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 151° SE
Coal Mine Ridge (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 110° E
Russ Miller Field (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 010° N
Black Box (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 054° NE
Dwight Crowder Trail Plaque (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 070° E
Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 158° S
Foothills Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 109° E
Jasper Ridge Reserve (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 358° N
The Sierra Club Edna Bloss Thorne Memorial (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 329° NW
Ted Norton's Rock (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 160° S
Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 275° W
Wunderlich Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 325° NW
Carriage Room Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 333° NW
Dialogue (Public Artwork) — 3.7 mi, 267° W
Pandemonium Aviaries Sculpture (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 079° E
Woodside Store (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 332° NW
Towne Trail (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 180° S
NVIDIA Auditorium (Theatre) — 5.4 mi, 036° NE
Stem Cell Research information placards (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 034° NE
Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 034° NE
Portola Redwoods State Park (State Park) — 5.9 mi, 163° S
Barron Park Donkeys (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 6.0 mi, 060° NE
Portola Art Gallery (Gallery) — 6.1 mi, 029° NE
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 6.3 mi, 332° NW · 113k acres
The Main Gallery (Gallery) — 6.4 mi, 024° NE
Sense Fine Art (Gallery) — 6.4 mi, 024° NE
Pacific Art League (Arts Centre) — 6.7 mi, 036° NE
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.0 mi, 002° N · 81k acres
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 9.4 mi, 269° W · 8,946 acres
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 9.4 mi, 265° W

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