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The hills between Crystal Springs Road, Polhemus Road and Highway 92: unincorporated Baywood Park along Parrott Drive, plus the city's College Heights townhouses and streets below the College of San Mateo.
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the story
How Baywood Park & College Heights came to be
Two jurisdictions share these hills. Baywood Park, the slopes east of Polhemus Road and along Parrott Drive up to Crystal Springs Road, is unincorporated San Mateo County; the Census Bureau maps it as its own census-designated place, and county LAFCo lists it with the Highlands as one community for special districts. The blocks below the College of San Mateo, and the streets south of Polhemus Road around De Anza Boulevard and Fairmont Drive, are inside the City of San Mateo, which files them under its College Heights and Baywood Park neighborhood areas. Every address in both pieces uses ZIP 94402.
College Heights is the city's name for the slope around the College of San Mateo, which opened on its 153-acre campus here in 1963 (the college's history page). The townhouse courts below the campus, Bayridge Way, Lyonridge Lane, Tollridge Court and their '-ridge' neighbors, appear on the city's association list as Clearview Homeowners-San Mateo Woods, placed by Clearview Way and Bayridge Way near Highway 92 and West Hillsdale Boulevard.
Census estimates for the tract that covers both pieces put the median home at about 1972, with roughly 38 percent of units from the 1970s and about 44 percent from the 1950s and 1960s, a newer mix than the Highlands' 1959 median next door. The county still runs a Bel-Aire Lighting Maintenance District and Enchanted Hills lighting and drainage districts here, which share their names with Bel Aire Road and Enchanted Way.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Baywood Park climbs from Polhemus Road. Parrott Drive is the spine, running north toward Crystal Springs Road with about 160 lots in county parcel records; Ascension Drive and Los Altos Drive curve across the slope, and Queens Lane, Kings Lane and Crown Court sit at the south end near Timberlane Way. A cluster off Bel Aire Road carries names like Enchanted Way, Rainbow Drive and Starlite Drive, next to Lakeshore Drive and Valley View Court.
Lots in Baywood Park are zoned R-1/S-8 by the county, with the middle half running about 8,900 to 11,100 square feet by our measurement of county parcel maps. On the city side, the R1-A blocks on Lakewood Circle, Deer Lake Court and part of Timberlane Way run about 10,100 to 12,600 square feet, while Fairmont Drive, Ridgecrest Terrace, Canyon Oak Court, Alderwood Court, Whitecliff Way and Randall Road are R1-B streets at roughly 6,000 to 9,000.
College Heights is largely attached housing. The '-ridge' courts are zoned R2, with townhouse lots of roughly 1,300 to 1,800 square feet, and the south end of Ticonderoga Drive adds about 45 more attached homes inside the city. Part of De Anza Boulevard carries multifamily (R3) zoning, and the Crystal Springs shopping center at Polhemus Road and De Anza Boulevard is the commercial corner. City single-family projects go through San Mateo's design review using guidelines adopted in 2001 and revised in 2006, which a January 2026 city white paper says the zoning update may change.
streets in baywood park & college heights
- Parrott Drive
- Ascension Drive
- Los Altos Drive
- Queens Lane
- Kings Lane
- Crown Court
- Bel Aire Road
- Enchanted Way
- Rainbow Drive
- Starlite Drive
- Lakeshore Drive
- Valley View Court
- Mountain View Place
- Timberlane Way
- Randall Road
- Bayridge Way
- Lyonridge Lane
- Tollridge Court
- Creekridge Court
- Weepingridge Court
- Whitecliff Way
- Fairmont Drive
- Ridgecrest Terrace
- Canyon Oak Court
- Alderwood Court
- Lakewood Circle
- Deer Lake Court
- De Anza Boulevard
- Polhemus Road
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Baywood Park & College Heights
- landmark
College of San Mateo
The public community college's 153-acre hilltop campus opened in 1963 and includes a planetarium (college history page). SamTrans Route 250 and the weekday CSM route run from the campus to downtown San Mateo.
- shopping
Crystal Springs shopping center
The neighborhood's own commercial corner, at Polhemus Road and De Anza Boulevard, with a supermarket, a bakery and a produce market (public maps), about half a mile straight-line from Parrott Drive.
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Highlands Recreation District center
The pool, courts, gym and playground on Lexington Avenue in the Highlands are about 0.7 mile straight-line from the middle of Baywood Park; the district runs programs and rentals (district website).
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Sugarloaf Mountain Open Space
The city's 218-acre open space is across Highway 92, about 1 to 1.3 miles straight-line, with trails starting at Laurelwood Park.
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Crystal Springs Regional Trail
The paved Sawyer Camp segment starts from a lot off Crystal Springs Road, about 1.3 miles straight-line west of Parrott Drive (county parks).
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Census school-district maps put nearly all of Baywood Park and College Heights in the San Mateo-Foster City School District and the San Mateo Union High School District. The exception is Fairmont Drive, where about 34 of 45 parcels fall in the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District and the Sequoia Union High School District on those maps. Highlands Elementary School, a San Mateo-Foster City district school on Newport Street, is about 0.7 mile straight-line west. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with each district.
San Mateo Union High guide · Belmont-Redwood Shores guide · Sequoia Union guide · Silicon Valley school districts
Getting around
- Highway 92 runs along the east edge, with interchanges at West Hillsdale Boulevard, De Anza Boulevard and Ralston Avenue; Interstate 280 is about 1.5 miles straight-line to the southwest.
- Hillsdale Caltrain (50 East 28th Avenue, Zone 2) is about 2 miles straight-line from the College Heights courts and about 2.3 miles from Parrott Drive.
- SamTrans Route 250 and the weekday CSM route run between the College of San Mateo and downtown San Mateo; school-day routes 56 and 58 reach Polhemus Road at Paul Scannell Drive.
- Crystal Springs Road heads northeast through Hillsborough toward downtown San Mateo and west to the Sawyer Camp trail parking.
- Hillsdale Shopping Center is about 2 miles straight-line east via West Hillsdale Boulevard.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Baywood Park & College Heights: what we check
Buying here
- Check jurisdiction first: Baywood Park parcels are unincorporated (county permits and roads, Crystal Springs County Sanitation District sewer), while College Heights, Fairmont Drive, Lakewood Circle and the De Anza Boulevard blocks are city parcels under San Mateo's zoning and building rules.
- Unincorporated parcels can carry county district charges on the tax bill; LAFCo lists County Service Area No. 1, the sanitation district, Baywood Park and Enchanted Hills drainage districts, and Bel-Aire and Enchanted Hills lighting districts for this area.
- Fire zones: about 60 parcels at the west edge sit in CAL FIRE's State Responsibility Area (Moderate) on the 2023 map, CAL FIRE's 2025 local map shows Moderate on about 220 more, and the city's GIS shows a fire-retardant roof zone over its parcels plus a state-designated Very High layer and a brush-clearing notice area on the CSM and Clearview Way slopes. Read the disclosure for the address.
- State seismic hazard maps show earthquake-induced landslide zones under roughly 170 lots, including parts of De Anza Boulevard, Timberlane Way, Enchanted Way, Rainbow Drive, Valley View Court and Bel Aire Road; ask for geotechnical reports on hillside lots. FEMA maps the area as Zone X.
- For the townhouse courts, get the HOA documents, reserve study and rules early, and check current dues rather than old listing data.
Selling here
- State the jurisdiction in the listing (unincorporated Baywood Park or City of San Mateo) and have the matching permit history ready: county records for Baywood Park, city records for College Heights.
- For townhouses, assemble HOA documents, the reserve study and any special-assessment history before going live.
- Order the natural hazard disclosure early; fire and landslide zones vary by lot on these slopes.
- If the house has a view, photograph it from the property itself and avoid promising it will stay unobstructed.
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faq
Baywood Park & College Heights questions, answered
Is Baywood Park part of the City of San Mateo?
No. Baywood Park is unincorporated San Mateo County with San Mateo 94402 addresses, and the Census maps it as its own census-designated place. College Heights, Fairmont Drive, Lakewood Circle and the De Anza Boulevard blocks are inside the city. Check the county parcel record for any address.
What is College Heights?
The City of San Mateo's name for the slope around the College of San Mateo, which opened on its 153-acre campus here in 1963. The homes are largely townhouses on the '-ridge' courts off Bayridge Way, plus single-family streets such as Whitecliff Way and Randall Road.
Which school districts serve Baywood Park and College Heights?
Census maps show the San Mateo-Foster City School District and the San Mateo Union High School District for nearly every parcel, but about three-quarters of Fairmont Drive's parcels map to Belmont-Redwood Shores and Sequoia Union. Check the exact address with the districts.
Who provides sewer, water and fire service in Baywood Park?
County maps put Baywood Park in the Crystal Springs County Sanitation District for sewer and in County Service Area 1, a contracted fire-service area, while the city blocks are served by the City of San Mateo. Water on both sides is California Water Service's Mid-Peninsula district.
How old are the homes?
Census estimates for the tract put the median year built at about 1972, with a large share from the 1970s and the rest mainly from the 1950s and 1960s. Remodels change the picture house by house, so ask for the permit history.
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