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Blossom Valley, Mountain View Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
Former orchard land in southwest Mountain View, between Springer Road and Miramonte Avenue: 1950s ranch homes on large lots, Varsity Park, and the Los Altos city line on two sides.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Blossom Valley
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Blossom Valley from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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the story
How Blossom Valley came to be
The name is a fair description of what came first. Blossom Valley grew out of orchard land in the 1950s, when four smaller subdivisions, Springer Meadows, Varsity Park, Blossom Valley Estates and Gest Ranch, filled in the ground on either side of Cuesta Drive between Springer Road and Miramonte Avenue. Springer Road is also the city line, so the neighborhood shares a long border with Los Altos.
The subdivisions live on in the street map. Gest Drive runs near the southern edge by Miramonte Avenue. Around Varsity Park, just north of Cuesta Drive, the street signs read like a college pennant wall: Fordham, Tulane, Yale, Cornell, Notre Dame, Columbia and Duke. South of Cuesta, a cluster of lanes and courts is named for fruit trees, from Appletree and Cherrytree to Peachtree and Plumtree, which suits former orchard land, and another set borrows presidents' names: Madison, Van Buren, Polk, Wilson, Adams and Lincoln.
Later decades filled gaps rather than redrawing the plan. Satake Court, a newer cul-de-sac off Marilyn Drive, sits on the former site of the Satake nursery. In December 2025 the City Council voted 6-1 to rezone three office properties at Miramonte Avenue and Cuesta Drive (1702 and 1704 Miramonte Avenue and 777 Cuesta Drive) to allow up to 30 homes per acre while still permitting commercial uses, part of the city's plan to add housing on existing commercial sites.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Cuesta Drive is the spine, running east from Springer Road past Springer Elementary and Varsity Park to the shopping center at Miramonte Avenue. The rest of the grid is long east-west blocks (Marilyn Drive, Barbara Avenue, Sladky Avenue, Rose Avenue and Lincoln Drive) tied together by north-south streets such as Fordham Way, Meadow Lane, Walnut Drive and Golden Way, with short courts and lanes tucked between them.
The houses started as 1950s ranch-style homes, and many have been renovated since. Lot size is the headline. A local brokerage's neighborhood page describes first-wave houses of about 1,200 to 1,500 sq ft on lots near 11,000 sq ft and a later wave of about 2,200 to 2,600 sq ft on lots near 8,000 sq ft. Listing records show how far a house can grow on that land: a 1951 single-story home on Rose Avenue now has about 3,089 sq ft, five bedrooms and four and a half baths on a 13,541 sq ft lot, and its listing names crawl-space, concrete-perimeter and slab foundations under the one roof.
That listing shows R1-8L zoning, a reminder to check the exact zoning for any parcel before planning a second story or an ADU. Mountain View's zoning code includes a one-story height overlay (-H1S) and neighborhood design overlays (-ND) that apply only where they are mapped, so the city's zoning map is the place to start.
streets in blossom valley
- Cuesta Drive
- Springer Road
- Miramonte Avenue
- Marilyn Drive
- Barbara Avenue
- Sladky Avenue
- Rose Avenue
- Lincoln Drive
- Fordham Way
- Meadow Lane
- Walnut Drive
- Golden Way
- Gest Drive
- Madison Drive
- Jefferson Drive
- Duke Way
- Tulane Drive
- Isabelle Avenue
- Starr Way
- Satake Court
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Blossom Valley
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Varsity Park
A small city park at Duke Way and Jefferson Drive, about 0.4 acre by map measurement, with a playground and a basketball hoop.
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Cuesta Park
Across Miramonte Avenue at 615 Cuesta Drive, on the east edge of Blossom Valley: about 25 acres in the city’s GIS, next to the 12.5-acre Cuesta Annex, with tennis courts, picnic and barbecue areas and a playground.
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Springer Elementary
A Los Altos School District campus at 1120 Rose Avenue, inside the neighborhood, on about 10 acres by map measurement.
- shopping
Blossom Valley Shopping Center
About 8.6 acres at Miramonte Avenue and Cuesta Drive, anchored by a Safeway at 1750 Miramonte Avenue, with a pharmacy, a coffee shop and service businesses.
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Rancho Shopping Center
At Foothill Expressway and Springer Road in Los Altos, about 1.2 miles south of Cuesta Drive.
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Blossom Valley is split between two elementary districts. U.S. Census school district maps place most of it in the Los Altos School District, whose Springer Elementary is on Rose Avenue inside the neighborhood, and a northeast corner around Isabelle Avenue, Starr Way and the east end of Marilyn Drive in the Mountain View Whisman School District. High school is the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with each district before you buy.
Los Altos School District guide · Mountain View Whisman guide · Mountain View-Los Altos high schools · Silicon Valley school districts
Getting around
- Caltrain and VTA light rail: Mountain View station at the Downtown Transit Center is about 2 miles away, roughly 7 minutes by car or 14 minutes by bike (approximate).
- Highway 85: the El Camino Real interchange is about 2 miles east, roughly 5 minutes by car.
- Foothill Expressway: Springer Road runs about 1.2 miles south to Foothill Expressway and the Rancho Shopping Center in Los Altos.
- Downtown: Castro Street at El Camino Real is about 1.2 miles northeast, roughly 8 minutes by bike.
- Buses: VTA Route 51 and the Mountain View Community Shuttle have stops around Cuesta Drive and Miramonte Avenue; check current schedules before you count on them.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Blossom Valley: what we check
Buying here
- Confirm the elementary district for the exact address. The Los Altos and Mountain View Whisman districts split this neighborhood, and the line does not follow a single street.
- Check the parcel's zoning (listing records show R1-8L on Rose Avenue) and whether any height or design overlay applies before you plan a second story.
- On a 1950s house, ask about the electrical panel and wiring, the sewer lateral and the foundation; additions here often mean more than one foundation type under one roof.
- Large lots make an ADU or an SB 9 split worth a look. Get the city's current ADU and SB 9 standards for the specific lot before you price that in.
- If the house is near Miramonte Avenue and Cuesta Drive, read up on the December 2025 rezoning of the corner office sites to understand what could be built there.
Selling here
- Lead with the lot: lot size, a simple site plan and any room for an ADU or expansion.
- State the school districts for your address accurately and point buyers to the districts to verify.
- Pull permits for past additions and remodels; many houses here have grown well past their 1950s footprint, and buyers will ask.
- Pre-inspections (roof, sewer lateral, foundation, electrical) help on an older house and cut down on surprises in escrow.
nerd noteCommissions are always negotiable, and we offer bundled services, so ask us what's included.
faq
Blossom Valley questions, answered
Where is Blossom Valley in Mountain View?
In the southwest corner of the city, on both sides of Cuesta Drive between Springer Road and Miramonte Avenue, from Marilyn Drive south to Lincoln Drive. Springer Road is the Los Altos city line.
Is Blossom Valley in Mountain View or Los Altos?
Mountain View, with 94040 addresses. Los Altos wraps around the west and south sides, and a small pocket around Sunshine Drive inside the Springer-to-Miramonte frame is in Los Altos, so check the city on any listing.
Is Varsity Park part of Blossom Valley?
Yes. Varsity Park is one of the subdivisions that make up Blossom Valley, along with Springer Meadows, Blossom Valley Estates and Gest Ranch. Its small city park at Duke Way and Jefferson Drive has a playground and a basketball hoop.
When were the homes built?
Mostly in the 1950s, as ranch-style houses on former orchard land. Many have been renovated or enlarged, and Satake Court is a later addition on a former nursery site.
Which school districts serve Blossom Valley?
Most addresses are in the Los Altos School District, and a northeast corner near Miramonte Avenue and Marilyn Drive is in the Mountain View Whisman School District. High school is the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District. Confirm the exact address with the districts.
Where is the nearest grocery store?
The Safeway at the Blossom Valley Shopping Center, Miramonte Avenue and Cuesta Drive, on the neighborhood's east edge. The Rancho Shopping Center at Foothill Expressway and Springer Road is about 1.2 miles south.
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