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Linda Vista and Deep Cliff, Cupertino Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
West Cupertino's 1960s streets south of McClellan Road, built around Linda Vista Park, the Deep Cliff golf course and Stevens Creek, with the foothills rising behind them.
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Calculated in your browser from MLS data for Linda Vista & Deep Cliff: south of McClellan Rd, Stevens Canyon Rd to Bubb Rd (approximate). Sales are single-family homes, townhomes and condos.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Linda Vista & Deep Cliff
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Linda Vista & Deep Cliff from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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Listings come from MLSListings and other MLSs through IDX and show their listing brokerage; confirm details with the listing agent. The map outline is the neighborhood boundary used by our listing search (Linda Vista & Deep Cliff: south of McClellan Rd, Stevens Canyon Rd to Bubb Rd (approximate)); it may not match every local definition.
the story
How Linda Vista & Deep Cliff came to be
Stevens Creek set the layout. It comes down from the reservoir beside Stevens Canyon Road and cuts a small canyon through the neighborhood, and the city's commemorative-site list marks John T. Doyle's Cupertino Wine Company winery near McClellan Road. Quarries once worked the creek upstream, and their trucks used a haul road along what is now the golf course's east edge. The 2005 General Plan described about 150 acres of former quarry land south of Linda Vista Park.
The golf course and the houses arrived together. Clark Glasson designed Deep Cliff Golf Course in the early 1960s, and tract houses filled the land east of it: by county assessor records, about 85 percent of the single-family houses were built from 1960 to 1974 (median 1966). Most of the land joined Cupertino between 1959 and 1964, in annexations with names like McClellan 1-A, Bubb Rd 3, Stevens Creek Canyon 8 and Regnart 63-4. The city's annexation map shows the streets around Presidio Drive and Park Villa Circle arriving later, in a 1979 San Jose-Cupertino reorganization, and Miramonte and Ricardo roads in 1980.
Rancho Deep Cliff came next: 61 homes built from 1976 to 1978 around an old stable. The 2005 General Plan cites that De La Vega Tack House as a successful rehabilitation, refurbished inside with its exterior kept much the same, and now the community's recreation center. The city bought Linda Vista Park in 1968 and rebuilt it in 1986, and in June 2021 the old haul road became a 0.3-mile Stevens Creek Trail extension from McClellan Road to the park, on land donated in 2020.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Linda Vista Drive is the spine. It leaves McClellan Road just east of McClellan Ranch, runs south past the park and bends east at the foot of the hills. East of it is a grid of 1960s tract streets: Santa Teresa Drive, Wilkinson and Dryden avenues, Rucker and Shattuck drives, La Paloma Drive and, toward Bubb Road, Columbus Avenue, Castleton and Collingsworth streets, Sutherland and Rosario avenues and Edward Way. Courts with California coast names (Palos Verdes, Monterey, Redondo, La Jolla, Catalina) line the south edge off Terrace and Palos Verdes drives. West of the creek, the street names read like a golf atlas: St. Andrews Avenue, Carnoustie Court, Balustrol Court, Par Three Drive and Club House Lane, plus Deep Cliffe Drive, spelled with an e.
Most houses are 1960s single-family homes on lots of about 7,000 to 10,600 square feet, zoned R1-7.5, split roughly evenly between one and two stories in assessor records. Lots run smaller (R1-6, about 6,000 to 7,000 square feet) around Presidio Drive and larger (R1-10, about 11,500 to 13,000) on Miramonte and Ricardo roads. Attached and cluster homes sit in pockets: Rancho Deep Cliff on Rancho Deep Cliff, Kester and Canyon Vista drives (nearly all one story, on lots of about 3,700 square feet), 93 townhouses from 1972 on Park Villa Circle, 10 from 1975 on Par Three Drive and a 2007 group on Stevens Canyon Road. Rebuilds are still rare: only about 30 of some 880 single-family houses carry an assessor year built of 2000 or later.
The south edge climbs into hillside and semi-rural zoning (RHS, A1-43 and R1-20 on Mount Crest Drive and Place), and the former quarry parcels behind the park are still open land. The biggest change in sight is on Linda Vista Drive just north of the park, where the City Council approved 51 townhomes on about 2.5 acres in spring 2026; coverage of the vote noted neighbors' wildfire and evacuation concerns.
streets in linda vista & deep cliff
- McClellan Road
- Linda Vista Drive
- Bubb Road
- Stevens Canyon Road
- Santa Teresa Drive
- Wilkinson Avenue
- Dryden Avenue
- Rucker Drive
- Shattuck Drive
- La Paloma Drive
- Columbus Avenue
- Castleton Street
- Collingsworth Street
- Rosario Avenue
- Edward Way
- Terrace Drive
- Palos Verdes Drive
- Hyannisport Drive
- Presidio Drive
- Park Villa Circle
- Rae Lane
- Par Three Drive
- Club House Lane
- St. Andrews Avenue
- Carnoustie Court
- Balustrol Court
- Deep Cliffe Drive
- Riverside Drive
- De Anza Circle
- Rancho Deep Cliff Drive
- Kester Drive
- Canyon Vista Drive
- Miramonte Road
- Ricardo Road
- Mount Crest Drive
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Linda Vista & Deep Cliff
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Linda Vista Park
The city's 11-acre park at 11111 Linda Vista Dr., bought in 1968 and rebuilt in 1986. It has a reservable group picnic and barbecue area, preschool and elementary playgrounds, a fitness station, restrooms and a big lawn; its ponds were listed as inactive in the 2019 parks master plan pages.
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Linda Vista Trail
A 0.3-mile Stevens Creek Trail extension opened in June 2021 on the old quarry haul road along the golf course's east edge. It links the park to McClellan Road, then McClellan Ranch and Blackberry Farm, on a roughly 2-mile trail that ends at Varian Park.
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Deep Cliff Golf Course
A privately owned, daily-fee 18-hole executive course at 10700 Clubhouse Lane, about 55 acres in the city's GIS. Par is 60 (twelve par 3s, six par 4s), Stevens Creek winds through it, and the longest hole, No. 15, plays 289 yards from the back tees.
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De La Vega Tack House
A former stable, now the Rancho Deep Cliff clubhouse, on the city's list of historic sites. It is private.
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Cupertino Hills Swim and Racquet Club
A private membership club on a 3-acre site at 22090 Rae Lane, classed by the county assessor as a neighborhood pool club.
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Stevens Canyon Road and Monta Vista Village
The General Plan marks a small non-residential area on Stevens Canyon Road across from McClellan Road; Monta Vista Village's shops on Stevens Creek Boulevard are about 0.9 mile north (straight-line).
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Linda Vista and Deep Cliff is served by the Cupertino Union School District for kindergarten through eighth grade and the Fremont Union High School District for high school. Three public campuses sit in its northeast corner: Lincoln Elementary and Monta Vista High on McClellan Road and Kennedy Middle School on Bubb Road. Attendance boundaries change, so confirm the exact address with both districts.
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Getting around
- McClellan Road is the main east-west street, running west to Foothill Boulevard and Stevens Canyon Road and east past the school campuses to Bubb Road.
- Hwy 85: the Stevens Creek Boulevard interchange is about 1 mile north of the middle of the neighborhood (straight-line), by way of Bubb Road. I-280 is about 1.8 miles north at Foothill Boulevard.
- VTA Route 51 runs on Stevens Creek Boulevard about a mile north, with weekday trips to the Mountain View Transit Center, and the Silicon Valley Hopper, an on-demand shared-ride service, covers Cupertino. Check current schedules and service areas.
- Caltrain: the Sunnyvale station is about 5 miles northeast and the Mountain View Transit Center about 6 miles north (straight-line).
- On foot or by bike, the Linda Vista Trail connects to McClellan Ranch, Blackberry Farm and Varian Park, and Stevens Canyon Road leads about 1.3 miles south to the Stevens Creek dam and county park (straight-line).
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Linda Vista & Deep Cliff: what we check
Buying here
- Check the fire map first. The city's layer of CAL FIRE's 2025 Fire Hazard Severity Zones puts about 600 of the roughly 1,100 homes here in the High or Very High zone, mostly on the west and south sides; the streets near Bubb Road are mostly Moderate or unzoned. Expect defensible-space rules and a disclosure, and get insurance quotes early.
- Read the geology. The General Plan's fault-rupture zone (300 feet east to 600 feet west of the Monta Vista and Berrocal faults) crosses Rancho Deep Cliff, Riverside Drive, Carnoustie and Balustrol courts, De Anza Circle, Miramonte and Ricardo roads and parts of Linda Vista Drive, and slope-instability zones follow the creek canyon on Rae Lane, Par Three Drive, Tressler Court and Madrid Road. Ask for any geotechnical reports and ask the city what your project would need.
- Flood status is usually mild but worth checking. FEMA maps most of the neighborhood as Zone X (shaded), the 0.2-percent-annual-chance area outside the special flood hazard area, while about a dozen parcels along Stevens Creek touch the AE zone or floodway. The city also maps a Stevens Creek Dam inundation area along the creek.
- Confirm the zoning. Most lots are R1-7.5, but R1-6, R1-10, R1-20, R1C, duplex and planned-development cluster zones all appear here. Rancho Deep Cliff is a P(R1C) planned development that the city lists as an HOA, so read the association's documents, budget and reserve study.
- Some houses went up before their land joined Cupertino. Check permit history with the city and with the county (or San Jose, for the area that came over in 1979), have the inspector look at the electrical panel, plumbing, sewer lateral and any unpermitted additions, and expect the federal lead-paint disclosure on anything built before 1978.
Selling here
- Put the fire-zone status, any defensible-space work and roof or vent upgrades in the disclosure package. Buyers and insurers ask for them first.
- Lead with the lot: size, zoning, slope and frontage. A flat R1-7.5 lot near the park and a hillside lot on Mount Crest invite very different plans.
- Give real walking distances to Linda Vista Park, the Linda Vista Trail, McClellan Ranch, Deep Cliff Golf Course and the McClellan Road and Bubb Road school campuses.
- Pull permits early, including county or San Jose records from before annexation, plus any geotechnical or flood paperwork. In Rancho Deep Cliff, have the association documents ready.
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faq
Linda Vista & Deep Cliff questions, answered
Where are Linda Vista and Deep Cliff?
South of McClellan Road in west Cupertino, between Stevens Canyon Road and Bubb Road, up to the foothills. The golf course, Stevens Creek and Rancho Deep Cliff fill the west half; Linda Vista Park and the streets off Linda Vista Drive fill the east.
Is Deep Cliff Golf Course open to the public?
Yes. It is a privately owned, daily-fee 18-hole executive course, par 60, and tee times are booked online without a membership.
What is Rancho Deep Cliff?
A 61-home cluster development beside the golf course, built from 1976 to 1978. Its clubhouse is the De La Vega Tack House, a former stable on the city's historic sites list.
Can I walk to McClellan Ranch and Blackberry Farm?
Yes. The Linda Vista Trail runs from the park to McClellan Road along the golf course, then the Stevens Creek Trail continues through McClellan Ranch and Blackberry Farm to Varian Park, about 2 miles in all.
Is the neighborhood in a wildfire hazard zone?
Much of it. The city's map of CAL FIRE's 2025 zones shows about 600 of roughly 1,100 homes in the High or Very High zone, mostly on the west and south sides. Check the specific parcel.
Which school districts serve Linda Vista and Deep Cliff?
The Cupertino Union School District (K-8) and the Fremont Union High School District. Boundaries change, so confirm the address with each district.
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