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Page Mill Road & Palo Alto Hills, Los Altos Hills Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
The western hills of Los Altos Hills around the I-280 and Page Mill Road interchange: the college-named courts off Liddicoat Drive, Saddle Mountain, Paseo del Roble and the lanes above Matadero Creek.
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the story
How Page Mill Road & Palo Alto Hills came to be
Page Mill Road is named for a lumber business. The City of Palo Alto's history of Peers Park says William Page and Alexander Peers started the Page and Peers Lumber Company and that Page Mill Road was built to carry logs from their mill in the foothills down to Mayfield. The land on this side was part of Rancho La Purísima Concepción, which the Town's anthology says reached west to Arastradero Creek, now inside the Palo Alto preserve next door.
The modern layout followed the freeway. The anthology's timeline has Interstate 280 completed up to Page Mill Road in the late 1960s, and the Town's street list ties many of the streets here to acceptance resolutions from the 1980s: Matadero Creek Lane and Court (1982), Saddle Mountain Drive (1983), Berry Hill Lane (1986), Liddicoat Drive, Liddicoat Circle and the college-named courts (1987) and Via Ventana Way (1988).
On July 1, 1985, an arsonist set fires along both sides of Arastradero Road near Page Mill Road, and the fire ran uphill into the homes around Liddicoat Drive. The Town's hazard mitigation plan counts nine homes destroyed and 16 damaged in Los Altos Hills, about 200 acres burned and 195 residents evacuated, with a Red Cross shelter at Gunn High School. A 2025 newspaper retrospective adds four homes lost in Palo Alto and notes the case was never solved. Afterward the Town required yearly brush clearing by July 1 and set up neighborhood emergency networks.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Two roads do the work. Page Mill Road climbs south from the interchange with Moon Lane, Fawn Creek Court, Berry Hill Court, Lupine Road, Via Feliz, Three Forks Lane (and its North, Middle and South Fork lanes and Country Way), Matadero Creek Lane and Court, Story Hill Lane, Via Ventana Way and Paseo del Roble Drive branching off it; Paseo del Roble leads to Mirmirou Drive and the Roble Alto and Roble Blanco streets. Arastradero Road runs along the freeway past Stirrup Way (the way into Saddle Mountain Drive and Saddle Court), Baleri Ranch Road, Tracy Court and Liddicoat Drive, whose loop holds Amherst, Harvard, Yale and Stanford courts and Radcliffe Lane. North of I-280, Christopher's Lane comes off Page Mill Road and Gerth Lane off Old Page Mill Road.
Lots run larger than around Town Hall. County parcel records show about 350 addressed parcels with a median of about 1.3 acres, and about one in five is over 2 acres. Slope trims what you can build: once a lot's average slope passes 10 percent its lot unit factor shrinks, and at 30 percent or more the allowance drops to 5,000 square feet of floor area and 7,500 of development area per unit. The Town lists Moon Lane, Mirmirou Drive, Radcliffe Lane, North Fork Lane and Gerth Lane as private, with Saddle Mountain Drive private past Saddle Court and Country Way private past its bulb.
The edges are worth knowing. Every addressed parcel here is Palo Alto Unified by Census boundaries and inside the Purissima Hills Water District on the county map. The hills in Palo Alto Hills are real; the city in the name is next door, and the town line is ragged at the north end, where Jarvis Way and part of Linda Lane are unincorporated county land.
streets in page mill road & palo alto hills
- Page Mill Road
- Arastradero Road
- Old Page Mill Road
- Christopher's Lane
- Gerth Lane
- Liddicoat Drive
- Liddicoat Circle
- Amherst Court
- Harvard Court
- Yale Court
- Stanford Court
- Radcliffe Lane
- Tracy Court
- Baleri Ranch Road
- Berry Hill Lane
- Berry Hill Court
- Stirrup Way
- Saddle Mountain Drive
- Saddle Court
- Moon Lane
- Fawn Creek Court
- Mirmirou Drive
- Paseo del Roble Drive
- Paseo del Roble Court
- Roble Alto Drive
- Roble Alto Court
- Roble Blanco Drive
- Lupine Road
- Via Feliz
- Three Forks Lane
- North Fork Lane
- Middle Fork Lane
- South Fork Lane
- Country Way
- Matadero Creek Lane
- Matadero Creek Court
- Story Hill Lane
- Via Ventana Way
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Page Mill Road & Palo Alto Hills
- open space
Pearson-Arastradero Preserve (Palo Alto)
At 1530 Arastradero Road, about half a mile west of the Page Mill Road corner (straight-line): 10.25 miles of trails for hiking, biking and horseback riding, and Arastradero Lake about 20 minutes' walk from the parking lot. Palo Alto bought the land in the 1970s and dedicated it as parkland in 1981.
- open space
Foothills Nature Preserve (Palo Alto)
Farther up Page Mill Road: a 1,400-acre city preserve of chaparral, woodland and fields with a lake and 15 miles of trail, now open to all visitors.
- creek
Matadero Creek
Runs north beside Page Mill Road and under I-280 toward Palo Alto; Matadero Creek Lane and Court take their names from it.
- landmark
Palo Alto Hills golf course
The Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club, a private members' club, lies just over the west line, in Palo Alto, off Alexis Drive.
- park
Purissima Park
The Town's ball fields, riding arena and dog park are on Purissima Road, about a mile east across I-280 (straight-line).
- shopping
Nearest shops
None in town. Main Street in Los Altos is about 2.6 miles away and the California Avenue district in Palo Alto about 3.2 miles (straight-line).
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Every addressed parcel here is in Palo Alto Unified School District by Census boundaries. No public school sits inside the area; Gunn High School, the Palo Alto Unified campus on Arastradero Road that served as the Red Cross shelter in 1985, is about 2 miles northeast (straight-line). Assignments vary by address and change over time, so check yours with the district.
Getting around
- I-280: the Page Mill Road exit (20) is at the north end, about a quarter mile from Liddicoat Drive and about 1.3 miles from Via Ventana Way (straight-line).
- North of the freeway, Page Mill Road continues as County Route G3 toward El Camino Real and Stanford; the Main Quad is about 3 miles away (straight-line).
- Caltrain: California Avenue station in Palo Alto is about 3.2 miles from Liddicoat Drive (straight-line).
- Arastradero Road runs west past the Palo Alto preserve toward Alpine Road and Portola Valley.
- Trails: the preserve's trailhead is about a third of a mile from Liddicoat Circle (straight-line), and short Town pathway links connect some of the lanes.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Page Mill Road & Palo Alto Hills: what we check
Buying here
- Fire first: check the parcel's designation on the fire hazard severity zone map the Council adopted in June 2025, then defensible space, roof class, vents and insurance before you write an offer. New houses need Class A roofs and fire sprinklers.
- Get the slope math: average slope, lot unit factor, and maximum floor and development area from the Town's worksheet. Steep lots lose allowance quickly, and driveways, patios and pools count toward development area.
- Geology: the Town sends new-house plans for geotechnical peer review. Ask for prior soils reports, especially on lots near Matadero Creek or with long driveways.
- Utilities: ask whether the house is on sewer or septic. The sewer trunk lines on Page Mill Road belong to the City of Palo Alto, so a new connection can involve that city. Water here is Purissima Hills Water District.
- Check jurisdiction and road status at the north end: Jarvis Way and part of Linda Lane are unincorporated (county planning and permits), and several lanes here are private, so get any road maintenance agreement.
Selling here
- Have fire paperwork ready: defensible-space work, roof and vent details, and any inspection reports.
- Provide the lot's slope, lot unit factor and maximum floor and development area; on large lots buyers want to know what's left.
- List the distance to the Page Mill Road on-ramp and the Arastradero Preserve trailhead; both matter here.
- Gather septic or sewer records, road agreements and any geotechnical reports.
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faq
Page Mill Road & Palo Alto Hills questions, answered
Is Palo Alto Hills in Palo Alto?
These streets are in the Town of Los Altos Hills. Palo Alto Hills is a name used in listings for part of this area; the Palo Alto Hills golf course and the preserves to the west are in the City of Palo Alto.
Which school district serves it?
Palo Alto Unified, for every addressed parcel by Census boundaries. Check the exact address with the district.
What happened in the 1985 fire?
An arsonist set fires along Arastradero Road near Page Mill Road on July 1, 1985. The Town's hazard plan counts nine homes destroyed and 16 damaged in Los Altos Hills, mostly around Liddicoat Drive; the case was never solved.
Are any streets here unincorporated?
Jarvis Way and part of Linda Lane, off Old Page Mill Road north of I-280, are unincorporated county land in Palo Alto's 94304 ZIP area. County planning and permits apply there; check each address.
How do I get to the trails?
Pearson-Arastradero Preserve's lot at 1530 Arastradero Road is about half a mile west of the Page Mill Road corner (straight-line). Foothills Nature Preserve is farther up Page Mill Road.
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