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East Sunnyvale streets named for flowers and trees around 9-acre Ponderosa Park, between Wolfe Road and Lawrence Expressway north of El Camino Real, under a mile from Lawrence Caltrain.
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Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Ponderosa Park from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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the story
How Ponderosa Park came to be
Ponderosa Park takes its everyday name from the 9.1-acre city park on Henderson Avenue and Ponderosa Avenue beside it. The streets around them follow a botanical theme: flowers such as Iris, Lupine, Larkspur, Primrose, Dahlia and Tulip, and trees such as Sequoia, Spruce, Sugarpine, Timberpine, Toyon and Torreya. Ponderosa, a pine, fits right in, and the City describes the park itself as Western-themed.
Homes here span a couple of decades. Ponderosa Elementary, next to the park, was built in 1964, according to the school. Listing records we checked include homes from 1963 and 1974, and DeLeon Realty's profile of the wider area dates its homes from the 1950s through the 1970s. The result is a mix of one- and two-story homes rather than one uniform tract.
Ponderosa sits where Sunnyvale meets Santa Clara and where the rail corridor meets new housing plans. The City's Lawrence Station Area Plan covers the land around the Caltrain station at Lawrence Expressway, Reed Avenue and Kifer Road; in September 2021 the City approved an update that added capacity for 3,612 more homes there. That growth is next door, not on these streets, which the City's zoning map shows as R-0 low-density residential.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Henderson Avenue is the spine, running north from El Camino Real to the park. Shorter streets and courts branch off it with the flower and tree names: Iris Avenue and Lupine Drive by the park, Larkspur Avenue and Lantana Drive toward Wolfe Road, and Sweetbay Drive, Timberpine Avenue, Toyon Avenue and Torreya Avenue toward Lawrence Expressway.
Sunken Gardens Golf Course, the nine-hole executive course at 1010 South Wolfe Road, fills a block in the southwest corner of the neighborhood, and some homes on courts such as Starflower Court back onto greenbelt above it.
House sizes vary more than in a single-builder tract. The listings we checked include a 1963 traditional home of about 2,700 square feet on a 7,800-square-foot lot near the golf course and a 1974 two-story home of about 1,900 square feet on a 6,300-square-foot lot on Lily Avenue. We found no single-story combining district here, so two-story additions and rebuilds follow the City's standard R-0 rules and design techniques.
streets in ponderosa park
- Henderson Avenue
- Ponderosa Avenue
- Iris Avenue
- Lupine Drive
- Larkspur Avenue
- Lantana Drive
- Primrose Avenue
- Rockrose Avenue
- Tulip Drive
- Starflower Court
- Sequoia Drive
- Spruce Drive
- Shasta Fir Drive
- Sugarpine Avenue
- Timberpine Avenue
- Toyon Avenue
- Torreya Avenue
- Sweetbay Drive
- Lily Avenue
- Myrtle Drive
- Orchid Drive
- Dahlia Drive
- Clematis Drive
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Ponderosa Park
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Ponderosa Park
811 Henderson Avenue, 9.1 acres. The City describes it as Western-themed, with horseshoe pits, a playground, two tennis courts, basketball courts, a sand volleyball court (no nets) and a bocce court, plus three reservable picnic sites; ballfields on the adjacent school property can be reserved when school is out.
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Sunken Gardens Golf Course
A nine-hole executive course with practice areas at 1010 South Wolfe Road, about half a mile southwest of Ponderosa Park.
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Lawrence Caltrain station
137 San Zeno Way, Zone 4, with 122 parking spaces, 18 bike racks and BikeLink e-lockers; Lawrence Expressway passes over the station.
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Raynor Park
About 1.3 miles south (straight line) on Quail Avenue: 11.9 acres with dinosaur-themed play areas and two ballfields.
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Ponderosa Park is one of the parts of Sunnyvale in the Santa Clara Unified School District, a K-12 district whose area includes neighborhoods in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, San Jose and Cupertino. U.S. Census school-district maps and MLS listing fields for homes here both show Santa Clara Unified. Ponderosa Elementary is next to the park at 804 Ponderosa Avenue on a ten-acre site (the school says it was built in 1964), and Peterson Middle School is about a mile south on Rosalia Avenue. Near Reed Avenue and the Caltrain tracks, Census maps show the Sunnyvale School District line cutting through some blocks. Attendance boundaries change, so check any specific address with the district.
Sunnyvale School District guide · Silicon Valley school districts
Getting around
- Caltrain: Lawrence station is about 0.8 mile from Ponderosa Park in a straight line. Caltrain marks some trains as skipping the station, so check the timetable.
- Downtown Sunnyvale and its Caltrain station are about 1.8 miles northwest (straight line).
- VTA Rapid 522 runs on El Camino Real along the south edge, with stops at Wolfe Road and near Lawrence Expressway.
- Lawrence Expressway on the east edge has grade-separated interchanges at El Camino Real and Central Expressway and continues to US-101 and SR-237 to the north and I-280 to the south.
- Biking: the City's Active Transportation Plan map shows bike lanes on Wolfe Road and Old San Francisco Road and proposes neighborhood bike routes on Henderson Avenue, Ponderosa Avenue and Sequoia Drive.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Ponderosa Park: what we check
Buying here
- Confirm the city. Blocks near Lawrence Expressway such as Poinciana Drive, Tamarack Lane and White Oak Lane are in Santa Clara, with Santa Clara permits and Silicon Valley Power for electricity.
- Confirm the school district by address, especially north toward Reed Avenue, where Census maps show the Santa Clara Unified and Sunnyvale School District line running through some blocks.
- Near the tracks, check FEMA's flood map: the City's flood layer shows a shallow-flooding (AO) zone along the Caltrain and Evelyn Avenue corridor that clips the northwest corner near Wolfe Road and Old San Francisco Road. Visit at different times to hear the trains.
- Ask City Planning what is approved or pending under the Lawrence Station Area Plan to the north; new housing and offices there can affect traffic on Reed Avenue and Lawrence Expressway.
- For homes from the 1950s through the 1970s, check the electrical panel, plumbing, sewer lateral and permit history; pre-1978 homes come with a federal lead-paint disclosure.
Selling here
- State the city and school district precisely and invite buyers to confirm by address; both lines run close by.
- Measure and publish real walking distances to Ponderosa Park and Lawrence Caltrain.
- If you back onto the golf-course greenbelt, photograph the view and have any easement or fence documents ready.
- Because house sizes vary widely here, pull permits for past additions so buyers and appraisers count the same square footage.
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faq
Ponderosa Park questions, answered
Where is Ponderosa Park in Sunnyvale?
East Sunnyvale between Wolfe Road and Lawrence Expressway, from El Camino Real north to about Reed Avenue, centered on Ponderosa Park at 811 Henderson Avenue.
Which school district serves Ponderosa Park?
Santa Clara Unified, a K-12 district, per Census district maps, MLS records and the district's own description of its area. Ponderosa Elementary is next to the park. Census maps show Sunnyvale School District on some blocks near Reed Avenue and the tracks, so confirm the address.
How far is Ponderosa Park from Caltrain?
Lawrence station is about 0.8 mile from the park in a straight line; downtown Sunnyvale station is about 1.8 miles.
Is Ponderosa Park in Sunnyvale or Santa Clara?
Mostly Sunnyvale. A few blocks near Lawrence Expressway, including Poinciana Drive and Tamarack Lane, are in Santa Clara.
What is at Ponderosa Park?
A 9.1-acre Western-themed city park with tennis, basketball, bocce and sand volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, a playground and reservable picnic sites, plus fields on the adjacent school grounds.
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