HABITAT RESTORATION:
Locations and Directions


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Streamside planting sites

(P1) Manhattan Avenue and Woodland Road, East Palo Alto:
From 101, exit at University Avenue toward Palo Alto. Take an immediate right on Woodland Road, then another right on Manhattan Avenue, and park on Manhattan near the creek. Meet at the corner of Woodland and Manhattan. [Map link]

(P2) Waverley Street - Willow Place pedestrian bridge, Palo Alto and Menlo Park:
From 101, take the University Avenue exit toward Palo Alto. Make a right on Waverley Street. Go 4 blocks on Waverley until it dead-ends into Palo Alto Avenue. Take a left on Palo Alto Avenue, go about half a block with the creek on your right, and look for the bridge. [Map link]

(P3) El Palo Alto Park, Palo Alto:
From 101, take the University Avenue exit toward Palo Alto. Go through downtown Palo Alto and make a right on Alma Street (on the curved ramp). Make a right on Palo Alto Avenue and look for parking. Meet at the edge of the park on the corner of Alma and Palo Alto Avenue. [Map link]

(P4) University Drive, Menlo Park:
From El Camino Real (in Menlo Park) heading south toward Palo Alto, turn right onto Cambridge Avenue, then make a left on University Drive.  Meet at the corner of University Drive and Creek Drive. [Map link]

(P5) Woodside Elementary School, Woodside:
From 280, take Woodside Road towards Woodside.  Woodside Elementary (3195 Woodside Road) is about 1 mile from the 280 underpass. Park in one of the lots along Woodside Road in front of the school. Walk back through the school buildings and across the soccer field toward the creek. [Map link]

(P6) Alpine Inn, Portola Valley:
From 280, take Alpine Road towards Portola Valley.  After about 2 miles, turn left on Arastradero Road and then make an immediate right into the parking lot of the Alpine Inn (3915 Alpine Road, Portola Valley). [Map link]

(P7) Ormondale Elementary School, Portola Valley:
From Portola Road, turn onto Westridge Drive, then make your first right onto Cervantes, and your first right again onto Shawnee Pass. Park in the school parking lot (200 Shawnee Pass, Portola Valley). [Map link]

(P8) Georgia Lane, Portola Valley:
From Portola Road (heading toward Alpine Road), turn left onto Georgia Lane (you’ll see the big gray windmill on the left).  Go about 1/4 mile to gate. Park along the edge of the road leading up to the gate. [Map link]

Invasive weed removal sites

(I1) Cow Hill Rill, Stanford University lands:
From 280, take the Alpine Road exit heading north/east (toward Stanford and Palo Alto). The Webb Ranch fruit stand is located at 2720 Alpine Road (on the left side of the street), a short distance north of the highway. Meet in the parking lot. [Map link]
*Please note that this work site in on private property and is not accessible without special permission.*

(I2) Damiani Gulch, Portola Valley:
From 280, take the Alpine Road exit toward Portola Valley. Continue on Alpine past Portola Road until just before the intersection of Alpine and Willowbrook Road.  Park in the small parking area on the edge of Alpine or on Willowbrook. Meet in the parking lot. [Map link]

Creek clean up sites

(C1) Manhattan Avenue and Woodland Road, East Palo Alto:
From 101, exit at University Avenue toward Palo Alto. Take an immediate right on Woodland Road, then another right on Manhattan Avenue, and park on Manhattan near the creek. Meet at the corner of Woodland and Manhattan
. [Map link]

(C2) El Palo Alto Park, Palo Alto:
From 101, take the University Avenue exit toward Palo Alto. Go through downtown Palo Alto and make a right on Alma Street (on the curved ramp). Make a right on Palo Alto Avenue and look for parking. Meet across the street at the edge of the park
. Meet at the edge of the park on the corner of Alma and Palo Alto Avenue. [Map link]
 
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