Palo Alto Hills Apartments for Rent

Neighborhoods located in the hills of Palo Alto have some of the city’s most expensive homes. For residents, living in Palo Alto Hills is the opulent, suburban experience west of Highway 280. The unusually manicured neighborhood reveals a carefully planned hillside community with homes from the early 1960s to the late 1970s. Custom homes with a contemporary influence or traditional architecture were built for the affluent professionals who moved to the area. Apartments are available outside of the neighborhood.

During the early 20th century, Palo Alto Hills was once a neighborhood containing summer estate homes for the wealthy. Public schools are in the Palo Alto Unified School District. Major shopping is only five minutes away. The neighborhood is close to attractions and tourist destinations along the San Francisco Peninsula.

Stanford University is near Palo Alto Hills. The university was founded in 1891 by Governor Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane. Officially known as Leland Stanford Junior University, it is a memorial to Leland Stanford, Jr., who died of typhoid before his 16th birthday.

Admission is free at the Cantor Art Center on campus. The center offers docent tours and has collections, exhibitions, and events. The Rodin Sculpture Garden contains the largest collection of bronze Rodin sculptures outside of Paris.

Memorial Church is another Stanford University landmark. The church is the campus centerpiece and architectural crown jewel. Built in 1903, the church is a memorial built by Jane Stanford as a memorial to her husband.

The Pearson-Arastradero Regional Preserve has hiking, biking, and equestrian trails in a natural landscape with rolling savanna grassland and broadleaf evergreen forest. Nature lovers can observe animals and birds in their natural habitat. Anglers who are willing to take a 20-mile hike to Arastradero Lake can fish all year.