Portola Valley in California
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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University under the programmatic direction of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.

Located at 37.4147, -122.222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Portola Valley, California

Portola Valley is an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States. The population was 4,353 at the 2010 census. It was named for Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who led the first party of Europeans to explore the San Francisco Peninsula, in 1769. Portola Valley is one of the top forty wealthiest towns in the United States of America, with a median household income of $164,479 a year. Within the State of California, Portola Valley is ranked as the sixth wealthiest place.

Located at 37.375, -122.219 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Incorporated cities and towns in California, Cities in San Mateo County, California, Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area

Woodside, California

Woodside is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula. It uses a council-manager system of government. The population of the town was 5,287 at the 2010 census. Woodside is among the wealthiest communities in the United States.

Located at 37.4208, -122.26 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Larry Ellison

Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American business magnate, co-founder and chief executive of Oracle Corporation, one of the world's leading enterprise software companies. As of 2012, he was the third-wealthiest American with an estimated worth of $41 billion including his ownership of Oracle company stock.

Located at 37.4123, -122.248 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve

The Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is a 1,200 acre (5 km²) is a nature preserve and biological field station owned by Stanford University, located at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:37.408|-122.2275|region:US-CA_type:landmark|||||| |primary |name= }} south of Sand Hill Road and west of Interstate 280 in Portola Valley, California. It is used by students, researchers, and docents to conduct biology research, and teach the community about the importance of that research.

Located at 37.408, -122.228 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Stanford University, Nature reserves in California, Ecological restoration, Ecology organizations, Ecological experiments, Research methods, Biological stations, Protected areas of San Mateo County, California

Woodside Priory School

The Woodside Priory School, commonly known as The Priory, is an independent, coeducational, Roman Catholic, college preparatory, day and boarding school in the Benedictine tradition located in Portola Valley, California in the United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Located at 37.3756, -122.213 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Benedictine secondary schools, Roman Catholic secondary schools in California, Catholic boarding schools, High schools in San Mateo County, California, Educational institutions established in 1957

Jackling House

The Jackling House was a mansion in Woodside, California, designed and built for copper mining magnate Daniel Cowan Jackling and his family by the noted California architect George Washington Smith in 1925. Although considered a historic home, its final owner Steve Jobs demolished it in 2011, after a protracted court battle, in order to build a smaller home.

Located at 37.4165, -122.258 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Houses completed in 1925, History of San Mateo County, California, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in California, Mediterranean Revival architecture in California, Steve Jobs, Landmarks in California, Houses in California, Houses in San Mateo County, California

Our Lady of the Wayside Church

Our Lady of the Wayside Church is a modest church built in 1912 for the then-growing Catholic parish of Portola Valley by a combined effort of Jewish, Protestant and Catholic members of The Family, a San Francisco men's club that owns a nearby rural retreat. The building itself was constructed of steel-reinforced concrete with stucco finish in the Mission Revival style, with the added Georgian element of the main doorway with its scrolled pediment.

Located at 37.3839, -122.234 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in California, History of San Mateo County, California, Churches in San Mateo County, California, Religious buildings completed in 1912, 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings, Mission Revival architecture in California, California Historical Landmarks, Roman Catholic churches in California