Name: NEW! University Avenue Area Urban Sunset Hike (Palo Alto)
Start: 2024-05-07T17:30:00-07:00
End: 2024-05-07T20:00:00-07:00

Welcome to the **Urban Sunset Hike (USH) Series**, where we take a twilight/sunset/night walk around the cities we live in. Bring a headlamp or flashlight or use your phone flashlight app.

Tonight we will walk around the well-known **University Avenue** in Palo Alto, but did you know there are many lesser-known but worthy landmarks in the area?

This 5.75-mile hike covers:

* McDonalds House
* **El Palo Alto, California historical landmark #2**
* San Francisquito Creek & Grafitti Tunnel
* Hopkins Creekside Park
* Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST)
* Palo Alto Caltrain Station
* Palo Alto Medical Foundation
* Historic Southern Pacific Station
* optional dinner: Canyon Inn

Come join the fun! Please note the early start time.

**Parking:** mall parking in front of the Doughnut Hole Sculptures

**Restrooms:** Best you use the restroom before you come to this event.

**RSVP notes:** Please do not No-Show or crash. No +1. Members only.

**California history trivia:** NO. 2 PORTOLÁ JOURNEY'S END - In 1769 the Portolá expedition of 63 men and 200 horses and mules camped near El Palo Alto, the tall tree. They had traveled from San Diego in search of Monterey but discovered instead the Bay of San Francisco. Finding the bay too large to go around, and deciding that Monterey had been bypassed, they ended the search and returned to San Diego. Location: Intersection of E Creek Dr and Alma St, Menlo Park

**Websites:**

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/stanford-mausoleum

https://news.stanford.edu/thedish/2018/10/30/what-better-time-than-halloween-to-tell-the-story-of-the-stanford-mausoleum/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Cactus_Garden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisquito_Creek

https://www.americanrivers.org/river/san-francisquito-creek/ Remove Searsville Dam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Palo_Alto

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University_Arboretum

https://inmenlo.com/2010/12/28/under-menlo-san-francisquito-creek-railroad-bridge/

https://www.nps.gov/places/palo-alto-southern-pacific-station.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Hill_Road

**Photos:**

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Three guys at 3 Shades, Mar 2022 (PC: Linda D)

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Orange your glad?, Mar 2022 (PC: Stan)

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POST, Mar 2022 (PC: Shomi S)

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