Montara...

Featuring the Pillar Point Lighthouse

Montara's landscape features the Point Montara Lighthouse located on a high rocky point overlooking the Pacific Ocean, with adjacent Victorian buildings. Montara State Beach is a lengthy expanse of sandy beach which even the whales enjoy visiting. Hikers and mountain bikers can enjoy Montara Mountain and McNee Ranch, taking you more than 1,000 feet above sea level, while offering unsurpassed views all the way to the Farallone Islands and the Golden Gate Bridge. Located in a Tahoe-like setting, many properties enjoy the best of both worlds, with ocean and mountain views. The back of Montara offers fields of strawflowers, where deer and smaller wildlife are frequently seen throughout the area. Horseback riders have miles of trails to explore, through eucalyptus groves, along the beaches and back into the mountains of the Coastal Range.

Many of those who buy homes in Montara commute to San Francisco or the Peninsula or Silicon Valley, though an increasing number are telecommuting. Homes in Montara range from small, older cottages, to large newer oceanview homes some with acreage, oceanfront beach houses and horse properties. Call Millie Golder at 650 726 1900 for more information!

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Original photographs by
Tammy Trejo, 
Coastside Photography
(650) 726 1412