Hillview Community Center, and Hillview Park (both listed at the same address 97 Hillview Avenue) offers many recreational and community programs for Los Altans, mainly kids and youth. These include music and dancing courses, art classes, fitness, and cooking. The Los Altos senior program is also hosted here.
I walk these grounds almost every day. If your thing is walking, it's close to downtown, you just have to cross the San Antonio Rd. Best way is to cross at the intersection where Enchanté Boutique Hotel now stands. Or you can park by the library, and walk around to see it all. I have reviews for many of the individual listings described below.
This complex is an 8.3 acre site, which consists of the following facilities surrounding the Los Altos library:
- The administrative offices of the Recreation & Community Services Department
- Little League baseball diamond
- The "Whistlestop" children's playground near it
- The parcourse exercise equipment
- A soccer field that is, essentially, the Hillview Park (please see a separate review)
- Los Altos History Museum
- Gilbert Smith History House
- Bus Barn Theater, or Los Altos Stage Company
There are multiple facilities that are available for rentals, like celebrations, social gatherings, and kids birthdays: two bocce ball courts, a multi-purpose room with kitchen, and several classrooms and meeting rooms.
These are mostly older facilities, and at the same time, they exude a certain old country charm and are full of history. read more