Saratoga, California

Saratoga is a city located in Santa Clara County, California, USA. It is located on the west side of the Santa Clara Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 29,843.

Transportation

Saratoga has several major roads, including Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road, Cox Avenue, Saratoga Avenue, Pierce Road, Saratoga-Los Gatos Road, and Congress Springs Road. California State Highway 85, completed in 1994, passes through northeast Saratoga, and a railroad, now rarely in use, travels parallel to the highway. The railway, which from 1908 to 1964 delivered commuters to San Francisco in as little as 90 minutes, now only sees an occasional freight train. Highway 85 has one onramp/offramp within the city, at Saratoga Avenue. Local streets and roads in Saratoga are fairly well maintained, but they are generally not as often re-paved as San Jose's streets. Street signs, unlike those in San Jose, are brown in color.

Related Topics:
Sunnyvale - Los Gatos - California State Highway 85 - San Jose

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Saratoga also has a zoning code comparable to that of Los Altos, which requires that houses must be spaced farther away from each other and that trees must be properly taken care of to preserve a semi-rural appearance. This, in addition to the excellent schools, causes Saratoga to have very high housing costs.

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The Blue Hills neighborhood of Saratoga has many hiking trails that are privately owned by the City of Saratoga for use by residents.

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