Open house · Sat 1–3 PM
17:30 — Around here
Everything within ten minutes.
Hollis Valley is small enough to walk and big enough to have a good bakery. Here’s what’s close, with honest walk and drive times from the front door.
Further afield
Downtown
50 min by rail
Coast
35 min drive
Airport
1 hr 10 min drive
Wine country
25 min drive
Ski hill
2 hr 15 min drive
Outdoors
Trail and water, both walkable.
1
Ridgeline Trailhead
4 min walk
1 min drive
Six miles of oak and redwood loops, starting at the end of the road.
4
Mill Pond Park
18 min walk
5 min drive
A swimming dock, a rope swing and the best sunset bench in town.
Coffee & food
Breakfast is a walk; groceries are a short drive.
2
Wren & Kettle Café
12 min walk
3 min drive
Cardamom buns on Saturdays. Get there before ten.
5
Hollis Valley Market
—
6 min drive
Sundays 9–1 in the old feed-store lot. Peaches in July, apples in October.
Schools
Public schools within the district boundary.
3
Alder Creek Elementary
14 min walk
4 min drive
K–5, with a garden program and a walking-school-bus route past the house.
7
Hollis Valley Middle & High
—
9 min drive
Grades 6–12, with strong arts and robotics programs.
Commute
Rail and highway, without the noise.
6
Route 12 on-ramp
—
7 min drive
Highway access without the highway noise.
8
Hollis Valley Station
—
11 min drive
Commuter rail. About 50 minutes to downtown.
A typical Saturday
From the sellers’ calendar.
07:30
Trail loop before the fog lifts.
09:45
Cardamom buns at Wren & Kettle, coffee on the walk home.
11:00
Peaches from the market, then lunch on the deck.
15:00
Rope swing at Mill Pond. The water is warm by August.
19:30
Back on the deck for golden hour.