Mountain View, California

About Mountain View

Mountain View, CA is a small unincorporated community located in western California.

Mountain View holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.29 square miles.

📰 Mountain View News Today

• Mountain View residents face eviction to make way for condos San José Spotlight · Aug 10
• Willie Nelson and Neil Young team up for rare Connecticut show CTPost · Aug 18
• VELUX Opens First North American Experience Center in Mountain View, California PR Newswire · Aug 11
• Mountain View neighborhood starts seeing clean water once again after 2 weeks of contamination in water main ABC7 Bay Area · May 7
• Review: Classic rock icon stays true to himself on closing night of tour The Mercury News · Aug 13

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Mountain View Unique

• One of 12 places in the US named Mountain View — but the California one has a character all its own.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.29 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in western California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Mountain View

• Copper Skillet Courtyard — breakfast
• Florence Italian Restaurant Inc — italian
• Hillside Tap Room & Eatery — hot dog
• La Primavera — mexican
• La Tapatia — mexican
• Mi Casita — mexican
• Pacifica Pizza — pizza
• Roxx On Main
• SISAKET THAI KITCHEN — thai
• Six Eleven Bar & Grill

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Main Street Arts Gallery · Art gallery
• Martinez Museum · Museum
• Arch Bridge · Attraction
• LC Galleries · Art gallery
• Shell Alumni Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Mountain View

• Cappy Ricks Park reviews ★
• Highland Ave. Park reviews ★
• Martinez Waterfront Park reviews ★
• Plaza Ignacio Martinez Park reviews ★
• Rankin Park reviews ★
• Susana Street Park reviews ★
• James Cooper Memorial Garden · Garden reviews ★
• John Sparacino Park reviews ★
• Moorhen Marsh · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Mountain View

🏘️ Nearby Communities