Silicon Valley Sightings: The Stanford Palo Alto Dish

A very visible landmark of Palo Alto from 280 is the large satellite dish, which locals refer to as “The Dish”, the official site The Stanford University Dish. There’s a hiking trail around it, that takes about one hour to do the loop (3.5 miles). It’s been written up by many locals as a great walk (see yelp), which I’ve been known to hike on weekend mornings.

“Stanford foothills, Junipero Serra Boulevard and Stanford Avenue (be careful where you park, there’s lots of restricted parking nearby)
Often called the Dish Walk (because of a satellite receiving dish crowning the mountain), this network of paths and trails around the Stanford foothills west of Junipero Serra Blvd. offers numerous hillside trail runs and hikes. With sweeping views of Skyline Ridge as well as Palo Alto all the way down to the bay, this park is a favorite among locals.” (Palo Alto guide)

The hills surrounding the dish were recently torched this past summer, PodTech video crew ran out and filmed it, it’s across the street from Headquarters.

Who’s seen walking the dish? Blogger Guru Shel Israel and Giovanni Rodriguez!

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