PALOS VERDES CAMPUS

The City of Rancho Palos Verdes is located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the southwestern tip of Los Angeles County. The City includes 13.6 square miles of land with 7.5 miles of coastline; a population of 41,145 was reported by the 2000 census. With the magnificent views of the Los Angeles basin and the ocean, Rancho Palos Verdes is a very desirable place to live.

Altogether, the City has 13 active and passive parks site. The more active parks are Robert E. Ryan Park on Hawthorne Boulevard near Vallon Drive, Fred Hess Community Park also on Hawthorne Boulevard at Locklenna Lane, and the Point Vicente Interpretive Center on Palos Verdes Drive South. Other points of interest are the U.S. Coast Guard Station adjacent to the Point Vicente Interpretive Center and the U.S. Air Force Radar Station on San Pedro Hill, the highest elevation on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

Peninsula Montessori is located in the city's second largest commercial area, the Golden Cove Center. The business area has been recently renovated.

Commercial recreational activity in the City consists of Donald Trump's, Ocean Trails Golf Course located on the seaward side of Palos Verdes Drive South, and the recently opened Terranea Resort Hotel & Spa, located along the coastline on the former Marineland of the Pacific site, now known as Long Point. Terranea is a 450 room resort hotel with 35 villas, a spa, conference center, 5 restaurants and a golf academy. Further inland, but also with spectacular ocean views, is the 18-hole Los Verdes Golf Course that owned by Los Angeles County.

Steep cliffs, a narrow rocky shoreline, tide pools and one sandy beach at Abalone Cove characterize the City’s shoreline.

Good air quality, a great climate and a beautiful shoreline are the resources and features that make Rancho Palos Verdes such a wonderful place to live. Adherence to strict land use principles has saved Rancho Palos Verdes from becoming another high-density coastal community.