Carlmont Shopping Center is just a hop, skip, and jump away with lots of restaurants and businesses, including a hardware store, grocery store, nursery, bank, fitness center, and a contract post office.

Water Dog Lake Park:
A woodsy canyon trail with a canopy of live oak, eucalyptus, and Scotch broom. The trail, over 130 years old, was the original road to Half Moon Bay. It's a 3 mile loop, with a gradual ascent that brings you to Water Dog Lake in about 20 minutes from the entrance on Lake Street. Fishing is permitted, but swimming and boating are strictly prohibited. The City of Belmont leases the lake and the surrounding land from the College of Notre Dame, it's current owners.

Twin Pines Park:
Located just down Ralston before El Camino Real, Twin Pines is a 10-acre park owned by the city of Belmont, which houses the Belmont Historical Society Museum, Belmont Parks and Recreation, and the Senior and Community Center. The park is frequented by visitors picnicking and people attending various events throughout the year, including free afternoon concerts each Sunday in the summer, Peninsula Open Studios in the Fall, and Belmonts Art and Wine festival each summer.

Carlmont High School:
Located just a few blocks away at 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, the Carlmont High School offers a wonderful all-weather running track and tennis courts.

Belmont houses several elementary, middle, and high schools. For more information, see Belmont's Government Website.

Located just down the hill at 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, the Belmont Public Library is part of the San Mateo library system, offering 40,235 volumes in their nearby building, plus author appearances, storytime for kids (Spanish and English), video rentals, and the Peninsula Library Service online catalog of books right from their Website. Also, the Friends of the Belmont Library maintain The Book Nook, a used bookstore, in Twin Pines Park.

Contact Info:
San Mateo County Library Belmont Branch
1110 Alameda de las Pulgas
Information: (650) 591-8286
Branch Manager: Linda Chiochios

Hours:
Mon-Wed 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Thur & Fri, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. .

Twin Pines Senior and Community Center
1223 Ralston Ave.
Information: (650) 595-7444
Website: http://www.belmont.gov/localgov/prec/snrctr.html

Belmont Historical Society Museum
1219 Ralston Ave.
Information: (650) 593-4213
Website: http://www.belmont.gov/orgs/bhs/index.html

Belmont Sports Complex
550 Island Parkway and Shoreway Road

Belmont Iceland (Ice Skating Rink)
815 Old County Road
Belmont, CA 94002
Information: (650) 592-0533
Website: http://www.belmonticeland.com/

Notre Dame Theater
1500 Ralston Ave.
Information: (650) 508-3575
Website: http://www.ndnu.edu/artsandlectures/index.html#theatre