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Welcome to Blue Hills ...

Blue Hills is located in Santa Clara County<1>.

Blue Hills is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Blue Hills lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Blue Hills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Blue Hills - they are located in British Columbia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Quebec and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blue Hills.

Communities near Blue Hills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blue Hills.

  • San Jose
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
    • San Jose is located in Santa Clara County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013,616 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Jose <3>
  • Fremont
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
    • Fremont is located in Alameda County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 234,569 people
    • Former names for Fremont:
    • Centerville
    • Irvington
    • Mission San Jose
    • Niles
    • Warm Springs
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <3>
  • Sunnyvale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Santa Clara
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Redwood City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Milpitas
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Palo Alto
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Newark
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Campbell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Blue Hills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blue Hills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blue Hills. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Hills.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Hills. See our Newspapers Page for Blue Hills.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blue Hills ...

Looking for more information about Blue Hills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Blue Hills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blue Hills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Santa Clara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blue Hills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.