Community services in San Mateo County — Servicios a la comunidad
SMC Alert- emergency alert notification system
Genasys Protect - evacuation preparedness website & app
Pillar Ridge Emergency Preparedness and Evacuation Plan, adopted 2010, per CA Health & Safety Code
Nextdoor social network:
Pillar Ridge — Sign up and be part of the conversation, or just observe. Limit your post distribution to just Pillar Ridge residents, or include nearby neighborhoods from Montara to Half Moon Bay.
County of San Mateo — updates from our local government
Midcoast Community Council — an elected Municipal Advisory Council to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors representing the unincorporated Midcoast communities of Montara, Moss Beach, Princeton, El Granada, and Miramar.
Website has comprehensive info on Midcoast planning and projects for parks, trails, highway, zoning updates, sea level rise and erosion issues, and major development projects under review, or approved but not yet built.
Pillar Point Bluff County Park — open space land between Pillar Ridge and the ocean.
If the informal access trails from Pillar Ridge (just south of the Clubhouse and at Barranca) are too steep for you, try the formal trailhead on Airport Rd. just north of Pillar Ridge.
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve — shoreline and tidal area between Pillar Point and Point Montara
Pillar Point Harbor — protected harbor of refuge and home port to a vital commercial fishing industry, sport fishermen, and pleasure boaters
Half Moon Bay Library — Bookmobile visits to Pillar Ridge are currently on hold due to Covid-19.
Cabrillo Unified School District — School calendars
SamTrans bus schedules
Route 117 — between Half Moon Bay and Pacifica — bus stop in front of Pillar Ridge
Route 18 — school days only, between Montara and Half Moon Bay — bus stop in front of Pillar Ridge
Route 294 — SR 92 between Half Moon Bay and San Mateo