Alamo

Alamo is unincorporated, with no city hall and no downtown to speak of, and that is largely the point. It runs along Danville Boulevard between Walnut Creek and Danville, with bigger lots, more trees, and fewer streetlights than either neighbor, and Walnut Creek BART about ten minutes north.

Why people move here

• Lower density than the cities on either side. Much of Alamo is on half-acre-and-up parcels, and a good deal of it is zoned for horses.
• The Iron Horse Trail runs the length of the community, linking Walnut Creek and Danville without touching I-680.
• Las Trampas Regional Wilderness rises immediately west; Hap Magee Ranch Park sits on the Danville line.
• Alamo Plaza and Stone Valley cover day-to-day errands. For anything more, downtown Walnut Creek and downtown Danville are each about ten minutes out.

Neighborhoods

Round Hill climbs east toward the country club of the same name. Stone Valley runs along the road that crosses the freeway and heads west into the hills. Westside Alamo is the older, more wooded stretch between Danville Boulevard and the ridge.

Being unincorporated matters practically: county services, county permitting, and county road maintenance rather than a city’s. Schools are San Ramon Valley Unified, same as Danville.