Editing Stanford University (section)

== Land ==
[[File:View Stanford.jpg|thumb|The center of the campus]]

Most of Stanford is on an {{convert|8180|acre|sqmi km2|1|adj=on}}<ref name="facts" /> campus, one of the largest in the United States.{{#tag:ref|It is often stated that Stanford has the largest contiguous campus in the world (or the United States)<ref name="virtualtour">{{cite web |url=https://web.stanford.edu/dept/visitorinfo/tours/virtual/index.html |title=Virtual Tours |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=April 2, 2014 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612040335/https://web.stanford.edu/dept/visitorinfo/tours/virtual/index.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Keck |first=Gayle |title=Stanford: A Haven in Silicon Valley |url=http://www.gaylekeck.com/wp-content/uploads/Silicon-Valley-Story.pdf |magazine=Executive Travel Magazine |access-date=July 8, 2012 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225075804/https://www.gaylekeck.com/wp-content/uploads/Silicon-Valley-Story.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> but that depends on definitions. [[Berry College]] with over {{convert|26000|acre|sqmi km2|1}}, [[Paul Smith's College]] with {{convert|14200|acre|sqmi km2|1}}, and the [[United States Air Force Academy]] with {{convert|18500|acre|ha}} are larger but are not usually classified as [[university|universities]]. [[Duke University]] at {{convert|8610|acre|sqmi km2|1}} does have more land, but it is not contiguous. However, the [[Sewanee: The University of the South|University of the South]] has over {{convert|13000|acre|sqmi km2|1}}.|name="noteLargest"|group=note}} It is on the [[San Francisco Peninsula]], in the northwest part of the [[Santa Clara Valley]] ([[Silicon Valley]]) approximately {{convert|37|mi|round=5}} southeast of [[San Francisco]] and approximately {{convert|20|mi|round=5}} northwest of [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]. Stanford received $4.5 billion in 2006 and spent more than $2.1 billion in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. In 2008, 60% of this land remained undeveloped.<ref>{{cite web |last=Report |first=Stanford |date=October 9, 2008 |title=University spent $2.1 billion locally in 2006, study shows |url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2008/october15/economic-101508.html |access-date=May 11, 2014 |website=stanford.edu |language=en-US |archive-date=May 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512213707/http://news.stanford.edu/news/2008/october15/economic-101508.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Stanford's main campus includes a [[Stanford, California|census-designated place]] within [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st06_ca/place/p0673906_stanford/DC20BLK_P0673906.pdf |title=2020 CENSUS – CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Stanford CDP, CA |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=2023-07-01 |quote=Stanford Univ |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701134410/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st06_ca/place/p0673906_stanford/DC20BLK_P0673906.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> although some of the university land (such as the [[Stanford Shopping Center]] and the [[Stanford Research Park]]) is within the city limits of [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]]. The campus also includes much land in unincorporated [[San Mateo County, California|San Mateo County]] (including the [[SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory]] and the [[Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve]]), as well as in the city limits of [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]] (Stanford Hills neighborhood), [[Woodside, California|Woodside]], and [[Portola Valley, California|Portola Valley]].<ref name="stanford_facts_lands">{{cite web |date=2013 |title=Stanford Facts: The Stanford Lands |url=http://facts.stanford.edu/about/lands |access-date=December 20, 2013 |website=stanford.edu |publisher=Stanford University |language=en-US |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224081425/https://facts.stanford.edu/about/lands/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The central campus includes a seasonal lake ([[Lake Lagunita]], an irrigation reservoir), home to the vulnerable [[California tiger salamander]]. As of 2012, [[Lake Lagunita]] was often dry and the university had no plans to artificially fill it.<ref>{{cite web |author=Enthoven |first=Julia |date=December 5, 2012 |title=University monitors Lake Lagunita after fall storms |url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/12/05/lake-lag-feels-brunt-of-adverse-weather/ |access-date=December 20, 2013 |website=stanforddaily.com |publisher=[[The Stanford Daily]] |language=en-US |archive-date=February 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210145915/https://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/12/05/lake-lag-feels-brunt-of-adverse-weather/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Heavy rains in January 2023 refilled Lake Lagunita to up to 8 feet of depth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-09 |title=Stanford students rejoice over full Lake Lag |url=https://stanforddaily.com/2023/01/09/so-much-more-alive-stanford-students-rejoice-over-full-lake-lag/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |language=en-US |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529214027/https://stanforddaily.com/2023/01/09/so-much-more-alive-stanford-students-rejoice-over-full-lake-lag/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Two other reservoirs, [[Searsville Lake]] on [[San Francisquito Creek]] and Felt Lake,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Krieger |first1=Lisa M |date=December 28, 2008 |title=Felt Lake: Muddy portal to Stanford's past |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2008/12/28/felt-lake-muddy-portal-to-stanfords-past/ |access-date=July 10, 2022 |work=The Mercury News |language=en-US |archive-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710145022/https://www.mercurynews.com/2008/12/28/felt-lake-muddy-portal-to-stanfords-past/ |url-status=live }}</ref> are on more remote sections of the founding grant.
{{wide image|Stanford Oval May 2011 panorama.jpg|800px|align-cap=center|View of the main quadrangle of Stanford with Memorial Church in the center background from across the grass-covered Oval.}}

=== Central campus ===
The central campus is adjacent to Palo Alto,<ref name=StanfordMap>{{cite web |url=https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/planning-amp-development-services/file-migration/current-planning/forms-and-guidelines/comprehensive-plan-land-use-designation-map.pdf |title=Palo Alto General Plan Update: Land Use Element |publisher=City of Palo Alto |access-date=2023-07-01 |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701163337/https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/planning-amp-development-services/file-migration/current-planning/forms-and-guidelines/comprehensive-plan-land-use-designation-map.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> bounded by [[El Camino Real (California)|El Camino Real]], Stanford Avenue, Junipero Serra Blvd, and [[Sand Hill Road]], off [[California State Route 82|State Route 82]]. The [[United States Postal Service]] has assigned it two [[ZIP Codes]]: 94305 for campus mail and 94309 for [[Post-office box|P.O. box]] mail. It lies within [[area code 650]].{{wide image|Stanford University Aerial View.jpg|880px|align-cap=center|An aerial view of Stanford University, featuring the campus buildings with distinctive red-tile roofs. At the center of the image is the iconic Hoover Tower.}}
=== Non-central campus ===
On the founding grant:
*[[Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve]] is a {{convert|1200|acre|ha|adj=on}} natural reserve west of the central campus owned by the university and used by wildlife biologists for research. Researchers and students are involved in biological research. Professors can teach the importance of biological research to the biological community. The primary goal is to understand the system of the natural Earth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Preserve |url=https://jrbp.stanford.edu/about |access-date=May 1, 2022 |website=jrbp.stanford |language=en-US |archive-date=April 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429001445/http://jrbp.stanford.edu/about |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory]] is a facility west of the central campus operated by the university for the Department of Energy. It contains the longest [[linear particle accelerator]] in the world, {{convert|2|mi|km}} on a {{convert|426|acre|ha|adj=on}} area of land.<ref>{{cite web |title=About SLAC |url=http://www6.slac.stanford.edu/AboutSLAC.aspx |access-date=April 4, 2021 |website=slac.stanford.edu |language=en-US |archive-date=July 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730012428/http://www6.slac.stanford.edu/AboutSLAC.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

Off the founding grant:
*[[Hopkins Marine Station]], in [[Pacific Grove, California|Pacific Grove]], California, is a [[marine biology]] research center owned by the university since 1892. Based on US Pacific Coast, it is one of the oldest marine laboratories. It includes 10 [[research laboratories]] and is also used for archaeological exploration purposes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Howe |first=Kevin |date=May 10, 2011 |title=Pacific Grove |url=https://www.montereyherald.com/2011/05/10/pacific-grove-to-mark-105th-anniversary-of-chinese-village-fire/ |access-date=July 19, 2021 |website=montereyherald.com |language=en-US}}</ref> A graduate student of the anthropology department discovered evidence that the location was home to a Chinese American fishing village in the early 1900s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Julian |first=Sam |date=August 17, 2010 |title=Graduate student uncovers Hopkins' immigrant history |language=en-US |work=news.stanford |url=https://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/august/hopkins-081710.html |access-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=May 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519101015/https://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/august/hopkins-081710.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Study abroad locations: unlike typical [[Student exchange program|study abroad]] programs, Stanford itself operates in several locations around the world; thus, each location has Stanford faculty-in-residence and staff in addition to students, creating a "mini-Stanford."<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty-in-Residence : Bing Overseas Study Program |url=https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/bosp/teach/faculty-residence |access-date=December 20, 2013 |website=bosp.stanford.edu |language=en-US |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223025249/https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/bosp/teach/faculty-residence |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Redwood City campus for many of the university's administrative offices in [[Redwood City, California]], a few miles north of the main campus. In 2005, the university purchased a small, {{convert|35|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus in Midpoint Technology Park intended for staff offices; development was delayed by the [[Great Recession]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Falk |first=Joshua |date=July 29, 2010 |title=Redwood City campus remains undeveloped |language=en-US |publisher=The Stanford Daily |url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/07/29/redwood-city-campus-remains-undeveloped/ |access-date=April 4, 2011 |archive-date=February 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210145924/https://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/07/29/redwood-city-campus-remains-undeveloped/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chesley |first1=Kate |title=Redwood City approves Stanford office building proposals |url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/september/redwood-city-development-091013.html |access-date=July 27, 2014 |work=Stanford Report |publisher=Stanford University |date=September 10, 2013 |archive-date=March 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331015240/http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/september/redwood-city-development-091013.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015, the university announced a development plan,<ref name="redwood-dec2015">{{cite news |last1=Kadvany |first1=Elena |date=December 10, 2015 |title=Stanford's Redwood City campus moves closer to reality |language=en-US |agency=Palo Alto Weekly |url=http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/12/10/stanfords-redwood-city-campus-moves-closer-to-reality |access-date=December 19, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222163605/http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/12/10/stanfords-redwood-city-campus-moves-closer-to-reality |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Redwood City campus opened in March 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=University |first1=Stanford |title=Stanford Redwood City campus evokes warmth of university |url=https://news.stanford.edu/2020/01/31/visited-stanford-redwood-city/ |access-date=September 19, 2020 |work=Stanford News |date=January 31, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602071559/https://news.stanford.edu/2020/01/31/visited-stanford-redwood-city/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*The Bass Center in [[Washington, D.C.]] provides a base, including housing, for the Stanford in Washington program for undergraduates.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bass Center Overview {{!}} Stanford in Washington |url=https://siw.stanford.edu/bass-center/overview |website=siw.stanford.edu |access-date=September 19, 2020 |archive-date=September 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905220812/https://siw.stanford.edu/bass-center/overview |url-status=live }}</ref> It includes a small art gallery open to the public.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Art Gallery at Stanford in Washington {{!}} Stanford in Washington |url=https://siw.stanford.edu/art-gallery/about-gallery |access-date=September 19, 2020 |website=siw.stanford.edu |language=en-US}}</ref>
*China: Stanford Center at Peking University, housed in the Lee Jung Sen Building, is a small center for researchers and students in collaboration with [[Peking University]].<ref name="pekingcenter">{{cite web |title=About the Center |url=http://scpku.stanford.edu/about/ |website=Stanford Center at Peking |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=July 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707043657/http://scpku.stanford.edu/about/ |archive-date=July 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name="LeeJung">{{cite web |title=The Lee Jung Sen Building |url=http://scpku.stanford.edu/building/ |website=Stanford Center at Peking University |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=July 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702083007/http://scpku.stanford.edu/building/ |archive-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref>

{{wide image|Lake Lagunita Stanford January 2013 panorama 5.jpg|880px|align-cap=center|Lake Lagunita in winter; the Dish, a large radio telescope and a local landmark, is visible in the Stanford-owned foothills behind the lake and is the high point of a popular campus jogging and walking trail.}}
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=== Faculty residences ===
Many Stanford faculty members live in the "Faculty Ghetto", within walking or biking distance of campus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanford Faculty Staff Housing |url=http://fsh.stanford.edu/index.shtml |access-date=December 20, 2013 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029042031/https://fsh.stanford.edu/index.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Faculty Ghetto is composed of land owned by Stanford. Similar to a [[Condominium (living space)|condominium]], the houses can be bought and sold to other Stanford faculty but the land under the houses is leased for 51 years with the possibility of extensions. Houses in the "Ghetto" appreciate and depreciate, but not as rapidly as overall [[Silicon Valley]] values.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Housing Program Changes 2022 |url=https://fsh.stanford.edu/node/15586 |access-date=March 10, 2022 |website=Stanford Login |language=en-US |archive-date=January 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129152536/https://fsh.stanford.edu/node/15586 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Other uses ===
Some of the land is managed to provide revenue for the university such as the [[Stanford Shopping Center]] and the [[Stanford Research Park]]. Stanford land is also leased for a token rent by the [[Palo Alto Unified School District]] for several schools including [[Palo Alto High School]] and [[Gunn High School]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Breitrose |first1=Charlie |title=SCHOOLS: District wants Stanford land for school |url=http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/news/1998_Dec_2.LAND.html |access-date=January 24, 2016 |newspaper=Palo Alto Weekly |date=December 2, 1998 |archive-date=October 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030012814/http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/news/1998_Dec_2.LAND.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> El Camino Park, the oldest Palo Alto city park, is also on Stanford land.<ref>{{cite web |title=El Camino Park |url=http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=105&TargetID=14 |publisher=City of Palo Alto |access-date=January 24, 2016 |archive-date=February 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201061506/http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=105&TargetID=14 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Stanford also has the Stanford Golf Course,<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanford Golf Course – Stanford, CA |url=https://www.stanfordgolfcourse.com/ |website=www.stanfordgolfcourse.com |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712012306/https://www.stanfordgolfcourse.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Stanford Red Barn Equestrian Center,<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanford Red Barn Equestrian Center {{!}} Recreation and Wellness |url=https://rec.stanford.edu/visit/stanford-red-barn-equestrian-center |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=Stanford Red Barn Equestrian Center |language=en-US |archive-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710145024/https://rec.stanford.edu/visit/stanford-red-barn-equestrian-center |url-status=live }}</ref> used by Stanford athletics though the golf course can also be used by the general public.

=== Landmarks ===
Contemporary campus landmarks include the [[Main Quad (Stanford University)|Main Quad]] and [[Stanford Memorial Church|Memorial Church]], the [[Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts|Cantor Center for Visual Arts]] and the [[Bing Concert Hall]], the [[Stanford Mausoleum]] with the nearby [[Angel of Grief]], [[Hoover Tower]], the [[Auguste Rodin|Rodin]] Sculpture Garden, the [[Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden]], the [[Arizona Cactus Garden]], the [[Stanford University Arboretum]], [[Green Library]] and [[the Dish (landmark)|the Dish]]. [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]'s 1937 [[Hanna–Honeycomb House]] and the 1919 [[Lou Henry Hoover House]] are both listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. [[White Memorial Fountain]] (also known as "The Claw") between the Stanford Bookstore and the Old Union is a popular place to meet and to engage in the Stanford custom of "fountain hopping"; it was installed in 1964 and designed by [[Aristides Demetrios]] after a national competition as a memorial for two brothers in the class of 1949, William White and John White II, one of whom died before graduating and one shortly after in 1952.<ref name="clawrestore">{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kathleen J. |title=Machinists restoring White Memorial Fountain, aka The Claw, develop an affinity for the campus icon |url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/august/restoring-the-claw-080510.html |access-date=December 11, 2016 |agency=Stanford News |date=August 5, 2010 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220142616/http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/august/restoring-the-claw-080510.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="clawrestore2">{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kathleen J. |title=Sculptor returns for update on White Plaza fountain makeover |url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/june/claw-makeover-update-061011.html |access-date=December 11, 2016 |agency=Stanford News |date=June 10, 2011 |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913232934/https://news.stanford.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="dailyfountain">{{cite news |last1=Kofman |first1=Nicole |date=May 22, 2012 |title=Frolicking in fountains |language=en-US |work=Stanford Daily |url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/05/22/frolicking-in-fountains/ |access-date=December 11, 2016 |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913232935/https://stanforddaily.com/2012/05/22/frolicking-in-fountains/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="dailywhites">{{cite news |last1=Steffen |first1=Nancy L. |title=The Claw: White Plaza Dedication |url=http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19640520-01.2.12 |access-date=December 11, 2016 |work=Stanford Daily |date=May 20, 1964 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220092032/http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19640520-01.2.12 |url-status=live }} Has information on the White brothers that slightly corrects some of the facts in other articles.</ref><gallery mode="packed">
File:Stanford Memorial Church Interior 2.jpg|Interior of the [[Stanford Memorial Church]] at the center of the Main Quad
File:Stanford University Hoover Tower.JPG|[[Hoover Tower]], at {{convert|285|ft|m}}, the tallest building on campus
File:Stanstadium view.jpg|The new [[Stanford Stadium]], site of home football games
File:Stanford University Arches with Memorial Church in the background.jpg|Stanford Quad with Memorial Church in the background
File:The Dish, Stanford University.jpg|[[The Dish (landmark)|The Dish]], a {{convert|150|ft|m}} diameter radio telescope on the Stanford foothills overlooking the main campus
File:Claw Fountain at Stanford Univerisity.JPG|[[White Memorial Fountain]] (The Claw)
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