Safest Neighborhoods in Half Moon Bay, CA

Frenchmans Creek is a planned tract on the north edge of Half Moon Bay, set inland of Highway 1 around a loop of streets named for French regions, cities and ports. It still reads as one piece. ... See Full Page

Sea Haven is a small, flat tract at the northern edge of Half Moon Bay, built as one project with streets named for sailing gear and boats. It sits close to the junction where Highway 92 arrives from the hills and joins the coast highway. ... See Full Page

Arleta Park sits just south of Downtown in Half Moon Bay, on a flat, railroad-era street grid that ends at the Wavecrest bluffs. Main Street is a short ride north and the Pacific is the other direction, so most errands and most weekends point one way or the other. ... See Full Page

Ocean Colony sits at the south end of Half Moon Bay, on high ground, with two golf courses threaded through it. Curving streets climb gently from the bluff at Miramontes Point, and fairways run alongside the houses with very little fencing between them. ... See Full Page

Miramar is the low beach neighborhood in Half Moon Bay's far north, where Highway 1 runs through town and Mirada Road fronts the sand. Its grid of streets carries Spanish explorer names, including Magellan, Coronado and Cortez. ... See Full Page

Alsace Lorraine is a flat grid of mid-century streets in west Half Moon Bay, between Highway 1 and the state beach. Its cross streets carry Spanish-era surnames such as Miramontes, Correas, Valdez and Garcia, and Kelly Avenue cuts through to the water. ... See Full Page

Casa del Mar is the low, flat beach tract in the northern part of Half Moon Bay, with several streets ending in dune grass. Highway 1 runs along its eastern edge, and the dunes are close enough that the surf is audible on quiet nights. ... See Full Page

Highland Park is the hillside neighborhood on the east side of Half Moon Bay, at the point the coastal flat starts to climb toward the ridge. Terrace, Silver, Highland and Upper Terrace Avenues curve with the slope, and the upper courts look west over town toward the water. ... See Full Page

Main Street is the reason Downtown Half Moon Bay feels like a place of its own. It lies back from the beach and grew out of the old Spanishtown settlement, and walking it means passing wood-front buildings with a century or more behind them. ... See Full Page