Outdoors
- Shelton ParkPublic park, in town.
- Stanley QuadPublic park, in town.
- Marston QuadPublic park, in town.
- Mallows ParkPublic park, in town.
- Organic Farm (West)Public garden, in town.
- Memorial ParkPublic park, in town.
Around Claremont
Claremont, beyond the house.
The neighbourhoods, the daily rhythm and the drive to everywhere else — the part of a home search a listing sheet never covers.
See homes near here →What is actually here
The desk is building a real map of Claremont — outdoors, local flavor, the commute and daily errands — rather than printing a generic list.
Wine & Local Flavor
- 3rd Street Wine ShopWine shop, about 4.9 km from the city centre, straight line.
Getting Around
- ClaremontRail station, in town.
- Claremont Transit CenterBus station, in town.
- MontclairRail station, about 1.9 km from the city centre, straight line.
- Montclair Transit CenterBus station, about 1.9 km from the city centre, straight line.
- Cable AirportAirport, about 3.2 km from the city centre, straight line.
- Pomona–NorthRail station, about 3.3 km from the city centre, straight line.
Food & Daily Life
- Pizza 'N' SuchRestaurant, in town.
- Walter'sRestaurant, in town.
- Tutti Mangia Italian GrillRestaurant, in town.
- TocajaCafe, in town.
- Daddy Ji Finest Indian CuisineRestaurant, in town.
- The Quarter Creole CusineRestaurant, in town.
Places from OpenStreetMap, September 10. © OpenStreetMap contributors. Distances are straight-line from the city centre, not drive times.
The neighbourhoods
Where Claremont actually breaks down, in the desk's own words.
Full neighbourhood file →The Village
Claremont's downtown core, anchored by the 1927 Spanish Colonial Revival Santa Fe Depot and the 1925 City Hall on Harvard Avenue; a 2007 mixed-use expansion turned the old citrus Packing House west of Indian Hill Boulevard into shops, a cinema, and a boutique hotel.
The Claremont Colleges
Five undergraduate colleges — Pomona (1887), Scripps (1926), Claremont McKenna (1946), Harvey Mudd (1957), and Pitzer (1963) — plus two graduate schools sit within one square mile just east of the Village, the city's largest employer by a factor of four.
Padua Hills
A foothill tract roughly three miles north of Foothill Boulevard, built around the 1931 Padua Hills Theatre, a Spanish Revival complex on the National Register of Historic Places that staged Mexican-themed dinner theater for 43 seasons before closing in 1974.
Pilgrim Place
A retirement community for former clergy, missionaries, and other Christian workers, established on land donated by Pomona College benefactor Helen Renwick; its craftsman cottages and courtyard gardens sit a few blocks south of the Village.
North Claremont foothills
The city's highest tract development, built out after the 2003 creation of the 1,740-acre Claremont Hills Wilderness Park, which directly abuts the Angeles National Forest; homes here carry the best views in the city along with the most direct wildland-urban-interface fire exposure.
The East and West Barrios
Two historically segregated Mexican American neighborhoods flanking the Village, the subject of Claremont Heritage's 2023 "Stories of the East and West Barrios" exhibition, a California Humanities-funded documentary project on residents long excluded from other parts of the city by informal housing covenants.
A day around here
Ordinary life in Claremont, the way it actually runs — not a highlight reel.
Morning
Coffee at Tocaja, then whatever the day actually needs.
Afternoon
An hour at Shelton Park, between the errands that never show up on a listing sheet.
Evening
Dinner at Pizza 'N' Such, then a short drive back to whichever neighbourhood you call home.
Illustrative scenes, not photographs of the places named. Places from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Homes near here
Real listings live in Claremont right now — not a wish list.
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Active listings, as of September 22. Photos are illustrative — not photographs of the address on the card.
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