Thousand Oaks

Thousand Oaks, California is a master planned community located in the Conejo Valley, 39 miles northwest of Los Angeles, and about 12 miles east of the beaches. It was incorporated in 1964. This City gets its name from the hundreds and hundreds of old oak trees growing along the rivers and creeks meandering through the valley on their way to the blue Pacific.

You will find many new home developments, modern schools and parks, commercial centers, business and industrial parks, recreational centers, banks and financial offices, sports fields and transportation centers incorporated into its master plan. The city offers all the modern amenities and conveniences of the big city, yet retains its rural atmosphere and small town feel and family friendly environment. It has large shopping malls, many movie theatres, an active Civic Arts center and consistently ranks as the first or second safest large city in the United States.

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Living in Thousand Oaks you are within easy driving distance of the beaches at Malibu and the beaches of Ventura County, the Channel Islands, a multitude of lakes and water activities, the winter sports in the local Southern California Mountains, at Big Bear or Mountain High, which are about 90 miles away. Along the coast are boating and fishing options, surfing and all types of water sports. This is Southern California and there is well over 320 days of sunshine every year. Thousand Oaks is home to more than 15,000 acres of public open space with 75 miles of hiking, biking and equestrian trails, and is next door to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation area.

The residential options are many including wonderful traditional type neighborhoods with single family homes on large lots, estate style homes, hillside homes, gated golf course homes, condo and town home complexes and apartments. In the surrounding hills and valleys are small ranches and farms, orchards and horse ranches. Buildable land parcels are available also and at great bargain prices.