Mountain View, California, covers 12 square miles and is home to more than 75,000 residents. It is 10 miles north of San Jose and 35 miles south of San Francisco, situated between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the San Francisco Bay. It is centrally located 11 miles from the San Jose International Airport and 25 miles from the San Francisco International Airport.
California is in the Western United States. It shares borders with Nevada, Arizona, the Pacific Ocean, Oregon, and Baja California. There are more than 39,500,000 people in about 163,696 square miles, making it the third-largest state. The state capital is Sacramento, and Los Angeles is the most populous city.