Neary Quarry

Neary Quarry is now a lake formed by damming Hale Creek, on private property of a homeowners' association in the Quarry Hills development of luxury homes.

[1] Neary Quarry operated since 1927, and continuously since 1935,[2] supplying the stone and gravel for building US Highway 101 and Interstate 280,[3] and for the Moffett Field runways, as well as for some of the roads in Los Altos Hills.

After the first year of incorporation, the town rejected an offer by the quarry operators to maintain a truck route.

[4] After the town passed an ordinance prohibiting trucks over 12 tons on town roads, and started ticketing drivers working for the quarry's customers, the quarry sued the town and won an injunction against enforcement of the ordinance, and finally won against the town's appeal on August 10, 1959.

[2] The Town of Los Altos Hills took 12 years to approve a housing development of 22 luxury homes around the former quarry, and an 11 acre lake.