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Almaden Reservoir is an artificial lake in the hills south of San Jose, California in the United States.It borders on the 4,163-acre (1,685 ha) Almaden Quicksilver County Park, [7] which provides limited fishing [8] ("catch-and-release"), picnicking, hiking, and horseback riding activities.
Heinlenville (Chinese: 海因倫鎮; [5] also called the Sixth Street Chinatown 六街唐人埠 and San Jose Chinatown 散那些唐人埠 [6]) was a Chinese-American ethnic enclave in San Jose, California. Established in 1887 and demolished in 1931, it was the last and longest-lasting of San Jose's five Chinatowns.
Almaden Quicksilver County Park is a 4,163 acres (17 km 2) park that includes the grounds of former mercury ("quicksilver") mines adjacent to south San Jose, California, USA. The park's elevation varies greatly: the most used entrances (on the east side of the park) are less than 600 feet (183 m) above sea level , while the highest point in the ...
Hellyer County Park [1] is one of 28 [2] Santa Clara County Parks. The park is located just off of Highway 101 in San Jose, California, United States. The 178-acre (72 ha) park is home to Hellyer Park Velodrome and Cottonwood Lake. Other recreational opportunities at the park include picnicking, hiking, fishing, biking, and a playground.
It is located in Greenwalt House, a historical home relocated to History Park at Kelley Park in San Jose, California, United States, and was opened on August 25, 2007. [ 1 ] The museum was created by the San Jose-based nonprofit organization IRCC (Immigrant Resettlement & Cultural Center, Inc.), headed by Vũ Văn Lộc, a former colonel in the ...
Location: Santa Clara County, California: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Reservoir: Primary inflows: Cherry Canyon, [2] Pine Tree Canyon [3]: Primary outflows: Arroyo Calero [4]: Catchment area: 7.14 sq mi (18.5 km 2): Basin countries: United States: Managing agency: Santa Clara Valley Water District: Max. length: 2.2 miles (3.5 km): Surface area: 349 acres (141 ha): Water volume: 9,934 acre-feet ...
In the 1920s, people discovered that Santa Clara Valley was sinking because of groundwater pumping. San Jose's elevation subsided 13 feet from 1910 to 1970s, correlated with a 250 feet decline in the underground water table. [7] [8] The valley's aquifers were also in danger of being ruined by saltwater infiltration. Local reservoirs were built ...
Frontier Village was a 39-acre (16 ha) amusement park in San Jose, California, that operated from 1961 to September 1980.It was located at 4885 Monterey Road, at the intersection with Branham Lane.