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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.
Construction of a narrow-gauge railway to the park from downtown San Jose began in 1891. In late 1891, or early 1892, a gasoline powered locomotive built by the Best Manufacturing Company arrived. This was the first internal combustion locomotive built in the western United States, though it was only a limited success and was returned to Best ...
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.
Lake Cunningham is an artificial lake in Lake Cunningham Park, in East San Jose, California, near the Eastridge Mall and Eastridge Transit Center. It is not a geological feature recognized in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). It is located on Capitol Expressway and stands next to Reid–Hillview Airport.
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 ...
The Monument to the Founding of the Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. In 1997, the Monument to the Founding of the Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe was erected in the park. The monument, designed by the East Los Streetscapers, commemorates the city's founders that came on Anza Expedition of 1776 that established the city as the California's ...
Ranger patrol on Calero Lake. Calero is a neighborhood within the larger Almaden Valley district of San Jose, California.It makes up the southwestern-most portion of South San Jose, located east of the Sierra Azul, north of the city of Morgan Hill, and west of Coyote Valley.
Joseph D. Grant County Park is the largest county park in Santa Clara County, California. [1] Also known as Grant Ranch Park, this site is situated in the Diablo Range foothills of the eastern Santa Clara Valley. The park is one of 28 owned by Santa Clara County and managed by the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department. [2]