Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department

For over 65 years, Santa Clara County Parks has provided recreational opportunities, beautiful parks, and precious natural resources for Santa Clara County residents. The department was founded in 1956 with the following mission: To provide, protect, and preserve regional parklands for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.

This regional park system features 28 park locations encompassing more than 55,000 acres that offer a wide range of recreational opportunities including: five camping parks (one outfitted with yurts), ten reservoirs for recreational boating and fishing, 350 miles of hiking, horseback riding, and biking trails, a motorcycle park, hang gliding, historic and cultural sites, a boat launch to the San Francisco Bay, and many other amenities of broad appeal within a regional park system that contains some of Santa Clara County’s finest natural resources.