San Jose, California

=== Parks ===
{{Parks and Public Spaces of San Jose|state=collapsed}}
[[File:McKinley memorial, St. James Park, San Jose, California.jpg|thumb|185px|President [[William McKinley]] memorial in [[St. James Park (San Jose)|St. James Park]]]]
[[File:Lower pond at Japanese Friendship Garden in San Jose.JPG|thumb|185px|[[Japanese Friendship Garden (San Jose)|Japanese Friendship Garden]]]]	
[[File:River_Oaks_Park_(13773573193)_(cropped).jpg|thumb|185px|[[River Oaks Park]] in [[North San Jose|North SJ]]]]
San Jose possesses about {{cvt|15950|acres|0}} of parkland in its city limits, including a part of the expansive [[Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge]]. The city's oldest park is [[Alum Rock Park]], established in 1872.<ref>[http://www.sanjoseca.gov/?nid=2819 "Alum Rock Park"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316023121/http://www.sanjoseca.gov/?nid=2819 |date=March 16, 2014 }} ''City of San Jose''. Retrieved on July 9, 2013.</ref> In its 2013 ParkScore ranking, [[Trust for Public Land|The Trust for Public Land]], a national land conservation organization, reported that San Jose was tied with [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]] and [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] for having the 11th best park system among the 50 most populous U.S. cities.<ref>[http://parkscore.tpl.org/rankings.php "2013 ParkScore Rankings] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722193008/http://parkscore.tpl.org/rankings.php |date=July 22, 2013 }} "The Trust for Public Land" Retrieved on July 9, 2013.</ref>
* [[Almaden Quicksilver County Park]], {{cvt|4,147|acre|km2}} of former mercury mines in South San Jose (operated and maintained by the [[Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department]]).
* [[Alum Rock Park]], {{cvt|718|acre|km2}} in East San Jose, the oldest municipal park in California and one of the largest municipal parks in the United States.
* [[Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose|Children's Discovery Museum]] hosts an outdoor park-like setting, featuring the world's largest permanent Monopoly game, per the Guinness Book of World Records.<ref>{{cite web |title = Monopoly in the Park|url = http://www.monopolyinthepark.com/index.html |website = www.monopolyinthepark.com |access-date = December 23, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151224052613/http://www.monopolyinthepark.com/index.html |archive-date = December 24, 2015 |url-status = live}}</ref> Caretakers for this attraction include the 501(c)3 non-profit group Monopoly in the Park.
* [[Circle of Palms Plaza]], a ring of palm trees surrounding a California state seal and historical landmark at the site of the first state capitol
* [[Emma Prusch Farm Park]], {{cvt|43.5|acres|1|abbr=off}} in East San Jose. Donated by Emma Prusch to demonstrate the valley's agricultural past, it includes a [[4-H]] barn (the largest in San Jose), community gardens, a rare-fruit orchard, demonstration gardens, picnic areas, and expanses of lawn.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sanjoseca.gov/prns/regionalparks/pfp/ |title=Emma Prusch Farm Park |publisher=City of San Jose |work=Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050310065030/http://www.sanjoseca.gov/prns/regionalparks/pfp/ |archive-date=March 10, 2005 |access-date=November 9, 2013}}</ref> Chickens, ducks, and peafowl roam the park freely.
* Field Sports Park, Santa Clara County's only publicly owned firing range, located in south San Jose<ref name=SJParksFSP>{{cite web |title=Field Sports Park |url=http://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/Field-Sports-Park.aspx |website=sccgov.org |access-date=June 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721185334/https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/Field-Sports-Park.aspx |archive-date=July 21, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Iris Chang Park, located in North San Jose, is dedicated to the memory of [[Iris Chang|Iris Shun-Ru Chang]], author of [[The Rape of Nanking (book)|The Rape of Nanking]] and a San Jose resident.
* [[Kelley Park]], including diverse facilities such as [[Happy Hollow Park & Zoo]] (a child-centric amusement park), the [[Japanese Friendship Garden (Kelley Park)]], [[History Park at Kelley Park]], and the [[Portuguese Historical Museum]] within the history park
* [[Martial Cottle Park]], a former agricultural farm, in South San Jose. Operated by [[Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department]]
* [[Oak Hill Memorial Park]], California's oldest secular cemetery
* [[Overfelt Gardens]], including the [[Chinese Cultural Garden]]
* [[Plaza de César Chávez]], a small park in Downtown, hosts outdoor concerts and the [[Christmas in the Park (San Jose)|Christmas in the Park]] display
* [[Raging Waters]], [[water park]] with [[water slide]]s and other water attractions. This sits within [[Lake Cunningham]] Park
* [[Rosicrucian Park]], nearly an entire city block in the Rose Garden neighborhood; the Park offers a setting of Egyptian and Moorish architecture set among lawns, rose gardens, statuary, and fountains, and includes the [[Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum]], Planetarium, Research Library, Peace Garden and Visitors Center
* [[San Jose Municipal Rose Garden]], {{cvt|5+1/2|acre|m2}} park in the Rose Garden neighborhood, featuring over 4,000 rose bushes

==== Trails ====
[[File:Jrb 20090614 guadalupe reservoir 001.JPG|thumb|[[Guadalupe Reservoir]] at [[Almaden Quicksilver County Park]]]]

A 2011 study by [[Walk Score]] ranked San Jose the nineteenth most walkable of 50 largest cities in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/cities/ |title=2011 City and Neighborhood Rankings |publisher=Walk Score |year=2011 |access-date=August 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/69hdEpBFH?url=http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/cities/ |archive-date=August 6, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

San Jose's trail network of {{cvt|60|mi|km|-1}} of recreational and active transportation trails throughout the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sjparks.org/trails/doc/TrailStatus1-30-08.pdf |title=Network Status Table |date=January 30, 2008 |access-date=March 31, 2008 |publisher=City of San Jose |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408231036/http://www.sjparks.org/trails/doc/TrailStatus1-30-08.pdf |archive-date=April 8, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> The major trails in the network include:
* [[Coyote Creek Trail]]
* [[Guadalupe River Trail]]
* [[Los Gatos Creek Trail]]
* [[Los Alamitos Creek Trail]]
* [[Penitencia Creek Trail]]
* Silver Creek Valley Trail

This large urban trail network, recognized by Prevention Magazine as the nation's largest, is linked to trails in surrounding jurisdictions and many rural trails in surrounding open space and foothills. Several trail systems within the network are designated as part of the National Recreation Trail, as well as regional trails such as the San Francisco Bay Trail and Bay Area Ridge Trail.

==== Wildlife ====
Early written documents record the local presence of migrating salmon in the Rio Guadalupe dating as far back as the 18th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical distribution and current status of steelhead/rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in streams of the San Francisco Estuary, California |author=Leidy, R.A. |author2=G.S. Becker |author3=B.N. Harvey |url=http://www.cemar.org/pdf/santaclara.pdf |publisher=Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration, Oakland, California. |year=2005 |access-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725152116/http://www.cemar.org/pdf/santaclara.pdf |archive-date=July 25, 2011 }}</ref> Both [[Rainbow trout|steelhead]] (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') and [[Chinook salmon|King salmon]] are extant in the [[Guadalupe River (California)|Guadalupe River]], making San Jose the southernmost major U. S. city with known salmon spawning runs, the other cities being [[Anchorage, Alaska]]; [[Seattle, Washington]]; [[Portland, Oregon]] and [[Sacramento, California]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Chinook Salmon |publisher= NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service – Salmon Populations – Chinook |url= http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/ESA-Salmon-Listings/Salmon-Populations/Chinook/Index.cfm |access-date= September 13, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100911162442/http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/ESA-Salmon-Listings/Salmon-Populations/Chinook/Index.cfm |archive-date= September 11, 2010 |df= mdy-all }}{{failed verification |date=November 2013}}</ref> Runs of up to 1,000 [[Chinook Salmon|Chinook or King Salmon]] (''Oncorhynchus tshawytscha'') swam up the Guadalupe River each fall in the 1990s, but have all but vanished in the current decade apparently blocked from access to breeding grounds by impassable culverts, weirs and wide, exposed and flat concrete paved channels installed by the [[Santa Clara Valley Water District]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sensitive Fish Species in the Santa Cruz Mountains Bioregion |publisher=Santa Cruz Mountains Bioregional Council |year=2004 |url=http://www.scmbc.net/sensitivefish.htm |access-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629144856/http://www.scmbc.net/sensitivefish.htm |archive-date=June 29, 2010 }}</ref> In 2011 a small number of Chinook salmon were filmed spawning under the Julian Street bridge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Guadalupe River King Salmon Spawn under Julian Street bridge, Fall, 2011 |author=Greg Kerekes |website=[[YouTube]] |date=November 14, 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNMrODZ_Hgk |access-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202021348/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNMrODZ_Hgk |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Conservationist Roger Castillo, who discovered the remains of a mammoth on the banks of the Guadalupe River in 2005, found that a herd of [[tule elk]] (''Cervus canadensis'') had recolonized the hills of south San Jose east of Highway 101 in early 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tule Elk Make Remarkable Comeback In South San Jose Hills |author=Len Ramirez |date=January 24, 2019 |url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/01/24/tule-elk-make-remarkable-comeback-in-south-san-jose-hills/ |access-date=January 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126011854/https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/01/24/tule-elk-make-remarkable-comeback-in-south-san-jose-hills/ |archive-date=January 26, 2019 }}</ref>

At the southern edge of San José, [[Coyote Valley, California|Coyote Valley]] is a corridor for wildlife migration between the [[Santa Cruz Mountains]] and the [[Diablo Range]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Coyote-Valley-vital-as-wildlife-corridor-3225361.php |title=Coyote Valley vital as wildlife corridor |work=SFGate |access-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109081430/http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Coyote-Valley-vital-as-wildlife-corridor-3225361.php |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BayNature>{{cite news |title=Coyote Valley Crossings |author=Laura Hautala |magazine=Bay Nature |date=January 1, 2009 |url=http://baynature.org/articles/coyote-valley-crossings/ |access-date=January 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928024717/http://baynature.org/articles/coyote-valley-crossings/ |archive-date=September 28, 2013 }}</ref>