Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
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Rancho San Antonio County Park is a public recreational area in the Santa Cruz Mountains
, Santa Clara County
, in northern California
. It's approximately 3800 acres (15.4 km²) in area and contains 23 miles (37 km) of hiking trails. It is managed by the Santa Clara County Parks department. Saint Joseph's College was once on this land.
The adjacent Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve is managed by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
. The County Park and the Open Space Preserve protect much of the upper watershed of Permanente Creek
, except the portion in Lehigh Quarry.
Rancho San Antonio also contains various hikes such as Black Mountain
.
Santa Cruz Mountains
The Santa Cruz Mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are a mountain range in central California, United States. They form a ridge along the San Francisco Peninsula, south of San Francisco, separating the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco Bay and the Santa Clara Valley, and continuing south,...
, Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County, California
Santa Clara County is a county located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 it had a population of 1,781,642. The county seat is San Jose. The highly urbanized Santa Clara Valley within Santa Clara County is also known as Silicon Valley...
, in northern California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. It's approximately 3800 acres (15.4 km²) in area and contains 23 miles (37 km) of hiking trails. It is managed by the Santa Clara County Parks department. Saint Joseph's College was once on this land.
The adjacent Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve is managed by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is a special-purpose district that manages over of open space in 25 preserves in the San Francisco Bay Area. It includes parts of Santa Clara, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties. The District was created by voter initiative in 1972...
. The County Park and the Open Space Preserve protect much of the upper watershed of Permanente Creek
Permanente Creek
Permanente Creek is a stream originating on Black Mountain in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is the namesake for the Kaiser Permanente health maintenance organization...
, except the portion in Lehigh Quarry.
Rancho San Antonio also contains various hikes such as Black Mountain
Black Mountain (near Los Altos, California)
Black Mountain is a summit on Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains of west Santa Clara County, California, south of Los Altos and west of Cupertino. It is located on the border between Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve and Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, with the summit located in...
.
External links
- Rancho San Antonio County Park at Santa Clara County Parks web site
- Hiking trails map - Santa Clara County park map
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve - openspaces.org