page_title: San Jose, California
section_title: Parks
hierarchical_section_title: San Jose, California / Geography / Parks
caption_attribution_description: The William McKinley memorial at St. James Park in San Jose, California, United States, with the Towers @ 2nd high-rise office complex in the background. The building closer to the foreground is the headquarters of the Mercury News. Trinity Cathedral is obscured by trees.
context_page_description: San Jose, officially the City of San José, is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and the largest city in Northern California, by both population and area.
  With an estimated 2019 population of 1,021,795, it is the third-most populous city in California and the tenth-most populous in United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley, on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 square miles. San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County, the most affluent county in California and one of the most affluent counties in the United States. San Jose is the main component of the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara Metropolitan Statistical Area, with an estimated population of around 2 million residents in 2018. It is also the most populous city in both the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area, which contain 7.7 million and 8.7 million people respectively.
  San Jose is notable as a center of innovation, for its affluence, Mediterranean climate, and extremely high cost of living.
context_section_description: San Jose possesses about 15,950 acres (6,455 ha) 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. In its 2013 ParkScore ranking, The Trust for Public Land, a national land conservation organization, reported that San Jose was tied with Albuquerque and Omaha for having the 11th best park system among the 50 most populous U.S. cities.
  Almaden Quicksilver County Park, 4,147 acres (16.78 km²) of former mercury mines in South San Jose (operated and maintained by the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department).
  Alum Rock Park, 718 acres (2.91 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 hosts an outdoor park-like setting, featuring the world's largest permanent Monopoly game, per the Guinness Book of World Records. 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, 43.5 acres (17.6 hectares) 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.
  Field Sports Park, Santa Clara County's only publicly owned firing range, located in south San Jose
  Iris Chang Park, located in North San Jose is dedicated to the memory of Iris Shun-Ru Chang, author of 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 display
  Raging Waters, water park with water slides 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, 5 ¹⁄₂ acres (22,000 m²) park in the Rose Garden neighborhood, featuring over 4,000 rose bushes
caption: President William McKinley memorial in St. James Park
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