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Vasona Lake County Park is a park located in Los Gatos, California and part of the Santa Clara County Parks system. Vasona Park surrounds the Vasona Reservoir.Adjacent to the park are the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, a ridable miniature railway, and the W.E. "Bill" Mason Carousel at the Oak Meadow Park.
Los Gatos is Spanish for "The Cats". [10] The name derives from the 1839 Alta California land grant that encompassed the area, which was called La Rinconada de Los Gatos ("The Corner of the Cats"), where the cats refers to the cougars (mountain lions) and bobcats that are indigenous to the foothills in which the town is located.
The Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad also operates a historic Savage carousel named after one of the organization's founders, William "Bill" Mason. The carousel is located next to the railroad's depot in Oak Meadow Park and has its own unique history, having taken part in the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. [5]
Los Gatos Creek Trail south of downtown. The main segment of the Los Gatos Creek Trail is a 9.7-mile (15.6 km) pedestrian and bicycle trail that runs through western Santa Clara County in California. It runs from Lexington Reservoir in Los Gatos, California through Campbell, California to Meridian Avenue in San Jose, California alongside Los ...
Los Gatos Memorial Park is the principle cemetery of Los Gatos, California, established in 1889. It occupies some thirty acres, with the main entrance at 2255 Los Gatos-Almaden Road, San Jose, California 95124. [1] By the late 1880s, Los Gatos needed a cemetery, and the matter was considered by the Odd Fellows Lodge.
The Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve is a public open space preserve in Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the Santa Cruz Mountains.The preserve is located along both sides of Bear Creek Road, west of State Route 17 and Lexington Reservoir, and mostly north and east of the Skyline Boulevard and Summit Road sections of State Route 35.
San Francisco Botanical Garden; Grand View Park; Harding Park Golf Club; Heron's Head Park; Holly Park; Huntington Park; In Chan Kaajal Park; Lincoln Park, including California Palace of the Legion of Honor; Lafayette Park (San Francisco) Lake Merced; Larsen Park; McLaren Park (John McLaren Park) Marina Green; Mount Davidson Park; Mount Olympus ...
Location: Los Gatos, California: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Reservoir: Primary inflows: Los Gatos Creek [2]: Primary outflows: Los Gatos Creek: Catchment area: 44.2 sq mi (114 km 2) [3]: Basin countries: United States: Managing agency: Santa Clara Valley Water District: Surface area: 57 acres (23 ha): Water volume: 495 acre⋅ft (611,000 m 3): References: [3] [1] [2]: Vasona Reservoir is an ...