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95120. Almaden Valley (Spanish: Valle de Almadén ), [1] commonly known simply as Almaden (Spanish: Almadén ), is a valley and neighborhood of San Jose, California, located in South San Jose. It is nestled between the Santa Cruz Mountains to the west and the Santa Teresa Hills to the east, bordering the town of Los Gatos and West San Jose ...
New Almaden. / 37.189153; -121.833269. New Almaden, known in Spanish as Nueva Almadén, is a historic community and former mercury mine in the Capitancillos Hills of San Jose, California, located at the southwestern point of Almaden Valley in South San Jose. New Almaden is divided into two parts: the mines and much of their immediate ...
Almaden Reservoir. / 37.16250°N 121.83556°W / 37.16250; -121.83556. Almaden Reservoir is an artificial lake in the hills south of San Jose, California in the United States. It borders on the 4,163-acre (1,685 ha) Almaden Quicksilver County Park, [7] which provides limited fishing [8] ("catch-and-release"), picnicking, hiking, and ...
Almaden Vineyards, historically written as Almadén Vineyards, is a Californian winery. Founded in 1852, it is the oldest commercial winery in California . Originally located and established in Almaden Valley, San Jose , the winery has since moved to the San Joaquin Valley , primarily based in Escalon and Madera .
Almaden Quicksilver County Park is a 4,163 acres (17 km 2) park that includes the grounds of former mercury ("quicksilver") mines adjacent to south San Jose, California, USA. The park's elevation varies greatly: the most used entrances (on the east side of the park) are less than 600 feet (183 m) above sea level, while the highest point in the ...
San Jose Semaphore Adobe's Almaden Tower is also notable for having the "San Jose Semaphore," an installation consisting of four rotating lights created in 2006 by artist Ben Rubin . [10] The lights rotate every 7.2 seconds according to a code; the pattern was deciphered in 2007 by Mark Snesrud and Bob Mayo, who discovered the final message ...
438.87 ft (133.77 [1] m) Population. (2016) [2] • Total. 11,267. Communications Hill is a neighborhood located in the San Juan Bautista Hills of San Jose, California .
Alamitos Creek or Los Alamitos Creek [2] is a 7.7-mile-long (12.4 km) [3] creek in San Jose, California, which becomes the Guadalupe River when it exits Lake Almaden and joins Guadalupe Creek. Los Alamitos Creek is located in Almaden Valley and originates from the Los Capitancillos Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near New Almaden.