Cupertino
Los Gatos
Milpitas
Mountain View
Saratoga
Sunnyvale
For info on Great Drives in this area, go to: SFO Bay Area
|
|
| California (San Francisco Area) |
| Santa Clara Valley ("Silicon Valley") |
| Next door to San Jose, Santa Clara is in the heart of the Silicon Valley high-tech manufacturing complex and is part of a booming metropolitan area. The University of Santa Clara (1851) is the oldest institution for higher education in California. | |
| Campbell | |
| Once the center of fruit orchards for the Santa Clara Valley, Campbell is now a bedroom community of houses and apartments.
Cupertino |
|
| Cupertino, which rests up against the Santa Cruz Mountains to the west, is home to high-tech industry (including Macintosh computers) and De Anza College.
Los Gatos |
|
| This well-heeled community on the fringes of San Jose has a sophisticated downtown area of upscale shops and quiet hillside neighborhoods.
Milpitas |
|
| Sucked into the hills adjacent to the Ventana Wilderness and Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, Milpitas is a growing suburb of
San Jose.
Mountain View |
|
| This industrial and manufacturing town got its name from the Santa Cruz Mountains just to the west; to the east is Moffett Field, a naval air station.
Saratoga |
|
| Saratoga is a well-to-do community in the foothills west of San Jose with several impressive community gardens. The town is also the gateway to the parks and hiking trails of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Sunnyvale |
|
| With hundreds of hardware and software companies in and around Sunnyvale, the city is the computing heart of the Silicon Valley. That claim is bolstered by the existence of the Sunnyvale Center for Innovation, Invention, and Ideas, which conducts high-tech patent and trademark research.
For info on Great Drives in this area, go to: SFO Bay Area |
|
|
|