North America : United States of America : California : Bay Area : Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County [1] comprises the major portion of that Northern California region recognized around the world by its nickname Silicon Valley. In the post-WW2 era, Santa Clara County grew as an agricultural region, with apricot or cherry orchards dotting its wide open spaces. Few orchards are left today, as most of the county has become industrialized around the technology revolution of the last forty years of the 20th century.
Regions
Cities
- Campbell
- Cupertino
- Gilroy
- Los Altos
- Los Altos Hills
- Los Gatos
- Milpitas
- Monte Sereno
- Morgan Hill
- Mountain View
- Palo Alto
- San Jose
- Santa Clara
- Saratoga
- Sunnyvale
Other destinations
- Cordevalle, One CordeValle Club Drive, San Martin, Tel (408) 695-4563, [2]. This Northern California luxury resort is located in the bay area’s wine country. The resort offers a full-service spa, golf course, and a wine vineyard on site.
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Stay safe
Be careful to check for ticks [3] after hiking in fields in the bay area. There is a high rate of lyme disease transmission in the Bay Area. If a bulls' eye rash develops at the tick bite site, immediately seek medical help and treatment with antibiotics.
Get out
Santa Clara County offers a number of parks and open spaces, mostly in the hills surrounding the crowded Santa Clara Valley. For information on the parks, hiking trails and campsites, see http://www.parkhere.org
This page was last edited at 23:33, on 4 July 2008 by Peter Fitzgerald. Based on work by Tom Holland, Ryan Holliday, Colin Jensen, Richard Petersen and Stavro Prodromou, Wikitravel user(s) Texugo and Huttite and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.