Almaden Reservoir
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 Almaden Quicksilver County Park, which provides limited fishing, picnicking, hiking, and horseback riding activities.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jrballe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Almaden and Mountain Home.
New Almaden
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Mountain Home
Hamlet
Mountain Home, also known as Casa Loma, is a sparsely populated area located on the eastern side of the Santa Cruz Mountains in unincorporated southwest Santa Clara County, California near Mount Chual and Rancho Canada del Oro Open Space Preserves.
Loma Chiquita
Hamlet
Loma Chiquita is an unincorporated rural area along the ridge leading to Loma Chiquita summit in southwest Santa Clara County, California. The area covers the associated ridgeline and hillsides, from the eastern base of Loma Prieta, towards the west near the intersection with upper Little Uvas Road.
Almaden Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Santa Clara County, California
- Category: body of water
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.16172° or 37° 9′ 42″ northLongitude
-121.83492° or 121° 50′ 6″ westElevation
610 feet (186 metres)Open location code
849W5568+M2OpenStreetMap ID
way 50372591OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
5323332Wikidata ID
Q4733644
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Almaden Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿爾馬登水庫”
- French: “Almaden Reservoir”
- Slovenian: “Almaden Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Twin Creeks and Hacienda (historic).
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Almaden 72-004 Dam and Hidalgo Cemetery.
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