Martial Cottle Park is a 287 acre park located in San Jose, California. Visitors can enjoy aspects of a traditional urban park, such as trails, green space, and picnic areas, and learn the Cottle family’s story and how agriculture remains an integral part of this historic ranch. The activities include walking, biking, equestrian, paved trails, dogs on leash, reservable group picnics and picnicking.

Santa Clara County, is California's 6th most populous county, with a population of 1,936,259 as of the 2020. Santa Clara County and neighboring San Benito County form the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the larger San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area. The county seat and largest city with a population of 971,233 is San Jose.

Hellyer County Park is a 354-acre urban park located in the heart of Santa Clara County's regional park system with the Coyote Creek meandering through the center. Located within the park is an Olympic-size velodrome. This open air, banked, concrete bicycle racing track is used to stage professional and amateur bicycle events.