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Enjoy the best outdoor activities!

Welcome to SJ Action Sports, your resource to outdoor activities around San Jose and the Silicon Valley. This is an independent, enthusiast website to highlight places to go that you might not already know about. San Jose and its surrounding areas have a variety of parks, trails, sports, action sports and camps to keep you grounded with nature while living in one of the best cities in the United States!

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Start Exploring!

Here are a few top locations to explore.

Alum Rock Park

Alum Rock Park

Located in a valley in the Diablo Range foothills on the east side of San Jose, the 720 acre (2.9 km2) park offers 13 miles (21 km) of trails, varying from fairly level along Penitencia Creek to sharp switchbacks climbing to the ridges to the South Rim Trail and the North Rim Trail.

Emma Prusch

Emma Prusch

Emma Prusch Farm Park is a 43.5 acre (176,000 m²) park in East San Jose, California. Donated by Emma Prusch to the City of San Jose in 1962 to use to demonstrate the valley’s agricultural past, it includes a 4-H barn (the largest in San Jose), community gardens, a rare-fruit orchard, demonstration gardens, picnic areas, and expanses of lawn.