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    This has always been a wonderful place to live!! Until the new park management from corporate came in and made Our LIVES HELL!!!!!!!!!

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    Hidden Lake Park

    Hidden Lake Park

    3.9(70 reviews)
    6.7 mi

    ***the lake itself is part of a community called HIDDEN LAKE as well***…read more OVERALL: Meh. Wouldn't go out of my way to drive here to walk; therefore the 4 stars rating. Due to being part of a community, there are a ton of guest parking (especially near the gates to this park) BUT if you keep driving, the parking lot for this "park" is on the outside (you turn in with the sign "HIDDEN PARK LAKE" in green lettering/tanish brown background and there are a few spots for you to pick from). Two stairways up to other flat cement ground trails. Very quarry lake vibes but not much water. Lake itself is a smaller circular flat cement ground leveled trail. Regarding up the stairs: One way does end up at another park whereas the other way just ends up in another neighborhood/main road. Lack of shade. Lots of ducks. There's few places to sit. Few trash bins. No visible toilets.

    Not huge, but it's a great stop, especially when you're biking in the morning hours when the sun…read moreisn't too hot in Milpitas, CA. There aren't many cars on the roads between 10am-12noon, so it's a breeze riding a bike around and resting for a hydration stop here. Tiny public parking lot onsite off Milpitas Blvd. Hidden Lake neighborhood have peaceful homes and nice walking paths to get a glimpse of the small lake sometimes filled with ducks. You can easily walk up and down stairways or bike around the neighborhood area near the homes. Yes, there are picnic tables and families do stop to enjoy small gatherings. Hidden Lake Park is not far from retailers/restaurants/grocery stores/fast foods/etc. Convenient. Not many visitors on weekdays. It's always clean when I stop by seasonally for a morning biking routine. The clouds look great outside today, so it wasn't too hot under the sunshine. Overall, good place to chill before continuing onto Milpitas Blvd. where there's bike friendly streets now. Easy to follow the paths and navigate around town.

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    Hidden Lake Park - Picnic time!

    Picnic time!

    Hidden Lake Park - Do you think they'll get mad if I bring my plant clipping shears next time I visit?

    Do you think they'll get mad if I bring my plant clipping shears next time I visit?

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    Epoch

    Epoch

    5.0(1 review)
    0.6 mi

    Epoch is a public art installation located in the City of Sunnyvale, California. Located on Java…read moreStreet and adjacent to the NetApp headquarters, it is the work of Brad J. Goldberg. Goldberg, a native of Rhode Island, specializes in large outdoor installations. His works can be massive and often incorporate element of the surrounding community into account. From the artist: "Artist Brad Goldberg sees his work as a fusion between sculpture, landscape, and the built environment. Sculptures are seen, not as isolated objects, but rather as spirit-creating components of larger spatial experiences. The desire to work with the environment as a whole allows the creation of a unique non-preconceived response to the total aspect of a place." Epoch is a fantastic instillation. Its composed of three large granite boulders that have been cut in half and arranged in a split fashion. The cut surfaces have been polished smooth and the whole face has been engraved with binary code which reflects the technological aspect of the area. I freely admit that I can still send rudimentary signals with semaphore (Thank you Boy Scouts) but binary code reading is beyond my skill so I have no idea if there is a message in teh code. However, as I was taking a picture of a snail on the surface I noticed that several words were engraved into its surface breaking up the strings of 1 and 0's. The words I found were: Change, Nature, Community, Listen, Integrity, Imagination, Evolve, Substance, See, Chaos, and Craft. The artist intent was to show "words which can be seen to align or conflict with today's technological advancements". If that was his true intent he really hit it spot on. Epoch as noted is located in a technology park and basically surrounded by office space. There is very little in the area beyond this installation and it should be treated as a stop as opposed to an outright destination. There is a light rail station right next to the street for the public tranpost inclined.

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    Lupe the Columbian Mammoth - Lupe the Mammoth

    Lupe the Columbian Mammoth

    4.7(6 reviews)
    4.7 miNorth San Jose

    Lupe the Mammoth is a cool (not so) little structure on the Guadalupe River Trail about 4 miles…read morefrom Alviso. There's not much around the area, so unless you are biking or jogging on the trail, it might seem out of the way to view such a simple little-known monument. But it has a neat little story behind it for anyone interested in art, science, history, or nature, or even just cool quirky attractions that are free of cost. A guy came across the collection of bones while walking his dog along the trail back in 2005. How awesome is that, it's like finding a dinosaur in your backyard! The actual remains can now be found at the Childrens Discovery Museum in San Jose where they can inspire kids to "dig for fossils" and explore the past, but the unique sculpture on the Guadalupe River Trail marks the setting of this magnificent discovery. And it is far from ordinary. It's beautifully crafted out of bent steel pipes, and almost twice the size of the actual baby mammoth remains. The area and the exhibit itself are not run down by trash or graffiti or shady characters, so it makes for a pleasant experience and worth checking out. The area is actual pretty quiet and scenic, besides the Trimble Road highway (there's an underpass that connects the trail if you're looking to cross the busy street). It's surrounded by business parks, with private parking only. So there is no parking at the exact location of the mammoth statue. However if you're driving, there is free street parking on Seaboard Ave (6am-10pm), next to the nearby 76 gas station, within walking distance... Though the sculpture can easily be viewed from Trimble Road, please don't stop on the street (illegally) and block traffic. This isn't the most exciting attraction in San Jose so you shouldn't have too high of expectations. But if looking for a low-key outing that won't cost you a penny, this is a great option (to appreciate this work of art in person, not just through photos).

    Columbia mammoth spotted along the Guadeloupe Trail! Ok, actually it is only the whiff of a memory…read moreof a memory locked in a skeleton fossil over 12,500 years old. A sculpture of a mammoth made of what looks like curved metal bars sits under a tree waving at commuting cars trundling along the street. It is massive and I think quite cool. I hope the city makes it a habit of putting more sculptures and works of art along the trail. There is a small information board that gives you the low-down on Lupe, her discovery, and how old it is. A cool snippet of one of the coolest cousin to elephants that used to wander in Silicone Valley in the Pleistocene period. Tres cool! The large metal structure isn't in the best location, but can easily be visited by joggers, walkers and bicyclists wandering along the Guadeloupe trail where is passes through the city of Santa Clara.

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    Lupe the Columbian Mammoth - Summer with the mammoth

    Summer with the mammoth

    Lupe the Columbian Mammoth - Never know who you're going to see when you're out taking a walk.

    Never know who you're going to see when you're out taking a walk.

    Lupe the Columbian Mammoth - Lupe looking at the Autumn sun

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    Lupe looking at the Autumn sun

    Auras

    Auras

    4.5(2 reviews)
    0.3 mi

    So beautiful at night!…read more Several of the uprights and downlight are broken on the Aurus sculpture, which makes it look not as nice as its sibling across the street. Notice in the photo there is only the southern downright working; northern downlighting was broken. Also 3 out of 4 uprights were broken.

    Auras is an outdoor art installation located in the City of Sunnyvale, California. Located on…read moreBordeaux Drive and in the middle of a large office complex, the sculpture is the work of artist Cliff Garten. Garten, who is based out of Venice, California, has not only a Masters of Fine Arts (sculpture) but also a Masters in Landscape Architecture (Harvard) which he uses to incorporate his designs into the environment in which they are placed. From the artist: " There is a latent potential in every public place and situation to become more than the specific functions it appears to perform. Public and private experiences are never distinct, but exchange places throughout the day. My search for a place where desire intersects with our everyday activity is the search for sculptural forms which engage us in the poetry of our own actions and define our personal and social histories. The necessary facts of our public infrastructure are cause for the possibility of a public expression through the conscious design and integration of art. Sculpture defines our interaction and movement by creating energy between things, generating interest in public activity, reframing our private lives and creating a sense of place within public and private realms." Working in a variety of mediums, the vast majority of his work focus on large public installations and can be seen around the world. Auras (the plural form) is appropriate because this installation features two of the sculptures. One on either side of the street. They are slight offset in relation to each other. Both are nearly identical to my eye and feature sort of a basket within a basket form. Made of stainless steel the interlocking lattice has a very cool effect on the light patterns that filter through. Apparently at nigh they are lit with multiple colors which I was unable to observe. Aside from the pleasing patterns, there was very little in the way of contemplation one would find with say an abstract sculpture. However, there was a sort of relaxing quality in their symmetry. Auras as noted is kind of in a remote location and is better off as a single stop as opposed to a destination. There are several other art installations nearby (I'm slowly getting to all of them), but little in the way of other infrastructure nearby unless you are working at one of the building in the area.

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    Auras
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    The Double Diver

    The Double Diver

    4.0(1 review)
    0.9 mi

    The Double Diver is an outdoor art installation located in Sunnyvale, California. The work of…read moreartist Carole A. Feuerman, it was commissioned by and located in front of a Net App Corporation Office. Feuerman is considered one of the pioneers of Hyperrealist style. This style which was derived from Photorealism, really strives to emphasize details and focuses extensive on the subject. From the artists website: "Feuerman seeks to connect with her viewers on an intuitive level, evoking emotion and engagement. It is often the viewer's participation, or the object/viewer relationship, that completes her work." He sculptures are seen around the world and in many major museums. This work is one of her largest outdoor projects to date. The Double Diver was commissioned by Net App in 2012 with a desire to showcase the companies values of integrity, trust, adaptability and teamwork. It is really striking in both scale and the level of detail present in the sculptures. The figures are clearly show their dependent nature on each other. This is my first experience with this particular artist and her detail work is on the level of Rodin (albeit in a different style). The figures are overlapped with rounded scales that enhance and add detail. It does kind of looks very similar (NERD alert) to the movie representations of Mystique's (of XMEN fame, played by Jennifer Lawrence) skin when she is not shapeshifting. They overlap in fascinating patterns. This particular art installation is not really around anything, nor is there other things to do in close proximity. As such it is much better as part of a larger activity. The Bay trail is close by, as are several other large scale outdoor art within a few miles. There might be a eatery tucked away here or there, but they typically only work during office hours so you will need to plan ahead.

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    The Double Diver
    The Double Diver
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