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Places worth the detour in San Jose

15 places worth going out of your way for lie within 30 km of San Jose, United States, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (12). Best known: Santa Clara Valley. 14 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

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Within 30 km
15
Oldest
Ainsley House 1925
Little known
14 of 15
Most from
20th century

All 15, ranked 15

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

Within reach of San Jose

San Francisco · 71 km30

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near San Jose?

15 places within 30 km: 12 archaeological & historic sites and 3 nature & landscapes. The best known is Santa Clara Valley.

Is there anything near San Jose that most visitors miss?

14 of these 15 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near San Jose?

Ainsley House, dated to 1925.

How is the 30 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of San Jose, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.