Alviso, San Jose

Name: Alviso
Address: San Jose, United States

#139 among attractions in San Jose

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Alviso is a district of San Jose, California, located in North San Jose on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay. Originally an independent town, founded in 1852, today Alviso is San Jose's only waterfront district, primarily residential in nature, with several Silicon Valley tech companies and recreation-oriented businesses. Alviso is named after 19th-century Californio ranchero Ignacio Alviso, who owned the area as part of his Rancho Rincón de Los Esteros. ()

Coordinates: 37°25'30"N, 121°58'0"W

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Alviso – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: California's Great America, Levi's Stadium, Columbia Carousel, Gold Striker.

2 miS
Thrill rides and water slides
California's Great America, Santa Clara
52 min walk • California's Great America, commonly known simply as Great America, is a 112-acre amusement park located in Santa Clara, California. Owned and operated by Cedar Fair, it originally opened in 1976 as one of two parks built by the Marriott Corporation.
1.5 miS
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
39 min walk • Levi's Stadium is an American football stadium located in Santa Clara, California, just outside San Jose in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has served as the home venue for the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers since 2014. The stadium is located approximately 40 miles south of San Francisco.
2 miS
Amusement, Amusement park, Amusement ride
Columbia Carousel, Santa Clara
50 min walk • Columbia Carousel is a pair of double-decked carousels at Six Flags Great America and California's Great America. Both parks were originally built by the Marriott hotel chain as sister properties but they were later sold off and are presently owned by Six Flags and Cedar Fair, respectively.
2 miS
Amusement, Amusement park, Amusement ride
Gold Striker, Santa Clara
52 min walk • Gold Striker is a wooden roller coaster located at California's Great America amusement park. Built by Great Coasters International and designed by Jeff Pike, Gold Striker was the park's eighth roller coaster which opened to the public on May 31, 2013.
1.9 miSE
Park
Moitozo Park, San Jose
50 min walk • Moitozo Park is a park in San Jose, California, located in the Rincon district of North San Jose.
1.9 miS
Amusement, Amusement park, Amusement ride
Flight Deck, Santa Clara
48 min walk • Flight Deck is a steel inverted roller coaster located at California's Great America in Northern California. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard, Flight Deck made its debut March 20, 1993 as Top Gun. This was Bolliger & Mabillard's second inverted coaster behind Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America.
2.2 miS
Amusement, Amusement park, Amusement ride
The Grizzly, Santa Clara
57 min walk • The Grizzly is a wooden roller coaster located at California's Great America in Santa Clara, California. The ride was designed by Curtis D. Summers and manufactured by Kings Island Construction.
1.3 miS
37°24'22"N • 121°58'19"W
Santa Clara Golf & Tennis Club, Santa Clara
35 min walk • Golf, Outdoor activities, Tennis court
2.1 miS
Amusement park, Amusement ride
RailBlazer, Santa Clara
54 min walk • RailBlazer is a steel roller coaster at California's Great America in Santa Clara, California. Manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction, the single-rail roller coaster opened in June 2018.
1.5 miS
Convention center, Event space
Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara
39 min walk • The Santa Clara Convention Center is located in northern Santa Clara, California. It serves as one of the large meeting and convention facilities in Silicon Valley, with 262,000 square feet of meeting space. It was built in 1986 and expanded in 2009.
~550 ftSE
Temple
Balaji Temple San Jose, San Jose
3 min walk • The Balaji Temple of San Jose is a Hindu temple located in San Jose, California. Balaji Temple is a spiritual, non-profit organization dedicated to sharing the universal truths of the Vedas and Upanishads in India. The temple was established by Swami Narayananda in the year 2006 in Sunnyvale.