Henry W. Coe State Park is a California state park located in Santa Clara and Stanislaus counties. It contains over 86,000 acres (348 km²), making it the largest state park in northern California, and the second-largest in the state (after Anza-Borrego Desert State Park near the U.S.-Mexico border). Managed within its boundaries is a designated wilderness area of about 22,000 acres (89 km²). This is officially known as Henry W. Coe State Wilderne...
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Henry W. Coe State Park is a California state park located in Santa Clara and Stanislaus counties. It contains over 86,000 acres (348 km²), making it the largest state park in northern California, and the second-largest in the state (after Anza-Borrego Desert State Park near the U.S.-Mexico border). Managed within its boundaries is a designated wilderness area of about 22,000 acres (89 km²). This is officially known as Henry W. Coe State Wilderness, but locally as the Orestimba Wilderness.
Henry W. Coe State Park's land area is larger than that of the nearby Santa Clara Valley. This is remarkable, considering that the park headquarters is less than one hour drive from San Jose, California. Despite its vicinity to this large population, the park receives only about 40,000 visitors per year, and is not well known among San Francisco Bay Area residents.
Henry W. Coe State Park began as the Pine Ridge Ranch, a private cattle ranch of 12,230 acres (49.5 km²). It was the home of Henry...
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