DOG-FRIENDLY PARKS IN SAN JOSE, CA

Santa Clara Valley's southern end provides San Jose's setting at roughly 80 feet elevation, with the city of 1.0 million spreading across 180 square miles. The Santa Cruz Mountains rise to the west, the Diablo Range to the east, creating a bowl-like valley configuration. Mediterranean climate brings mild, dry conditions: winters average in the mid-50s with moderate rainfall, summers reach the upper 70s with no rain. San Jose serves as Silicon Valley's largest city and the Bay Area's most populous, though its sprawling layout lacks a dominant urban center. Numerous creeks flow from the surrounding hills through the valley floor.