Sunnyvale

Worth seeing in and around Sunnyvale

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Levi's Stadium

   Levi's Stadium is an outdoor stadium near the West Coast of the United States, located in Santa Clara, California, just west of San Jose in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has served as the home venue for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League since 2014.

   7 km · American football stadium in Santa Clara, California, United States · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Googleplex

   The Googleplex is the corporate headquarters complex of Google and its parent company, Alphabet Inc. It is located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, California.

   7 km · building complex in California, United States · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Computer History Museum

   The Computer History Museum is a computer museum in Mountain View, California. The museum presents stories and artifacts of Silicon Valley and the Information Age, and explores the computing revolution and its impact on society.

   5.9 km · museum in Mountain View, California · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Winchester Mystery House

   The Winchester Mystery House is a mansion in San Jose, California, that was once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester. The house became a tourist attraction nine months after her death in 1922.

   9.7 km · Mansion in San Jose, California. · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Santa Clara University

   Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, United States. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California.

   9.1 km · private non-profit Jesuit university located in Santa Clara, California, United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Kuiper Airborne Observatory

   The Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory was a national facility operated by NASA to support research in infrared astronomy. The observation platform was a highly modified Lockheed C-141A Starlifter jet transport aircraft with a range of 6,000 nautical miles, capable of conducting research operations at altitudes of up to 48,000 feet.

   5.2 km · airborne infrared observatory operated by NASA · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Stevens Stadium

   Stevens Stadium is a 7,000-seat soccer stadium on the west coast of the United States, located on the campus of Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. The stadium is the current home of the Santa Clara Broncos soccer teams and was the former home of the now-defunct football team as well as the baseball team.

   9.2 km · soccer stadium in Santa Clara, California, United States · Wikipedia
8. 08
   De Anza College

   De Anza College is a public community college in Cupertino, California, United States. It is part of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, which also administers Foothill College in nearby Los Altos Hills, California.

   5.8 km · community college in Cupertino, California, United States · Wikipedia
9. 09
   California's Great America

   California's Great America is an amusement park located in Santa Clara, California, United States, within the San Francisco Bay Area. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park features more than 40 attractions, including nine roller coasters and a water park named South Bay Shores.

   6.4 km · theme park in Santa Clara, California · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Bridge School Benefit

    The Bridge School Benefit was an annual charity concert usually held in Mountain View, California, every October at the Shoreline Amphitheatre from 1986 until 2016 with the exception of 1987. The concerts lasted the entire weekend and were organized by musicians Neil Young and Pegi Young.

    7.3 km · annual charity concert usually held in Mountain View, California, USA · Wikipedia

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Getting to Sunnyvale

Airports

Mineta San Jose (SJC), 10 km · San Francisco (SFO), 41 km · Oakland San Francisco Bay (OAK), 42 km

Stations

San Jose International Airport, 9.6 km · Moffett Federal Airfield, 5 km · Santa Clara – Great America station, 7.4 km · Santa Clara Transit Center, 9.2 km · Lockheed Martin Transit Center, 4.4 km

• San Francisco → Sunnyvale

  56 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · $5–7
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• Oakland → Sunnyvale

  53 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · $6–8
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• Sacramento → Sunnyvale

  143 km · quickest by road, 3h · $15–21
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No local-transport research exists yet for Sunnyvale

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Sunnyvale. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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