Accessible Life - Calabazas Park, San Jose, CA

[jayasimha78]

Animated Cover photo created by @jayasimha78

Accessible Life is a project that aims to help all people explore nature and public spaces, regardless of their mobility, by allowing them to share these accessible locations via Google Earth - @ermest. Everyone may contribute to Accessible Life by creating and sharing accessible outdoor spaces using Google My Maps

Here is a list of my contribution to this project

1. Accessible Life - Calabazas Park, San Jose, CA

2. Accessible Life - Memorial Park, Cupertino, CA

3. Accessible Life - Wilson Park, Cupertino, CA

Screen shot Calabazas Park in My Maps

Here is the link to My Maps - Calabazas Park

Calabazas Park is a public park which is a multi purpose park, offers features like BMX Track, Baseball Field, Basket Ball Courts, Horse Shoe Pits, Tennis Courts, Play structures, Picnic Area and BBQ Grills.

There is also a Public Library and a community garden right next to the park. BMX Track happens to be one of largest in the Bay Area.

Collage of several accessible features in the park.

Collage of various play structures, benches and picnic areas available in the park.

Collage of various sports facilities available in the park.

1. Baseball/Softball Field

2. Tennis Courts

3. Beach Volley Ball court

4. Horse Shoe Pit

5. Basket Ball Court

6. Field to play Soccer

Collage of various services available in the park, including restrooms, Benches,Water fountain etc.

Here are couple of BMX Bike tracks available in the track. There is accessible path around the BMX track for someone in wheel chair to watch the action.

Type of place: Multipurpose Public Park
Area size: 17.2 Acres
Time required for the visit: 1 -2 Hours
Public Transport: No
Equipped for wheelchairs: yes
Car parking: Yes
Space for the disabled: Yes
How far from the entrance: There are multiple Entrances
Facilities for a break: Yes, there are several benches through out the park
Public toilets: Yes
Food and drink for sale: No, however there are several restaurants within a mile to this park.
Accessible: Yes

Thanks to @ErmesT for giving me valuable feedback on my first effort. Again I consider this as work in progress. Looking forward to contributing some more parks and Natural Preserves to this project.

Also thanks to @Erna_LaBeau @NareshDarji @AnshukMitra and other LGs leading the way on this project.

Also many other accessibility champions who inspire others to contribute information related to accessibility.

[SalmaanN]

Hi @jayasimha78

Thank you for this post with the accessibility details of the Calabazas Park. It’s amazing to see the number of photos highlighting accessibility features of the Park. I am excited to learn about the Accessible Life project. Happy Guiding, Jay.

[Silvi]

Impressive work @jayasimha78 looking forward to join this great initiative.

Greetings.

Silvy.

[jayasimha78]

@SalmaanN Thank You! Looking forward to you joining the project.

[jayasimha78]

@SilvyC Thank You! Looking forward to it.

[NareshDarji]

It’s a really beautiful park and the accessibility facilitiesare very impressive at this park, Thanks for sharing these photos with us. @jayasimha78

[jayasimha78]

@NareshDarji Thanks for inspiring me with your work on this project.

[ErmesT]

Congratulations for your first place added in Accessible Life in Google Earth, @jayasimha78

First of all I want to inform you that Calabazas Park is now live in Accessible Life, Jay.

I really enjoyed the visit, and I had a lot of fun in adding the park, that you can now explore here

I am so happy, because small parks inside a big city are a great opportunity to enjoy the nature for people with limited mobility, and I am so happy that you wanted to add two more parks in the area. Really helpful

Thanks for helping others in a so beautiful way

Ermes

[jayasimha78]

@ErmesT Thank You so much for adding them to Google Earth. Also appreciate your effort on educating me on the whole process. Still lot more to learn. Hope things get better through this learning process.

[ErmesT]

Hehe, @jayasimha78

Soon we will talk about what happen in the backstage, I am sure others ( @Erna_LaBeau ) will have a lot to share about the process, and how we can learn from each other.

Amazing, isn’t it?

[AnshukMitra]

The park is accessible and even the photos are great @jayasimha78 . Thank you for bringing another park to Accessible Life project.

Keep contributing .

[Erna_LaBeau]

Beautiful post, Jay!

I am so happy to see your post @jayasimha78 now Michigan is not the only one in Google Earth.

Let’s create more

[jayasimha78]

@Erna_LaBeau Thanks for motivating me to join the project.

[Erna_LaBeau]

He he he yes that’s so true @jayasimha78 we are in the same boat, still a lot to learn and @ErmesT is a great teacher. I have told @ErmesT not to give up on me

Your project is amazing, Jay!!!