California State Parks Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division administrates a grant program which has provided significant funding to help operate Santa Clara County's Motorcycle Park. The program provides funding for well managed off-highway vehicle recreation. It supports the maintenance, operation, and enforcement associated with the use of off-highway motor vehicles, and helps fund programs involving off-highway motor vehicle safety or education.

Santa Clara County Parks has submitted our preliminary application to the state OHV division. The 30-day public review and comment period for the 2009/10 Grants and Cooperative Agreement Program begins March 2, 2010, and ends April 5, 2010. This period provides an opportunity for the public to review the preliminary applications submitted to the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division for consideration during the current grant cycle. If you would like to view our preliminary application, please go to: www.ohv.parks.ca.gov

After viewing our grant application, if you would like to make a public comment you may do so by emailing christian.elliott@prk.sccgov.org and copying the OHMVR Division at OHVinfo@parks.ca.gov

Healthy Trails to You…
Want to do something that’s FREE and fun for the whole family? You can walk, run, ride a bike or a horse, bring a stroller, use your wheelchair, walk your dog, bring your kids and friends.  While you’re out enjoying nature you’ll also be getting some exercise. Healthy Trails is  a fitness challenge for everyone, even if you’ve never done it before. Start by clicking here and you’ll find all the details. Want to start Healthy Trails with some others? Click here for Healthy Trails guided walks. There also lots of other activities if you just want to get out in a park.

Come Out and Play More This Year
County Parks’ 45,000 acre system of urban and mountain parks, trails, lakes, streams and open space is one of the most diverse recreational areas in all of California. Our natural environments range from the wetlands of San Francisco Bay to the oak woodlands of the Diablo Mountain Range to the majestic redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains. You can just enjoy nature all by yourself or with friends or find lots of other activities while enjoying the great outdoors: 

• Bring the kids to a playground 
• Plan a family picnic
• Rent a horse
• Jog or hike a trail          
• Go to the shooting range
• Hit a few balls at our golf courses
• Try our archery range
• Camp under the stars
• Bring your off road vehicle
• Try our motorcycle park
• Visit the Olympic size velodrome
• Play with your model airplane
• Bring out your boat
• Take out the fishing pole
• See our calendar of outdoor activities