Charleston Park

The story of Charleston Park

Charleston Park is a five-acre open space developed to provide active recreation opportunities within a corporate business district. D. R. Young Associates lists the City of Mountain View, California, as the client, SWA Group as the architect, Sandis for civil work, and Devcon Construction as contractor, with a budget of $3,000,000 and a status marked Complete 1997. The same project page says it was developed in conjunction with the Amphitheatre Technology Center, so what you are standing in is part of that larger office landscape rather than an isolated civic park.

The most concrete thing to notice is its role as a neighborhood park: the city describes it as bustling and expansive, with verdant areas, outdoor seating, restrooms, and animal waste bags and dispensers. It is open 24 hours every day. The city’s park directory also gives the general city-parks hours as 6 am to 30 minutes after sunset, so if you are planning a visit, check which rule is being applied.

Mountain View itself is a city in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area, and this park sits at 1500 Charleston Rd., with a contact number of 650-903-6326. If you’re looking for a quiet practical stop in the middle of a business district, this is set up for exactly that.