Metcalf Motorcycle County Park

Metcalf Motorcycle County Park is the Bay Area's everyday riding spot. 445 acres in the rolling hills of southeast Santa Clara Valley, with four tracks (motocross, ATV, Quarter-Midget) plus 17 miles of OHV trails. For the local riding population in San Jose, Santa Clara, Morgan Hill, Gilroy, and the broader South Bay, this is the dirt that's actually reachable on a weekday. That's the local-pull reality. The Bay Area has a serious geography problem for moto, most destination tracks are two or more hours away over coast range passes or up the central valley. Metcalf is in-county. Park, county-managed, the kind of asset most metros don't have. If you live anywhere from San Jose down to Morgan Hill, this is your closest legal dirt. Operating schedule runs Thursday through Monday under supervision of a first-aid trained ranger. Summer hours stretch to 8pm, which is the practical session window for after-work riding once the days are long. Restrooms, air and water stations are on-site. No camping (this is a day-use county park), so the property is genuinely an everyday session venue, not a weekend destination. The four-track variety, separate motocross, ATV, and Quarter-Midget surfaces plus the 17-mile trail network, means cross-discipline families don't compete with each other for the same dirt. Kids on quads, parents on motocross bikes, no scheduling friction. For South Bay locals, Metcalf is the everyday answer to the "where can I actually ride this weekend" question. East Bay riders make the trip south via 101 or 880. Peninsula riders run down 101. parks.santaclaracounty.gov/locations/metcalf-motorcycle-county-park for the schedule.