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Welcome to Rinconada ...

Rinconada is located in Santa Clara County<1>.

Rinconada is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rinconada lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Rinconada ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rinconada - it's located in New Mexico.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rinconada.

Communities near Rinconada ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rinconada.

  • San Jose
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
    • San Jose is located in Santa Clara County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013,616 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Jose <3>
  • Sunnyvale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Santa Clara
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Mountain View
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Milpitas
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Palo Alto
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Santa Cruz
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Cupertino
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Morgan Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Campbell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rinconada. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rinconada.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rinconada. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rinconada.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rinconada. See our Newspapers Page for Rinconada.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rinconada ...

Looking for more information about Rinconada? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rinconada, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rinconada.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Santa Clara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rinconada - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.