The John W. Christian Greenbelt, Sunnyvale
The greenbelt, originally named as the Hetch Hetchy Greenbelt, was renamed as the John W. Christain Greenbelt in 2001 by Sunnyavle, California. It was due to John W. Christian’s efforts that the unkempt and bare stretch of the Hetch Hetchy right of way in Sunnyvale was transformed into a landscaped greenbelt, who, unfortunately, died from cancer in 1996.
The greenbelt locates at north of highway 101 within one block distance. It is a fairly linear, eighty-foot wide strip of land extending east to west across the entire City of Sunnyvale. A good portion of it – from the City’s eastern boundary at Calabazas Creek to just east of Mathilda Avenue, a distance of over two miles – serves as a natural greenbelt linking open space amenities for pedestrians and cyclists. At one end of this two mile stretch lies Fairwood Park/School. Here is a detailed map.
I have been walking on the greenbelt for couple of times with my roommate. Yesterday, we took a 3-hour roundtrip, crossing 101 via a pedestrian overpass, finishing the greenbelt towards east, bypassing Mission College, and reached the cross between Great America Pkwy and Mission College Blvd (see the picture below). It was a nice exercise. Thank you John Christian!
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