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Parktown, Milpitas Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
Southeast Milpitas between Yosemite Dr and Landess Ave, where 1960s streets carry park and peak names like Yellowstone, Shenandoah, Grand Teton and Crater Lake, with five city parks and two schools.
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Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Parktown from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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the story
How Parktown came to be
Parktown is the name the city's neighborhood map gives the 1960s grid between S. Park Victoria Dr and the hills, and the street signs make the name easy to remember. Yellowstone Ave, Shenandoah Ave, Grand Teton Dr, Big Bend Dr, Crater Lake Ave, Everglades Dr, Glacier Dr, Olympic Dr, Acadia Ave, Lassen Ave, Mt. Rainier Ave, Sequoia Dr and Yosemite Dr all match national parks, joined by California names such as Mt. Shasta, Mt. Diablo, Tahoe, Clear Lake, Big Basin and Butano.
County build years in the city's parcel data show the core going up quickly. Lassen Ave, Olympic Dr, Platt Ave, Glacier Dr and Acadia Ave date to 1963-64; Shenandoah Ave, Big Bend Dr, Crater Lake Ave, Everglades Dr, Grand Teton Dr and Mt. Rainier Ave to 1963-65; Mt. Shasta Ave, Mt. Diablo Ave, Sonoma Dr and Portola Dr to 1966; Butano Dr, Tahoe Dr and Rocky Mountain Ave to 1968; and the Seacliff Dr, Shiloh Ave, Bliss Ave, Petersburg Dr and Mesa Verde Dr streets near Piedmont Rd to 1969-71. Later rounds filled the southwest corner: Courtland Ave, Jungfrau Ct, Matterhorn Ct and Big Bear Ct in 1977-83, Chewpon Ave in 1979-81, and small-lot private lanes (David Ln, Cuciz Ln, Cracolice Way, French Ct) in 1991-96. The median build year across about 1,660 single-family parcels is 1969.
Five city parks sit inside these lines: Murphy Park and Robert E. Browne Park (once called Yellowstone Park) face each other on Yellowstone Ave, Creighton Park is on Olympic Dr, Sinnott Park is at Clear Lake Ave and Tahoe Dr, and Ben Rodgers Park is on Seacliff Dr. Sinnott Elementary and Rancho Milpitas Middle School sit side by side on Yellowstone Ave on the east side of the grid.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Long east-west streets run from S. Park Victoria Dr toward the hills, tied together by Sequoia Dr and Grand Teton Dr. Single-family lots in the 1960s core are about 5,400 to 6,000 sq ft (median about 5,600), zoned R1-6, and county data list about 58 percent of single-family parcels with one floor and the rest with two. The 1969-71 streets near Piedmont Rd (Seacliff, Shiloh, Bliss, Petersburg, Mesa Verde) finish the core on lots of about 6,000 sq ft.
The southwest corner near Dempsey Rd and Courtland Ave holds smaller lots: Courtland Ave, Jungfrau Ct, Matterhorn Ct, Big Bear Ct and Chewpon Ave (1977-83) run about 3,400 to 4,500 sq ft, and the 1984-96 lanes (Aberfeldy Way, Methven Ln, David Ln, Cuciz Ln, Cracolice Way, Madruga Way, French Ct, Sassone Ct) are similar, with two-story homes on private streets.
Attached housing clusters along Landess Ave: 1971-73 townhomes on Highland Ct, Lowland Ct and the north side of Landess Ave, and 1971 condos and duplexes on Clear Lake Ave and Big Basin Dr. Duplexes also line parts of S. Park Victoria Dr. The shopping corner at S. Park Victoria Dr and Landess Ave holds the Parktown Plaza and Seasons Marketplace centers (names from the city's street data).
streets in parktown
- S. Park Victoria Dr
- Yosemite Dr
- Yellowstone Ave
- Shenandoah Ave
- Grand Teton Dr
- Big Bend Dr
- Crater Lake Ave
- Everglades Dr
- Glacier Dr
- Olympic Dr
- Acadia Ave
- Lassen Ave
- Platt Ave
- Saratoga Dr
- Mt. Rainier Ave
- Mt. Shasta Ave
- Mt. Diablo Ave
- Sonoma Dr
- Portola Dr
- Sequoia Dr
- Butano Dr
- Tahoe Dr
- Rocky Mountain Ave
- Clear Lake Ave
- Big Basin Dr
- Seacliff Dr
- Shiloh Ave
- Bliss Ave
- Petersburg Dr
- Mesa Verde Dr
- Carlsbad St
- Courtland Ave
- Jungfrau Ct
- Matterhorn Ct
- Big Bear Ct
- Chewpon Ave
- Dempsey Rd
- David Ln
- Cuciz Ln
- French Ct
- Highland Ct
- Lowland Ct
- Landess Ave
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Parktown
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Murphy Park
About 8.7 acres on Yellowstone Ave east of S. Park Victoria Dr, with open lawn, a soccer field, a play structure, restrooms, a group picnic area with barbecue pits and parking for about 18.
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Robert E. Browne Park
Across Yellowstone Ave from Murphy Park: four tennis courts, a par course, picnic tables and a large lawn. Restrooms and parking are across the street at Murphy Park.
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Ben Rodgers Park
At 2056 Seacliff Dr; city park data list 9.5 acres with barbecue pits, picnic tables, a ball backstop and a play structure.
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Creighton Park
About 5 acres on Olympic Dr west of S. Park Victoria Dr, with barbecue pits, picnic tables, a ball diamond and a play structure.
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Sinnott Park
About 4.7 acres at Clear Lake Ave and Tahoe Dr, with a par course, play equipment, barbecue pits, picnic tables and a restroom.
- shopping
Parktown Plaza and Seasons Marketplace
Neighborhood shopping centers at S. Park Victoria Dr and Landess Ave on the south edge. The Great Mall is about 1.4 miles away (straight-line).
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Parktown is in the Milpitas Unified School District. Sinnott Elementary (2025 Yellowstone Ave) and Rancho Milpitas Middle School (1915 Yellowstone Ave) are inside, on the east side of the grid, and Randall World Languages School and Rose Elementary are just north across Yosemite Dr. Across Landess Ave, the San Jose side falls in the Berryessa Union and East Side Union High districts on Census maps, so check which side of the city line an address is on. Attendance boundaries change; check the exact address with the district's Find Your School tool.
Getting around
- VTA Route 47 runs the length of S. Park Victoria Dr (stops at Landess, Clear Lake, Big Basin, Yellowstone, Acadia and Yosemite) to the Milpitas BART station; Routes 70 and 71 run on Landess Ave to the same station, with Route 71 continuing south to Eastridge.
- Milpitas BART / VTA station: about 1.3 miles from the middle of Parktown (straight-line).
- I-680: the Landess Ave / Montague Expwy interchange is at the southwest corner, about 0.7 mile from the middle; the Calaveras Blvd interchange is about 1.1 miles away (both straight-line).
- Montague Expwy heads west from the Landess Ave interchange toward I-880.
- Ed R. Levin County Park's Sandy Wool Lake entrance is about 2 miles away (straight-line), up Piedmont Rd and Calaveras Rd.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Parktown: what we check
Buying here
- Flood map: about half of the home parcels are FEMA zone D, meaning the flood hazard has not been studied, and the rest are zone X; no home parcel here is in a FEMA special flood hazard area. Check the address on the FEMA map (panel 06085C0086H at the center, effective May 18, 2009).
- Liquefaction: about a third of the parcels, the western blocks near I-680 and Dempsey Rd (Acadia Ave, Glacier Dr, the Courtland Ave corner and the 1980s-90s lanes), are in the state liquefaction zone; Shenandoah Ave, Big Bend Dr, Crater Lake Ave, Everglades Dr and Grand Teton Dr are outside it. Check the parcel.
- Fault and landslide zones: the Alquist-Priolo earthquake fault zone clips the northeast corner (parts of Petersburg Dr, Bliss Ave, Mesa Verde Dr, Shiloh Ave and Seacliff Dr, and a few Yosemite Dr lots), and a few Seacliff Dr lots are in a state landslide zone. Read the natural hazard disclosure.
- Private lanes and HOAs: Aberfeldy Way, Methven Ln, David Ln, Cuciz Ln, Cracolice Way, Madruga Way, French Ct and Sassone Ct are private streets in the city's street data, and the Landess Ave townhomes have associations. Ask for HOA documents, current dues and who maintains the road.
- Lot options: on the 1960s R1-6 lots, check permits for past additions and ask the city about ADU and SB 9 options for the specific lot.
Selling here
- Give the street's build year in the listing; buyers compare the 1963-66 models street by street.
- State that the address is on the Milpitas side of Landess Ave; the city line and the school districts change across the street.
- Explain zone D in the disclosure packet so buyers read it as unstudied, not high-risk.
- Mention the nearest of the five parks by name and distance in blocks; it's a concrete location fact.
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faq
Parktown questions, answered
Where is Parktown in Milpitas?
In southeast Milpitas, east of I-680 between Yosemite Dr and Landess Ave, from S. Park Victoria Dr out to the Hillcrest tract and Piedmont Rd.
Why do Parktown's streets have national park names?
Public records don't say. The names match national and state parks and peaks, from Yellowstone Ave and Shenandoah Ave to Mt. Shasta Ave and Big Basin Dr.
Is Hillcrest part of Parktown?
In this set of guides, no. The Hillcrest tract next door, at the foot of the hills between Sinnott Elementary and Piedmont Rd, is in the Milpitas Hills guide.
Is Parktown in a flood zone?
No home parcel here is in a FEMA special flood hazard area. About half are zone D, where the hazard has not been studied, and the rest are zone X. Check the exact address.
Which schools are in Parktown?
Sinnott Elementary and Rancho Milpitas Middle School, both Milpitas Unified, are on Yellowstone Ave. Check the exact address with the district for assignment.
Is there transit nearby?
Yes. VTA Route 47 runs on S. Park Victoria Dr and Routes 70 and 71 run on Landess Ave, all to the Milpitas BART and VTA light-rail station about 1.3 miles away (straight-line).
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