Fremont is a modern city in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum celebrates Fremont as one of the centers of silent movie-making through an extensive collection of artifacts and photos. Also in Fremont, Mission San José is a 1700s Spanish mission, one of the first missions built by the Spanish in California, which now features a reconstructed adobe church and a museum.

Coyote Hills Regional Park

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Mission Peak Regional Preserve

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