# Deer Hollow Farm at Rancho San Antonio > Place to go for families in the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara area (CA). Times are Pacific Time. - When: Monday closed; Tuesday 8am–4pm; Wednesday 8am–1pm (early close); Thursday–Sunday… - Where: Deer Hollow Farm, Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve, 22500 Cristo Rey Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014 - Ages: All ages - Price: Free; free parking - Schedule: Monday closed; Tuesday 8am–4pm; Wednesday 8am–1pm (early close); Thursday–Sunday 8am–4pm. May close to the public during special events. - Organizer: City of Mountain View Community Services and Friends of Deer Hollow Farm - Official page: https://www.deerhollowfarm.org/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/san-jose/activities/deer-hollow-farm-at-rancho-san-antonio--listing-8b428b68ea11de63f3927553 ## About Deer Hollow Farm is one of the last working homestead farms in California, set inside Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in the foothills above Los Altos and Cupertino. It is a free community resource: families walk about a mile from the parking lots on a flat trail (strollers welcome) to reach the barnyard, where cows, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, goats, sheep and pigs live alongside a volunteer-tended garden and orchard. A self-guided tour explains the farm's history. Animals are let out of their pens in the morning, which can take up to an hour, so arrive after 9 a.m. to see them all; buildings and pens are closed to the public. 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