Editing Saratoga, California (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Hakone Garden, Mon Gate - panoramio.jpg|thumb|left|[[Hakone Gardens]], founded in 1917. The west coast premiere of the opera ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]] was held in the gardens in 1923.]]
[[File:USA-Saratoga-Sanborn Park-Lake Ranch Reservoir-1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[Sanborn County Park]]]]
Saratoga is bordered by [[Cupertino, California|Cupertino]] and San Jose to the north, a small portion of [[Campbell, California|Campbell]] and [[Los Gatos, California|Los Gatos]] to the east, and [[Monte Sereno, California|Monte Sereno]] to the southeast. Saratoga is located at {{Coord|37.272443|-122.019538|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>  According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|12.4|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land. Within its borders, Saratoga includes lush [[Sequoia sempervirens|redwood]] [[forest]]s, [[foothill]]s suitable for [[wine grape]]s and sunny valley floor once covered with [[prune (fruit)|prune]] and [[apricot]] [[orchard]]s, now with [[suburban]] homes, schools and [[church (building)|church]]es.

Neighborhoods in Saratoga include Brookview and Pride's Crossing in the north part of the city, Blue Hills and Greenbrier in the northwest area, and Congress Springs in the southwestern corner of Saratoga. The Golden Triangle, a name invented by real estate agents, is an area bounded by Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road and Cox Avenue. The Golden Triangle consists mostly of four-bedroom ranch homes (with values ranging from between $1 and $3 million) on quarter acre lots that are gradually being replaced by Mediterranean custom designs. Northeast of the Golden Triangle is a neighborhood known as Saratoga Woods, a small community located behind Prospect High School north of Cox. Bellgrove Circle is a popular neighborhood located next to Route 85. The land of Bellgrove Circle, once used as a vineyard, was previously owned by Paul Masson Winery and is east of Saratoga Avenue and north of Routet 85. Kentfield is south of Route 85 and east of Saratoga Avenue. Parker Ranch is a very affluent neighborhood with {{convert|1|acre|m2|adj=on}} minimum lots, west of Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road and up into the hills. The downtown area along Big Basin Way is known as the Village.