• Alum Rock Park (est. 1872, California oldest municipal park)
• Mount Pleasant Park
• East Foothills Trail System
• Lake Cunningham Action Sports Park

Mount Pleasant is a residential neighborhood in East San José, taking its name from the descriptive quality of its setting — the gentle piedmont foothills of the Diablo Range that rise above the neighborhood offer what early settlers considered a pleasant elevation above the Santa Clara Valley floor. The Mount Pleasant Elementary School District, one of San José's independent elementary districts, has carried the name for generations and helped define the area's identity as a distinct community within the broader East San José landscape.

The neighborhood developed primarily from the 1950s onward, filling in land that had previously been part of the agricultural fringe of San José's east side. Its position at the base of the East Foothills, with views toward the valley and easy access to the foothills trails above, gave it a quality of life that distinguished it from the flatlands closer to downtown. Alum Rock Park, California's oldest municipal park established in 1872, lies adjacent to the northeast and has long served as a recreational anchor for Mount Pleasant and surrounding communities. The neighborhood's diversity — reflecting waves of Mexican-American, Vietnamese, and other immigrant families who settled East San José in the latter twentieth century — mirrors the broader story of how the east side of the valley changed as Silicon Valley grew.

MY-NHD's Mount Pleasant tee is for those who know the foothills community that quietly shaped East San José.