The Jungle, Tent city near Story Road, San Jose, US

The Jungle was a homeless encampment off Story Road along Coyote Creek in San Jose, California, on roughly 75 acres (30 ha) of land called Coyote Meadow. It consisted of makeshift dwellings, shacks, tree houses and tents, and was often considered one of the largest homeless encampments in the United States.

The Jungle existed from about 1999 until December 2014, according to a former resident who lived there periodically for fifteen years. In May 2012 an attempted closure removed 150 people, but many returned. In July 2013 the San Jose City Council approved a $4 million budget to house residents, beginning a permanent eviction process; the site was cleared and fenced in December 2014.

Residents called The Jungle a "small community": some held nine-to-five jobs but had no home, and the camp had stoves, couches, tarps and motor homes. After the 2014 closure, some began calling the site Coyote Meadow, its name before it became The Jungle.

The site no longer exists in its original form following the 2014 clearance, and the area has since changed. Anyone visiting the location today should check in advance what remains at the site before making the trip.

A former resident described The Jungle as a "small community" with stoves, couches, tarps and motor homes, and said several residents held nine-to-five jobs but stayed at the camp because they had nowhere else to live. The site covered about 75 acres (30 ha) of Coyote Meadow along Coyote Creek, off Story Road.