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Santa Cruz is on the northern edge of Monterey Bay. The area is losing several feet of beach a year. [44] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city covers an area of 15.8 square miles (41 km2), of which 12.7 square miles (33 km2) is land, and 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2) (19.51%s) is water.
Natural Bridges State Beach. / 36.95250°N 122.05750°W / 36.95250; -122.05750. Natural Bridges State Beach is a 65-acre (26 ha) California state park in Santa Cruz, California, in the United States. The park features a natural bridge across a section of the beach and a eucalyptus grove provides habitat for monarch butterflies.
The CZU Lightning Complex fires were wildfires that burned in Northern California starting in August 2020. The fire complex consisted of fires in San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, [ 1] including fires that had previously been separately tracked as the Warnella and Waddell fires. [ 2] The firefighting effort was primarily administered by the ...
38 acres (15 ha) Established. 1978. Governing body. California Department of Parks and Recreation. Lighthouse Field State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, United States. It is located in the city of Santa Cruz at the north end of Monterey Bay. The beach overlooks the Steamer Lane surfing hotspot.
827 [1] Big Basin Redwoods State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California, located in Santa Cruz County, about 36 km (22 mi) northwest of Santa Cruz. The park contains almost all of the Waddell Creek watershed, which was formed by the seismic uplift of its rim, and the erosion of its center by the many streams in its bowl-shaped ...
santacruzcountyca.gov. Santa Cruz County ( / ˌsæntəˈkruːz / ⓘ ), officially the County of Santa Cruz, is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 270,861. [4] The county seat is Santa Cruz. [5] Santa Cruz County comprises the Santa Cruz– Watsonville, CA Metropolitan ...
The Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway ( reporting mark SCBG) is operated as a seasonal tourist attraction in Northern California, also referred to as the "Beach Train". Its partner line, the Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad, is a heritage railroad . The Beach Train uses diesel locomotives to haul vintage passenger cars ...
Steamer Lane is a famous surfing location in Santa Cruz, California. It is just off a point on the side of cliffs in the West Cliff residential area near downtown Santa Cruz, providing easy access and a good vantage point for viewing. The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is housed in a lighthouse there. "Steamer Lane" is the preferred form of the name ...