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Wilder Ranch State Park is a California State Park on the Pacific Ocean coast north of Santa Cruz, California. The park was formerly a dairy ranch, and many of the ranch buildings have been restored for use as a museum. There are no campgrounds; a day-use parking lot provides access to the museum.
Coast Dairies is a state park in Santa Cruz County, California, near the city of Davenport. [1] It is managed as part of Wilder Ranch State Park , which is south of the park. The new public lands protect a seven-mile (11 km) stretch of coastline and about 7,000 acres (2,800 ha) of prime coastal lands. [ 2 ]
Swanton Pacific Ranch is a 3,200-acre (1,300 ha) ranch in Santa Cruz County, California, outside the town of Davenport.The ranch is owned and operated by California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) for educational and research in sustainable agriculture.
The San Vicente Redwoods land is home to several species of wild animals threatened by the destruction of old-growth forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Native animals of particular interest include the California red-legged frog, a federally listed threatened species, and the endangered Marbled murrelet, as well as mountain lions, peregrine falcons and coho salmon. [4]
Swanton later created what is now the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. The community was the northern terminus of the southern branch of the Ocean Shore Railroad until it closed in 1922. Swanton had its own post office from 1897 to 1930, and its own elementary, Seaside School, until 1960.
San Vicente Creek is near the southern boundary of the coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Central California Coast evolutionary significant unit (ESU). The removal of an over 100 year old, 30-foot wide dam (9.1 m) on its Mill Creek tributary in 2021 removed an impassable barrier to migrating coho salmon and steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). [7]
Circle of Palms, historical marker for California's first state capitol Plaza de César Chávez This is a list of tourist attractions in and around Silicon Valley , it includes parts or most of Santa Clara County , San Mateo County , and Alameda County .
The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center opened on July 23, 2012 [7] at 35 Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz, California. It is located near the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Santa Cruz Wharf, developed in partnership with the City of Santa Cruz.
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