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Santa Cruz County

Santa Cruz County is a sightseeing stop in Santa Cruz, CA, part of the San Francisco Bay Area guide. Cost: free.

705 Front Street · Santa Cruz, CA

Why you should go…

Visit Santa Cruz County is the official nonprofit visitor marketing organization for Santa Cruz County, California. It publishes a biennial visitor guide covering the county's beaches, state parks, redwood forests, and food and drink scene, and runs a year-round visitor center in downtown Santa Cruz. The county lies on the Pacific coast just south of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Santa Cruz County, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Sightseeing
    Local Gem

    Downtown Santa Cruz

    Free

    Santa Cruz's walkable downtown shopping and dining district along Pacific Avenue.

    0.2 mi awayMore like this

  • Shopping
    Local Gem

    Far West Fungi

    Free

    Mushroom store and cafe selling fresh, dried and cultivated fungi, grow kits, and mushroom snacks.

    0.4 mi awaySwitch it up: Shopping

  • Attractions
    Iconic

    Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

    Free

    Ride a 1924 wooden roller coaster and a 1911 carousel at a seaside amusement park set right on the sand of Main Beach.

    0.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions

  • Sport & Outdoor
    Local Gem

    UC Santa Cruz Arboretum and Botanic Garden

    Under $25

    A 115-acre botanic garden of Mediterranean-climate plants from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Chile.

    1.6 mi awaySwitch it up: Sport & Outdoor

  • Sightseeing
    Local Gem

    Capitola

    Free

    A pastel-colored Santa Cruz County beach village built around a small wharf and Capitola Village's shops and restaurants.

    3.4 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing
    Local Gem

    Los Gatos

    Free

    A walkable South Bay town at the foot of the Santa Cruz Mountains with a historic creek trail.

    20 mi awayMore like this