The Best City in Santa Cruz & Monterey

Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living

The Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Santa Cruz, CA, which supports skill-sharing, appropriate use of resources, and human-powered transportation. More a constellation of projects rather than a centr... more

Santa Cruz Mission Historic Park

The Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park sits atop Mission Hill offering a patio, gardens, and excellent views of the city.  The park features the only building left of the 12th California Mission, Misión la Exaltacion de la Santa Cruz,... more

Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center

Gallery, Classes, Events A local non-profit organization dedicated to making art a part of your life.  Supporting and encouraging the arts through education, exhibition and cultural activities. more

Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf

Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios

Features four rehearsal spaces that can be rented by the hour and are fully equipped with the gear necessary for a productive rehearsal. The rates range from $13.00 to $17.00 an hour, with a three hour minimum. A half-hour for load-in and load-out i... more

Scholze Park Community Center

School of Dramatic Arts (SoDA)

PacRep's School of Dramatic Arts, known locally as SoDA, currently under the direction of Susanne Burns. Their Indoor Forest Theater also houses an intimate 50-seat theatre, specialized workshops and lectures, as well as a variety of theatrical produ... more

Scotts Valley Community Center

Scotts Valley Educational Foundation

The Scotts Valley Educational Foundation provides funding for enrichment programs and education materials to enhance the solid academic curriculum and maintain the high quality of education in the Scotts Valley School District. more

SCZ All Stars Cheerleading

Trip Experience: Excellent Wish tour was longer, would gladly do a tour that is 4-5 hours, LOVED it! Fun, Friendly tour guides. Only issue was booking the reservation, and GPS directions sent me in circles for almost an hour, just made scheduled tim... more

Sea Studios Foundation

Sea Studios Foundation is dedicated to raising environmental literacy and motivating action in the US and internationally to address urgent threats to our planet’s health. Through innovative media, we seek to communicate wonder and respect for... more

Seabright Beach

A long sandy beach between the Boardwalk and the Santa Cruz Harbor. Fire rings are available. Dogs are permitted on leash. more

Seacliff State Beach

Fish, swim and visit the SS Palo Alto - one of the most unusual attractions in the Santa Cruz area. This long stretch of sand and bluffs has great accessible facilities including picnic areas, an interpretive center and RV camping. This beach is k... more

Seaside City Hall

Seymour Marine Discovery Center

Visit a working marine laboratory. Exhibit halls, aquarium, touch tanks, tours to marine mammal research overlook, Ocean Discovery Shop, and unsurpassed vistas of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Hold a sea star - marvel at the world's lar... more

Sherwood Park

The park includes tennis courts, an aquatic center, playground area, Tatum's Garden and Sherwood Hall. more

Shoreline Park - Pacific Grove

Shoreline Park is the designation applied to those portions of the publicly-owned waterfront not otherwise named from Hopkins Marine Station at its eastern boundary, aroiund the shoreline along Monterey Bay and the Pacific Ocean, to the foot of Asilo... more

Skypark

Skate, picnic, take your dog for a walk and to socialize with other furry friends, go for a run or walk; it's all there at Skypark. more

Soledad Rotary Park

Spreckels Memorial Park

A large and well-maintained park with a ball field and playground. (The tennis court is only open to local residents.) more

Steamer Lane

Steinbeck House

John Steinbeck’s birthplace and boyhood home is a restored Queen Anne style Victorian built in 1897.  The Steinbeck family purchased the home in 1900 and raised their family there.  It was purchased by The Valley Guild in 1973.  ... more

Steinbeck Plaza

Temple Beth El - Aptos Jewish Community Center

Located in Aptos, we are a Reform congregation of more than 500 families serving the Jewish community in the greater Santa Cruz area. We consider ourselves a Covenantal Community, meaning that we are bound together by our tradition, love of community... more

The Carmel Foundation

The Carmel Foundation functions with the spirit and concern of a good and thoughtful neighbor. It has no message to deliver, no creed to preach, and supports no political theory. It strives to bring into the lives of the members a measure of dignity,... more

The Catalyst

Most people know the Catalyst primarily as a music venue, but Santa Cruz bar-goers know it's much more than that. Upstairs there's actually a solid dive bar with six pool tables, a jukebox, and even a few arcade games. The Catalyst is a classic ve... more

The College of Botanical Healing Arts

We are dedicated to education and research in plant-based medicines.   We are focusing on expanding our community into local businesses that are interested in adopting Essential Oil Therapy into their healing methods. more

The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park

Off the beaten path, The Forest of Nisene Marks is a refreshing retreat from the busy towns and beaches along Highway 1 near Santa Cruz. Its dense second- and third-growth redwood forest rises from near sea level to steep coastal mountains. Most... more

The Nickelodeon

The Nickelodeon is a open daily and features a unique mix of films.  You will find a couple Box Office releases, some independent movies, and on occasion, some old classics. In February 2002 Nickelodeon Theatres added the operation of the... more

The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum

The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is housed in the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse at Lighthouse Point on West Cliff Drive. Overlooking internationally renowned surfing hotspot Steamer Lane, this little gem of a museum has photographs, surfboards, and ot... more

Tor House

Tor House and Hawk Tower were built by Carmel poet Robinson Jeffers as a home and refuge for himself and his family, using granite boulders gathered from the shore of Carmel Bay. He sited the house on a point of land that meets the sea like the "prow... more

Tor House Foundation

The Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation, affiliated with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is a nonprofit organization of volunteer members established in 1978 to acquire, maintain and provide for public access to Tor House, Hawk Tower... more

Toro County Park

Toro County Park is located six miles from downtown Salinas, and 13 miles from the Monterey Peninsula. First opened to the public in 1971, the park’s 4,756 acres have been a haven for thousands of visitors. The park is also home for many types... more

Toro Park

Toro County Park is located six miles from downtown Salinas, and 13 miles from the Monterey Peninsula. First opened to the public in 1971, the park’s 4,756 acres have been a haven for thousands of visitors. The park is also home for many t... more

Twin Lakes Beach

UC Santa Cruz

UC Santa Cruz has about 15,000 students. Undergraduates pursue course work in over 60 majors, and graduate students work toward master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and graduate certificates in 32 academic fields. more

UC Santa Cruz Arboretum

Take a stroll through the lovely gardens with both native plants and plants from afar that are labeled for your enjoyment and education. The diverse collection represents more than 300 plant families at this research and teaching facility committed t... more

Unity Temple of Santa Cruz

Join us every Sunday @ 10am for our celebration in Spirit to our Oneness with all of Creation. We are a metaphysical community, respectful of the many paths to the One Source of all Creation. Join us in love and devotion as we worship the Supre... more

University of California Santa Cruz

UCSC opened in 1965 with 650 students. Forty-five years later, the campus is home to nearly 15,000 undergraduates and 1,500 graduate students. The University of California, Santa Cruz is committed to promoting and protecting an environment that v... more

University Terrace Park

Great for pick-up soccer and Frisbee. Wonderful family park. Adjacent to the Arroyo Seco Canyon Trail. Large, fenced Dogs off-leash designated area available. more

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