Places to Go, Things to See in Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Mission

          http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=548

          Free

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk > varies depending on time of year    http://www.beachboardwalk.com/

          All Day Wristband $26.95

Santa Cruz Wharf

          http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/pr/wharf/

          Free, cost for shops & restaurants

Santa Cruz Harbor

          http://www.santacruzharbor.org/

West Cliff Drive

          Lighthouse Field SB

                      http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=550

                      Free

          Surfer's Museum> Th-M 12-4

                      Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse, Lighthouse Point

http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/pr/parksrec/facility/surfmu.html

                      Free

Neary Lagoon

          http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/pr/parksrec/parks/neary.html

          Free

Pacific Garden Mall

http://www.downtownsantacruz.com/

Free, cost for shops & restaurants

The Perfumer's Apprentice> W-S 11-6

          http://www.perfumersapprentice.com/

          $15/person

Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History> T-S 11-5

          http://www.santacruzmah.org/

          McPherson Center, 705 Front Street, Front & Cooper Sts

adult $5, 12-17 $2, 1^st Fri, Free

 Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History> T-Sun 10-5

Indian Artifacts, rocks, fossils, touch tide pool

1305 E. Cliff Dr., 831-420-6115

$2.50

Natural Bridges & Monarch Butterfly Preserve

http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=541

Free

Seymour Marine Discovery Center> Tours 1,2 & 3pm

          http://www2.ucsc.edu/seymourcenter/

          Long Marine Lab 100 Shaffer Road

          Adult $6, 4-16 $4

Wider Ranch

          http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=549

Ano Nuevo State Reserve> 8-3

          http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=523

          Reservations Required 

Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad > 10:30-5 on a schedule

          http://www.roaringcamprr.com/

          adult $20, 3-12 $15, parking $6

Mystery Spot> 9-5

          http://www.mysteryspot.com/index.html

          $5, parking $5

Loch Lomond Recreational Area> 6-6

          http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/wt/llra/llra.html

          Fee for boats  

General Info

          http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/pr/parksrec/parks/trails.html