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Mission Santa Cruz

Mission Santa Cruz was a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order in present-day Santa Cruz, California. The mission was founded in 1791 and named for the feast of the Exultation of the Cross, the name that the explorer Gaspar de Portolà gave to the area when he camped on the banks of the San Lorenzo River on October 17, 1769, and erected a wooden cross.

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Crown College, University of California, Santa Cruz

Crown College is one of the residential colleges that makes up the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. Despite its thematic grounding in natural science and technology, like at all UCSC colleges, Crown students major in subjects across all disciplines. Crown has a favorable reputation for academically-focused students, possibly due to both its reputation as a science college and its secluded location on the Santa Cruz campus.

Located at 36.9999, -122.055 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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San Lorenzo River

The San Lorenzo River drains a large watershed in Santa Cruz County, California. The headwaters originate in the Santa Cruz Mountains at an elevation of 2,500 feet, and the river flows 29.3 miles through the San Lorenzo Valley before emptying into the Pacific Ocean at Monterey Bay. The San Lorenzo River was once one of the most popular steelhead and coho salmon rivers on the Central Coast of California.

Located at 36.9642, -122.012 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Rivers of Santa Cruz County, California, Santa Cruz Mountains

Cowell College

The first of the ten residential colleges of the University of California, Santa Cruz, established in 1965, Cowell College sits on the edge of a redwood forest with a remarkable view of Monterey Bay. The college is named for Henry Cowell and the Cowell family, who donated the land that UCSC is built upon, previously known as the Cowell Ranch.

Located at 36.9971, -122.054 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Stevenson College

Adlai E. Stevenson College is a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Currently, the college is host to the Linguistics Department, as well as many humanities faculty. The college was named after Adlai Stevenson, an American politician and United Nations ambassador. The college was founded in 1966, a year after the establishment of the university and its first college, Cowell.

Located at 36.997, -122.052 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Merrill College

Merrill College is a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The theme of the college, and the name of its freshman core course, is "cultural identities and global consciousness."

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Oakes College

Oakes College is a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz. It is on the southwestern corner of the campus, south of College Eight and east of the Family Student Housing complex. Oakes was founded in 1972 as College Seven. In 1968, the Black Liberation Front, a black power group, demanded an all-black college. Professor J.

Located at 36.9893, -122.064 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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College Eight

College Eight is a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz. It is on the west side of campus, north of Oakes College and southeast of Porter College. The theme of its freshman core course is Environment and Society. College Eight was founded in 1972 at the current location of the Kerr Hall lecture building.

Located at 36.9912, -122.065 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is an oceanfront amusement park in Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 1907, it is California's oldest surviving amusement park and one of the few seaside parks on the West Coast of the United States.

Located at 36.9642, -122.018 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Arboretum at the University of California, Santa Cruz

The Arboretum at the University of California, Santa Cruz, also called the UCSC Arboretum, is an arboretum located on the campus of the University of California, Santa Cruz, in Santa Cruz, California in the United States. The UC Santa Cruz campus was originally part of the larger property of pioneer Henry Cowell. The Arboretum site has remarkable climatic and topographic diversity and a wide variety of soils, since the underlying rocks include granite, schist, limestone, and several sandstones.

Located at 36.9827, -122.061 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Fred Swanton

Fred Wilder Swanton (1862–1940) was a businessman who served as mayor of Santa Cruz, California from 1927 until 1933. He promoted the expansion of Santa Cruz County from a small lumber town along the Pacific Coast to a booming beach resort city. Although he established a wide variety of businesses, he never ran them successfully for more than a few years.

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Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School

Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School, often referred to as Kirby or GBK is a non-profit independent school, located in Santa Cruz, California. The school educates in grades 6-12 and enrolls 220 students as of the 2009-2010 academic year.

Located at 36.9874, -122.04 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Giant Dipper

The Giant Dipper is a historic wooden roller coaster located at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, an amusement park in Santa Cruz, California. It took 47 days to build at a cost of $50,000. It opened on May 17, 1924 and replaced the Thompson's Scenic Railway. With a height of 70 feet and a speed of 55 miles per hour, it is one of the most popular wooden roller coasters in the world. As of 2012, over 60 million people have ridden the Giant Dipper since its opening.

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Santa Cruz Wharf

The Santa Cruz Wharf is a wharf in Santa Cruz, California, USA, known for fishing, boat tours, viewing sea lions, dining, and gift shops. The current wharf was built in 1914, the last of six built on the site, and is operated by the City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Office. With a length of 2,745 feet, it is the longest pier on the West Coast of the United States. A fish market on the wharf is featured in scenes from the film Sudden Impact.

Located at 36.9615, -122.022 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District

Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (SCMTD), or simply Santa Cruz METRO, provides bus service throughout Santa Cruz County, California. Santa Cruz METRO also operates the Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach Highway 17 Express service between Santa Cruz (city) and San Jose Amtrak Station, thanks to a partnership with Amtrak California, Capitol Corridor, and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.

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Branciforte Creek

Branciforte Creek is a 5.8-mile long watercourse in Santa Cruz County, California, USA. Branciforte Creek rises on the western slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains and discharges to the San Lorenzo River, which in turn empties into the Pacific Ocean. Within the State of California Branciforte Creek is classified within the Central Coast Basin. As of the year 2002, the State of California has designated Branciforte Creek as impaired with respect to turbidity and pathogens.

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Rivers of Santa Cruz County, California, Santa Cruz Mountains

Antonelli Pond

Antonelli Pond is a century old, man-made pond on the west side of the city of Santa Cruz, California that now has ecological and cultural significance. The pond and surrounding riparian habitat are foraging and/or breeding grounds for many species including raptors, egrets, Great Blue Heron, deer, raccoon, coyote, and several rodent species, including woodrats. Additionally, the pond has many paths for walking and spots for fishing that are enjoyed on a daily basis by local community residents.

Located at 36.9547, -122.06 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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McHenry Library

The McHenry Library is the arts, humanities, and social sciences library of the University of California, Santa Cruz. It was named after the founding chancellor of the university, Dean E. McHenry. The building, designed by architect John Carl Warnecke, was completed in 1968 and features a minimalist design intended to blend into its forest surroundings, with floor-to-ceiling glass set in coarse, granite-like concrete and exposed vertical columns suggestive of tree trunks.

Located at 36.9957, -122.059 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Steamer Lane

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 used by the people surfing there. Steamer Lane was named by Claude Horan while he was a student at San Jose State in the late 1930s.

Located at 36.9539, -122.024 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Mission Hill Middle School

Mission Hill Middle School is a middle school in Santa Cruz, California. It is approximately 150 years old. It is located on Mission Street and King Street. The grades go from 6th to 8th grade. It has approximately 600 students. The main classes include Core (humanities), Math, Science, Physical Education, and an Elective (such as art or music). Some of the teachers include Ms. Fritz (PE), Mrs. Lopez (Science and ETA), Mrs. Nixon (CORE), Mrs. Shafer (Math), and Mrs. Ow (Math).

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Rancho Carbonera

Rancho Carbonera was a 2,225-acre Mexican land grant in present day Santa Cruz County, California given in 1838 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to William Buckle (Bocle). The grant was north of present day Santa Cruz between the San Lorenzo River and Branciforte Creek. The southern section of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park is within the Rancho.

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Rancho Tres Ojos de Agua

Rancho Tres Ojos de Agua was a 176-acre Mexican land grant in present day Santa Cruz County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Nicolás Dodero. The name means "Three Springs". The grant was located on present day High Street in Santa Cruz.

Located at 36.98, -122.04 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Monterey Coast Preparatory School

Monterey Coast Preparatory (MCP) Middle & High School is a private, independent middle & high school using a UDL-modified Universal Design for Learning curriculum for gifted & talented students, including those with learning differences such as ADHD, Dyslexia, and Asperger Syndrome. Founded in 2010 by parents and teachers from another private school, it is located in Santa Cruz, California.

Located at 36.9856, -122.031 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium is an event and convention venue located in downtown Santa Cruz, California. It is owned by the City of Santa Cruz and is located at 307 Church Street. Opened in 1940, it was built in what was described as "mission style in architecture with a modern touch and an arrangement of open porches on the corners and sides. " Its style has also been described as Art Deco.

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Undertow (roller coaster)

Undertow is a steel spinning roller coaster, built by Maurer Söhne, set to open at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in summer 2013. It will be the only Spinning roller coaster in Northern California.

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