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2 unusual facts about Santa Cruz Mountains


Santa Cruz Mountains

At higher elevations and on sunny south slopes a more drought-resistant chaparral vegetation dominates: manzanita, California scrub oak, chamise, and chaparral pea.

The Santa Cruz Mountains have been a legally defined American Viticultural Area since 1981.


California State Route 236

It is a short 18-mile (29 km) "C" shaped highway that links to State Route 9 at both ends in the Santa Cruz Mountains.


see also

Danny Thorpe

He lives on a small farm in the Santa Cruz mountains near Ben Lomond, California.

Patchen

Patchen, California, ghost town in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Clara County

Ramaytush language

Historically, Ramaytush language territory was largely bordered by ocean and sea, except in the south where they bordered the people of the Santa Clara Valley who spoke the Tamyen language Ohlone and the people of the Santa Cruz Mountains and Pacific Coast at Point Año Nuevo who spoke dialects merging toward the Awaswas language.