Garden of Eden
Garden of Eden is a forest in Santa Cruz County, Central Coast, California. Garden of Eden is situated nearby to the locality Rincon, as well as near the village Paradise Park.Places of Interest
Highlights include UC Santa Cruz and California Powder Works Bridge.
UC Santa Cruz
University
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The University of California, Santa Cruz is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California, United States. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. UC Santa Cruz is situated 2 miles south of Garden of Eden.
California Powder Works Bridge
Bridge
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The California Powder Works Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Santa Cruz, California. It is a Smith truss bridge, built across the San Lorenzo River in 1872 by the California Powder Works, an explosives manufacturer whose factory complex stood on the river banks.
College Nine
College
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College Nine is a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The university's first new college in nearly 30 years, College Nine was founded in 2000 although the dorms were not finished until 2002. College Nine is situated 1½ miles south of Garden of Eden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paradise Park and Mount Hermon.
Paradise Park
Village
Paradise Park is a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California. Paradise Park sits at an elevation of 92 feet. The 2020 United States census reported Paradise Park's population was 367, which is down from 389 people in the 2010 census.
Mount Hermon
Hamlet
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Mount Hermon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California. As of the 2020 census, Mount Hermon had a population of 1,110. Mount Hermon is situated 2 miles north of Garden of Eden.
Felton
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Felton is a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population was 4,489 as of 2020 census and according to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.6 square miles, all of it land.
Garden of Eden
- Type: Forest
- Location: Santa Cruz County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.02495° or 37° 1′ 30″ northLongitude
-122.05746° or 122° 3′ 27″ westElevation
197 feet (60 metres)Open location code
849V2WFV+X2GeoNames ID
5351547
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