Rincon
Rincon is a locality in Santa Cruz County, Central Coast, California. Rincon is situated nearby to the village Paradise Park, as well as near the locality College Nine/Ten Apartments.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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paradise Park and Pasatiempo.
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.
Pasatiempo
Hamlet
Pasatiempo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, located along State Route 17 between Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz. Pasatiempo is situated 1½ miles east of Rincon.
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 2½ miles north of Rincon.
Rincon
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “El Rincon”
- Location: Santa Cruz County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.01212° or 37° 0′ 44″ northLongitude
-122.05412° or 122° 3′ 15″ westElevation
302 feet (92 metres)Open location code
849V2W6W+R9OpenStreetMap ID
node 5328302100OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
5387588
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