Santa Cruz Mountains
The Santa Cruz Mountains are a mountain range in central and Northern California, United States, constituting a part of the Pacific Coast Ranges. They form a ridge down the San Francisco Peninsula, south of San Francisco.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 3,727 feet
- Description: mountain range in California, United States
- Also known as: “Cierra Madre De Santa Cruz”, “Cuesta De Los Gatos”, “Santa Cruz Mountaines”, “Santa Cruz Range”, and “Sierra de la Santa Cruz”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loma Prieta and Crystal Peak.
Loma Prieta
Peak
Loma Prieta is the highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California, measuring 3,790 feet in height. Although the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was named for this mountain, the actual epicenter was five miles southwest of the peak, across the San Andreas Fault, in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park.
Crystal Peak
Peak
Crystal Peak is a prominent peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains in southwest Santa Clara County, California, United States. The landmark lies 10 mi west of Morgan Hill, and approximately 0.5 mi northeast of Loma Prieta.
Mount Chual
Peak
Mount Chual is a prominent peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains in southwest Santa Clara County, California, United States. The landmark lies 10 mi west of Morgan Hill, and approximately 0.8 mi northeast of Loma Prieta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loma Chiquita and Mountain Home.
Loma Chiquita
Hamlet
Loma Chiquita is an unincorporated rural area along the ridge leading to Loma Chiquita summit in southwest Santa Clara County, California. The area covers the associated ridgeline and hillsides, from the eastern base of Loma Prieta, towards the west near the intersection with upper Little Uvas Road.
Mountain Home
Hamlet
Mountain Home, also known as Casa Loma, is a sparsely populated area located on the eastern side of the Santa Cruz Mountains in unincorporated southwest Santa Clara County, California near Mount Chual and Rancho Canada del Oro Open Space Preserves. Mountain Home is situated 3 miles east of Santa Cruz Mountains.
Sveadal
Hamlet
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Sveadal is a private summer resort in an unincorporated area of Llagas-Uvas in Santa Clara County, California. The Swedish American cultural heritage and recreation center is situated west of Morgan Hill, California in the eastern Santa Cruz Mountains, adjacent to Uvas Canyon County Park. Sveadal is situated 3½ miles southeast of Santa Cruz Mountains.
Santa Cruz Mountains
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Santa Cruz Mountains” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Санта Круз”
- Catalan: “monts de Santa Cruz”
- Cebuano: “Santa Cruz Mountains”
- Central Kurdish: “چیاکانی سانتا کرووز”
- Chinese: “圣克鲁兹山”
- Chinese: “圣克鲁兹山脉（美国）”
- Chinese: “圣克鲁斯山”
- Chinese: “聖克魯斯山”
- Chinese: “聖克魯茲山”
- Chinese: “聖克魯茲山脈（美國）”
- Chinese: “聖塔克魯茲山脈”
- Czech: “pohoří Santa Cruz”
- Czech: “Pohoří Santa Cruz”
- Dutch: “Santa Cruz Mountains”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال سانتا كروز”
- French: “Monts Santa Cruz”
- German: “Santa Cruz Mountains”
- Hebrew: “הרי סנטה קרוז”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Santa Cruz”
- Irish: “Sléibhte Santa Cruz”
- Italian: “Montagne di Santa Cruz”
- Japanese: “サンタ・クルーズ”
- Japanese: “サンタクルーズ山脈”
- Ladin: “Santa Cruz Mountains”
- Marathi: “सांता क्रुझ पर्वतरांग”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Santa Cruz Mountains”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Monts de Santa Cruz”
- Persian: “کوهستانهای سانتا کروز”
- Polish: “Santa Cruz”
- Russian: “Санта-Круз (горы)”
- Russian: “Санта-Круз”
- Slovenian: “Santa Cruz Mountains”
- Somali: “Buuraha Santa Cruz USA”
- Spanish: “Montes Santa Cruz”
- Turkish: “Santa Cruz Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Санта-Круз”
- Ukrainian: “Санта-Крус”
- Venetian: “Montagne de Santa Cruz”
- Vietnamese: “dãy núi Santa Cruz”
- Vietnamese: “dãy Santa Cruz”
- Welsh: “Mynyddoedd Santa Cruz”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Loma Chiquita and Maymens Flat.
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