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Santa Cruz County

Twin Lakes

Twin Lakes is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 4,944 at the 2020 census, up from 4,917 at the 2010 census.
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  • Type: Village with 4,920 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California
  • Also known as: “Twin Lakes, CA” and “Twin Lakes, California”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History and Giant Dipper.

Museum
The , also known affectionately by locals as "the Whale Museum", is one of the earliest museums in the state of .

Roller coaster
Photo: Lar, CC BY 2.5.
The is a historic wooden roller coaster located at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, an amusement park in . The , which replaced the Thompson's Scenic Railway, took 47 days to build and opened on May 17, 1924, at a cost of $50,000.

Park
Photo: Mutante, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Live Oak and Santa Cruz.

Locality
is a census-designated place in between the cities of and and north of the former Union Pacific railroad. is situated 2 miles northeast of Twin Lakes.

Photo: Don DeBold, CC BY 2.0.
is a coastal city in , at the north end of in , about 40 miles south of and 75 miles south of .

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , . sits at an elevation of 33 feet. The 2020 United States census reported 's population was 5,821. is situated 2 miles east of Twin Lakes.

Twin Lakes

Latitude
36.96768° or 36° 58′ 4″ north
Longitude
-121.99805° or 121° 59′ 53″ west
Population
4,920
Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)
Open location code
848WX292+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150944175
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5404274
Wiki­data ID
Q2133403
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Satellite Map

Discover Twin Lakes from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Volapük—“Twin Lakes” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Twin Lakes”
  • Catalan: “Twin Lakes”
  • Cebuano: “Twin Lakes”
  • Chechen: “Твин-Лейкс”
  • Chinese: “Twin Lakes”
  • Croatian: “Twin Lakes”
  • Dutch: “Twin Lakes”
  • French: “Twin Lakes”
  • German: “Twin Lakes”
  • Gilaki: “تۊئين لیکس”
  • Irish: “Twin Lakes”
  • Italian: “Twin Lakes”
  • Ladin: “Twin Lakes (California)”
  • Ladin: “Twin Lakes”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Twin Lakes”
  • Newari: “ट्विनलेक्स, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “ट्विनलेक्स”
  • Persian: “توین لیکز، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “توین لیکز”
  • Polish: “Twin Lakes”
  • Portuguese: “Twin Lakes”
  • Serbian: “Твин Лејкс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Twin Lakes, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Twin Lakes”
  • South Azerbaijani: “توین لیکز، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Twin Lakes”
  • Tatar: “Твин-Лейкс”
  • Turkish: “Twin Lakes”
  • Ukrainian: “Твін-Лейкс”
  • Volapük: “Twin Lakes”

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Notable Places Nearby

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