Scotts Valley holding 5

Scotts Valley holding 5 is a forest in Santa Cruz County, Central Coast, California. Scotts Valley holding 5 is situated nearby to the neighborhood Monte Fiore, as well as near Whispering Pines.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad and California Powder Works Bridge.

Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad

Park

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The Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad is a 3 ft narrow-gauge tourist railroad in California that starts from the Roaring Camp depot in Felton, California and runs up steep grades through redwood forests to the top of nearby Bear Mountain, a distance of 3.25 miles.

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 Scotts Valley and Felton.

Scotts Valley

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Scotts Valley is a small city in Santa Cruz County in the Santa Cruz Mountains between Santa Cruz and the Silicon Valley.

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.