Sandhills
Sandhills is in Santa Cruz County, Central Coast, California. Sandhills is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Observation Deck, as well as near Overlook Bench.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include UC Santa Cruz and Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad.
UC Santa Cruz
University
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 southwest of Sandhills.
Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
Park
Photo: Josh Hallett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Sandhills.
California Powder Works Bridge
Bridge
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. California Powder Works Bridge is situated 1 mile south of Sandhills.
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 2 miles southeast of Sandhills.
Mount Hermon
Hamlet
Photo: DanDawson, Copyrighted free use.
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 Sandhills.
Sandhills
- Type: Shrubland
- Location: Santa Cruz County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.02482° or 37° 1′ 29″ northLongitude
-122.04741° or 122° 2′ 51″ westOpen location code
849V2XF3+W2OpenStreetMap ID
way 657090266OpenStreetMap feature
natural=scrub
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