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Santa Cruz Mountains - The Santa Cruz Mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are a mountain range in central California. They form a ridge along the San Francisco Peninsula, south of San Francisco, separating the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco Bay and the Santa Clara Valley, and continuing south, bordering Monterey Bay and ending at the Salinas Valley.

Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway - The Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway is a diesel-powered tourist operation in Northern California, with just over eight miles of trackage between Olympia, CA and an interchange with the Union Pacific (formerly Southern Pacific) at the Santa Cruz Wye. From there, trains continue on to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk on the UP Watsonville-Davenport branchline.

Santa Cruz Islands - The Santa Cruz Islands are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the nation of the Solomon Islands. They lie approximately 250 miles (400 km) to the southeast of the Solomon Islands Chain.

Pacific Ocean Park - Pacific Ocean Park was an twenty-eight acre (110,000 m²), nautical-themed amusement park built on a pier at Santa Monica, California which was intended to compete with Disneyland. Though technically located at a Santa Monica address, locals always considered the park to be part of the Venice Beach scene, and to this day most include it in the colorful history of Venice, California.

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