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Photo: Don DeBold from San Jose, CA, USACC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
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Managed by California Department of Parks and Recreation
Source of truth
- Lighthouse Field State Beach — official page
Operator-published page with current visitor information.
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- Operator:(831) 423-4609
About
One of the last open headlands in an urban California area, on the north side of Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz. Surfers, sea lions and birds draw visitors, and monarch butterflies winter here.
Source: parks.ca.gov
From Wikipedia
Lighthouse Field State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, United States. It is located in the city of Santa Cruz at the north end of Monterey Bay. The beach overlooks the Steamer Lane surfing hotspot. It also contains the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum, housed in a 1967 lighthouse. The 38-acre (15 ha) site was established in 1978.
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