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UCSC to the Sea route map
Difficulty: ExpertOut and Back
California

UCSC to the Sea

Santa Cruz, California

18.7 mi

Distance

2,976 ft

Elev. Gain

7h 8m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for UCSC to the Sea unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:-1 ft
Max:356 ft
Gain:907 ft
Loss:907 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between -1 ft and 356 ft across 18.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.-1 ft118 ft237 ft356 ft0.0 mi4.7 mi9.4 mi14.1 mi18.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi272 ft
High point1.4 mi356 ft
End18.7 mi272 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Santa Cruz, CA · in or next to town
County:
Santa Cruz County, CA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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