Santa Cruz’s Pasatiempo Golf Course has been ranked #59 on the top 100 courses in the USA by Golf.com.

A colorful concrete gateway at an entryway to San Lorenzo Park in Santa Cruz honors the final Chinatown in the city and the legions of ethnic Chinese who helped pave the way when the city was in its nascent stages in the early days of the old west.

In late 2020, construction was completed on two new properties in Santa Cruz County, offering visitors more choices when staying overnight and expanding the footprint of the local lodging industry.

With over 500 meaderies in the United States, one of the largest – also a near-century-old winery and the oldest in the region – is in Santa Cruz County.

While 2021 will be a year of recovery and as the travel and tourism industry opens up and life begins again, so too with the forested state parks in Santa Cruz County.