Santa Cruz County Parks & Recreation Overview

The Mesa Village community teamed up with Watsonville Wetlands Watch (WWW), Pitch-In Santa Cruz County and 4th District Supervisor Felipe Hernandez on March 29 to add new life to Mesa Village County Park. 

After months of public petitions, contentious meetings and letters to the editor, the planned installation of a pump track at Felton Covered Bridge Park is officially underway.

Sign up to volunteer for the Quail Hollow Ranch County Park Trails Construction project, a trail-building endeavor that will expand the Quail Hollow's existing 4.5-mile trail network into the Pace Family Wilderness, a 79.5-acre parcel that was gifted to County …

Out and about in the early spring air! Contiguous days of delightfully warm weather under blue skies has been inspiration to hit local trails. Monday's hike at Big Basin Redwoods State Park included a spin around the Redwood Trail near …

California State Parks has announced the delayed reopening of the seasonal campground at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, now scheduled for Aug. 1, instead of the previously set April 1 date. This delay, attributed to adverse weather and supply chain …

Dan Haifley, a long-time ocean conservationist and former director of O'Neill's Sea Odyssey and Save Our Shores, gives us an update on the multiple threats to ocean ecosystems and marine sanctuaries posed by the cuts to federal staff and budgets …

Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship, the nonprofit spearheading the design and implentation of a new pump track at Felton Covered Bridge Park, has annnounced completed designs and a shift into a fundraising phase.

A recent "winter warmer" hike at Quail Hollow Ranch County Park featured plenty of blue sky and birdsong.

“We think that we are entering a phase where there will be more damaging earthquakes in the future.” —Stanford geophysicist Kurt Hickman

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History has made bold strides towards accessibility and community connection through recent signage installations at Neary Lagoon.