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User input for Loch Lomond, Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Cruz County, California:
Chuck Hanson:
Can I fish year round?
Bob:
Nice lake in the Santa Cruz Mountains, great place for canoeing. No swimming allowed though, what's up with that?
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Loch Lomond is always a pleasure to visit. If you need a site to stay Jayes Timberlane Resort is a wonderful choice, and get dripping wet paddling on San Lorenzo River. This lake is so wonderful. Nearby lakes? Sure, Spring Lakes is in the vicinity of Loch Lomond, and if you haven’t been to Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail, you have to schedule some time for it since you're here. The high level of rainfall makes Loch Lomond a pretty wet place;
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| | the month of January is the wettest with most of the rain while July is generally the driest month.
Loch Lomond is one of the lakes here in the Santa Cruz Mountains. If the weather is lovely, you get a glorious view of Eagle Dell Peak from Loch Lomond; why not take a refreshing hike along the Rincon Fire Road Trail. Now, you may imagine that's a lot but there's even more amusing stuff to do here at Loch Lomond. Econo Lodge Ben Lomond is a wonderful location | |
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to get some rest; whitewater paddling is fine on San Lorenzo River.
This lake is so wonderful. Hiking along the Sequoia Nature Trail is pleasant fun, and if you've had enough of Loch Lomond, Lake Lompico is nearby. During the
warm days of summer highs here at Loch Lomond reach the 70's, and during the night it cools down to the 50's. Daytime highs through the winter are in the 50's while Loch Lomond night low temperatures through the winter are in the
30's. There's no way somebody can get bored here in the Santa Cruz Mountains. While you're here at Loch Lomond you can play some golf at Scotts Valley Golf Course, and Hubbard Gulch is in close proximity, and is a perfect spot.
Not enough hours in a day to enjoy this place. Visit Fritch Creek if you're here at Loch Lomond. So much entertaining stuff to do in the Santa Cruz Mountains, not enough time. Loch Lomond is right by the Summit Trail; if you came
for an overnight stay River Grove Park is a great place to camp. There are plenty of people from Santa Cruz-Watsonville here at Loch Lomond, and why not camp at Redwood Rest Resort while you're here at Loch Lomond.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 37.10306
Longitude: -122.0722
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| | Hiking Trails Near Loch Lomond:
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Summit Trail, San Mateo County, 13 miles away
3 hiking miles, 506 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Loch Lomond:
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San Lorenzo River, Santa Cruz CountyCounty, 2 miles away
Class II - 9.1 miles long (Boulder Creek to Felton) |
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San Lorenzo River, Santa Cruz CountyCounty, 6 miles away
Class III-IV - 6 miles long (Felton to Ocean at Santa Cruz) |
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Pescadero Creek, San Mateo CountyCounty, 15 miles away
Class II - 9 miles long (Portola State Park to Memorial County Park) |
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San Lorenzo River
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...o walk a short distance. Also, at the remains of a concrete diversion dam, teh river splits into two channels. The left-most is the one to take as the right will leave you high and not-quite-dry, though I suppose this may change from year to year.
Where the river goes around the Hogsback there is a lot of large woody debris, including a narrow area with strainers that could be quite dangerous. Recently the county has announced that woody debris will no longer be cleared from county streams in an effort to restore our nearly extinct steelhead populations, and this may make the situation even worse. I don't know whether it will be practical to portage around the woodpile at the point where the river make its final bend toward Paradise Park.
Past the Hogsback, the river goes through a number of very mild rapids, often in narrow willow-lined channels. A special treat is the opportunity to pass under the 1867 Powder Mill Flat covered bridge at Paradise Park, not normally seen by the public as the community is a private enclave of the Masons.
One last note is that Sant... |
Pasatiempo Golf Club
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Big Basin Redwoods State Park
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Corcoran Lagoon
 | 10 miles away
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This is a great beach near Sunny Cove in Santa Cruz. Very clean, not many people. Mainly locals. Great for body surfing. Love it there!... |
Millpond Lake
| 10 miles away
I love the millpond its private but is always bursting with sunshine fresh air and the peacefull chirp of birds!... |
Pescadero Creek
| 15 miles away
The putin location given is in an area not open to the public, and the creek is closed to all watercraft, kayaks & inflatables included.... |
Manresa State Beach
| 17 miles away
This is our favorite camping spot along the central coast. Fall (Sept.-Oct.) has the best weather in my opinion. The beach is beautiful and there really is a lot to do in the area. Zip up to Santa Cruz for a night on the town or just lounge on the beach the whole time. Its GREAT!!... |
Corralitos Lagoon
| 19 miles away
This pond had many fish in it, but now is over grown with plants and is very hard to fish.... |
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
 | 45 miles away
The phone numbers have changed since this page was posted.
For more information about Golden Gate National Recreation Area, please call (415) 561-4700.
For Alcatraz Tickets, please call (415) 981-ROCK [415. 981. 7625].
For Muir Woods National Monument, please call (415) 388-2595.
For the Cliff House, please call (415) 561-4323.
For Kirby Cove camping, please call 1-877-444-6777 or go to www.recreation.gov.
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Muir Woods National Monument
| 55 miles away
We want to use our GPS. WHAT is the address to place in it?... |
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Situated in the San Lorenzo Valley surrounded by towering redwoods. A great place to relax and play. Ten furnished, individual cabins on seven acres of redwoods forest, with ferns, landscape, and a cr...
