FEATURES:

  • Surfer Statue
  • Lighthouse Surf Museum
  • Multi-use Pathway
  • Exercise Equipment
  • Park Benches Overlooking Ocean

RESTROOM: California Department of Parks and Recreation provides restrooms at Natural Bridges and Lighthouse Field State Parks.  

PARKING:
Numerous public parking lots located along West Cliff Drive.

DOG REGULATIONS:
Dogs must be on leash at all times

NOTES:
Two and a half miles of wheelchair accessible multi-use pathway along the coast. Within walking distance of one end is the Boardwalk and Santa Cruz Wharf, the other end has Natural Bridges State Park. A premier destination of surfers from around the world.

Lighthouse Museum
west cliff
West Cliff

2025 Teen Delegation to Shingu, Japan Information Meeting

Information session for potential delegates and their families

  • Date: 10/15/2024 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location: London Nelson Community Center
    301 Center Street
    Santa Cruz, California 95060
  • Introduction: Would you like to spend a week staying with a host family and experiencing local points of interest in our Sister City of Shingu, Japan? Santa Cruz Sister Cities Committee encourages applications from 8th-10th grade students for the delegation held during SC City Schools spring break of 2025!

Teen delegation to Japan

Spring Break 2025

Information session Oct 15, 6:30 PM London Nelson Center

Would you like to spend a week staying with a host family and experiencing local points of interest in our Sister City of Shingu, Japan? Santa Cruz Sister Cities Committee encourages applications from 8th-10th grade students  for the delegation held during Santa Cruz city schools spring break of 2025.

 Students will learn about Japanese culture and will visit this beautiful area to see temples, shrines, rivers, mountains and see a small Japanese city, as well as have a window into family life and local culture. Student applicants must have a genuine interest in Japan, cultural sensitivity and pay their own travel expenses. Partial need-based scholarships may be available.

There will be an information night on Tues. Oct. 15th at London Nelson Center for interested delegates and their families.

Applications and updates will be available by August 30,2025 at CityOfSantaCruz.com/Sistercities. Applications are due November 01, 2024 by 5:00 pm. You may also contact the Shingu subcommittee chair, Linda Snook Lindafish123@gmail.com , (831) 588-4217) for questions, or to be added to a list of interested students

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