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Natural Bridges SB Tidepools Exploration

The intertidal rocks at Natural Bridges State Beach are covered in life: sea stars, seaweeds, urchins, and crabs are just some of the area's intertidal inhabitants. Visit them in their tidepool homes down in Santa Cruz, California.

Launch Exploration
Monarch butterfly on eucalyptus leaf

Natural Bridges State Beach Exploration

Between the ocean and the edge of Santa Cruz lies one of the largest monarch butterfly overwintering sites in the western United States. The park also hosts large coastal scrub meadows that in spring are filled with native wildflowers.

Launch Exploration

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