San Lorenzo Valley

The San Lorenzo Valley (SLV) is in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Cruz County, California and was once a logging industry center of California. Home to millions of Sequoia sempervirens, or redwood trees, the valley includes the villages of Ben Lomond, Felton, Brookdale and Boulder Creek, which lie along the winding, two-lane Highway 9.

The San Lorenzo River also runs through the valley on its way to the city of Santa Cruz, where it then flows into the Monterey Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Much of the river valley is rural and wooded. At its northern end, it abuts Big Basin Redwoods State Park and Castle Rock State Park; toward the southern end is Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park.^[1]

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Peaks	Black Mountain Loma Prieta Long Ridge Montara Mountain Mount Bielawski Mount Madonna Mount Thayer Mount Umunhum San Bruno Mountain Santa Teresa Hills	120px
Rivers and creeks	Adobe Creek Bean Creek Branciforte Creek Butano Creek Carbonera Creek Guadalupe River Hale Creek Little Boulder Creek Loch Lomond Los Alamitos Creek Los Gatos Creek Naples Creek Permanente Creek Pescadero Creek Peters Creek Pilarcitos Creek San Bruno Creek San Francisquito Creek San Lorenzo River San Pedro Creek San Vicente Creek Stevens Creek Tip Toe Falls Uvas Creek Waddell Creek Waterman Creek Zayante Creek
Parks	Big Basin Redwoods State Park Butano State Park Castle Rock State Park Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park McNee Ranch State Park Portola Redwoods State Park Redwood Grove San Bruno Mountain State Park Sanborn County Park The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park Uvas Canyon County Park
Hiking trails	Bay Area Ridge Trail Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail
Other	Santa Cruz Mountains AVA Old Almaden Winery