Sunset State Beach is a park and

beach A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc sh ...

Monterey Bay Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located on the coast of the U.S. state of California, south of the San Francisco Bay Area and its major city at the south of the bay, San Jose. San Francisco itself is further north along the coast, by ...

, in Santa Cruz County,

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. It is operated by the California Department of Parks and Recreation.

Geography

It is approximately 1.5 miles (2.5 km) long, and located near

Watsonville Watsonville is a city in Santa Cruz County, California, located in the Monterey Bay Area of the Central Coast of California. The population was 52,590 according to the 2020 census. Predominantly Latino and Democratic, Watsonville is a self- ...

. It is surrounded by large agricultural fields west of the city of Watsonville.

Manresa State Beach Manresa State Beach is a state-protected beach on Monterey Bay near Watsonville in Santa Cruz County, California. Manresa State Beach has two different State owned and operated facilities associated with it: Manresa Main State Beach, and Manresa U ...

is to the north-upcoast of Sunset State Beach.

References

External links

California Department of Parks and Recreation: Sunset State Beach website

Sunset State Beach Park Brochure
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Geography

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