Monarch Butterfly Coastal Migration

Lighthouse Field State Park – come for the butterflies, stay for the lifestyle.

There are many reasons to visit this state park in Santa Cruz, California.  In creating a one-minute film, I only touched on a few of the attractions.  Here are a handful of reasons to visit:  a cool lighthouse, CA’s first surfing museum, monarch butterflies, hiking, surfing, jogging, surf watching, a dog park on the beach, sunbathing, tide pooling, sunset watching; and did I mention monarch butterflies?

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This monarch rooting site is used year after year from roughly mid October through Mid February.

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Catching light winds, monarchs can travel more than 100-miles in a day and they only fly in daylight.  Our Santa Cruz Monarchs will end up west of the Rocky Mountains.

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Monarch development from larvae to adult flyer could be a subject for a whole different blog!

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To virtually visit the park, see the monarch butterfly and Santa Cruz beach lifestyle, watch this one-minute video.

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