Bonny Doon, California

About Bonny Doon

Bonny Doon is a small unincorporated community in western California.

Bonny Doon holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 16.56 square miles.

📰 Bonny Doon News Today

• 1 person dead and another in critical condition after being swept into the ocean in California FOX Weather · Jun 11
• Bonny Doon Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• Fatal rescue near Bonny Doon Beach keyhole raises concern after fifth incident in a month, California - The Watchers The Watchers - Watching the world evolve and transform · Jun 12
• Man dies after cliff fall at Bonny Doon Beach, firefighters recover body KSBW · Jun 6
• Man Killed In Fall Over Cliff At Bonny Doon Beach Patch · Jun 7

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Bonny Doon Unique

• The only place in America named Bonny Doon — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in western California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Bonny Doon

• Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve (closed to public) · Nature reserve reviews ★
• City of Santa Cruz Open Space (closed areas) · Nature reserve reviews ★
• San Vicente Redwoods · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Bonny Doon

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