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| Location | Santa Cruz County, California |
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| Nearest city | Capitola |
| Coordinates | 36°58′42″N 121°56′15″W / 36.97833°N 121.9375°WCoordinates: 36°58′42″N 121°56′15″W / 36.97833°N 121.9375°W |
| Governing body | California Department of Parks and Recreation |
New Brighton State Beach is a 95 acre park consisting of a beach and camping grounds. The park is located on south of Santa Cruz in Capitola. The park is adjacent to Seacliff State Beach which is known for its fishing pier and sunk concrete freighter, The Palo Alto.
The cove was once called China Beach for the Chinese fishermen who built encampments and docked their boats there in the mid-1800s. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 helped the demise of the village. By 1900, there were few remnants of its existence.
Thomas Fallon owned that land and tried to develop the location under the name "New Brighton". After he died, ownership shifted to his descendents who still leased the area to campground managers. In 1933, the State of California purchased the land.[1]
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   | Official government site - New Brighton SB |
| | Sandy Lydon - Secret History - New Brighton Beach - Sandy Lydon - Secret History - New Brighton Beach |
| | Official government site - New Brighton SB |
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