Tunitas Creek Road connects coastal Hwy 1 and Skyline Blvd that runs along the top of the Santa Cruz Mountain Range. Although the entire profile of Tunitas runs over more than 7 miles, the interesting part starts at the intersection with Lobitos Creek Road as the road gains lush redwood cover. For most of its length, this patchwork of broken asphalt, tar bumps and some unkempt gravel runs alongside the tiny, log-jammed Tunitas Creek, hence its name.