Ben Lomond is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, and also the name of the mountain to the west.

[citation needed] Burns became one of the first vintners in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and is usually also credited with naming the community of Bonny Doon.

The San Lorenzo River watershed contains extensive forests of Coast redwood, and was an early center of the logging/lumber industry in Santa Cruz County.

When, in 1887, the community applied for a U.S. Post Office, residents voted to adopt the name of the mountain.

[2] Alba School, a one-room schoolhouse, was constructed in 1895 and was in use until 1940; it later served as a library and a community center.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.4 square miles (22 km2).

The San Lorenzo River runs through it, in what is known locally as the San Lorenzo Valley, which runs SE–NW to the east of Ben Lomond Mountain (in actuality a long ridge whose highest point has an elevation of 2,660 feet [810 m]).

The Western Climate Center reports that Ben Lomond has an average annual rainfall of 49.63 inches (1,261 mm) and an average annual snowfall of 0.1 inches (0.25 cm) The surrounding mountains and hills trapping heat allow for the summers to become considerably warmer than the surrounding locations despite the area being near the bay and ocean.

In addition, frost in winter nights are more common than the surrounding areas as the higher elevation and lack of a maritime effect allow for cooler overnight temperatures to occur.

There were 2,620 housing units at an average density of 313.4 per square mile (121.0/km2), of which 74.1% were owner-occupied and 25.9% were occupied by renters.

Love Creek is on the east side of the business district of Ben Lomond, along Highway 9.

[29] Santa Cruz Metro Transit Bus Route 35 and 35E goes through Ben Lomond.