Santa Cruz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta ˈkɾus]) is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.

It is 70 km away from the city of Gracias, forced to pass by San Juan del Caite in Intibuca.

According to the elder inhabitants, close to the municipality capital there is a big deposit of several metals, but the owner of this property has no intention to exploit it and has rejected some millionaire offers from multi-nationals companies.

[1] The deviation for this municipality capital is not easy to see, it is approximately 20 km away from San Juan del Caite, right across a football field.

Without doubt, the best feature of this municipality is its Liquidambar forest because their leaves change colours, depending on the season of the year.