McNee Ranch State Park McNee Ranch State Park McNee Ranch State Park is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains of the United States, near the unincorporated community of Montara, California in San Mateo County. Its highest point rises to 1,898 feet above sea level. An unpaved fire road, the North Peak Access Road, accessible from the Pedro Mountain Road, provides access to the summit by hikers. The mountain has an extensive biodiversity especially on the serpentine soils of the lower slopes where such endangered species as Hickman's potentilla and San Mateo thornmint, "Acanthomintha duttonii", are found. On rare occasions light snow has dusted the
Cross Ranch State Park a state park, and its purchase was approved by the state legislature in 1979, Bismarck businessman Robert McCarney funded a statewide referral that killed the proposal. In 1982, The Nature Conservancy purchased the ranch from the Levis, donating land for the state park in 1989, and holding onto 6000 acres for use as a nature preserve. The state park and nature preserve provide over of trails for hiking and cross-country skiing. In addition, the state park offers boating, canoeing, cabins, yurts, and campsites. Cross Ranch State Park Cross Ranch State Park is a public recreation area covering on the west