The official 2020 Business Membership Directory and Tourism Guide for the Scotts Valley Chamber and the Boulder Creek Business Association. Scotts Valley is located amidst the area’s dramatic redwood forests in the western region of the Santa Cruz County. Known also as the Gateway to the Santa Cruz Mountains called San Lorenzo Valley is home to 24,006 residents in the towns along the river of Felton, Ben Lomond, Brookdale, and Boulder Creek, Communities upslope from the river include Mount Hermon, Lompico, Zayante, and Bonny Doon.