Santa_Anita_Canyon

Santa Anita Canyon

Santa Anita Canyon

Landform, California, U.S.

Not to be confused with Little Santa Anita Canyon.

Santa Anita Canyon is a canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains, within the City of Arcadia, CA in Los Angeles County, California.[1][2]

Twin Falls, Santa Anita Canyon, Views of Los Angeles, 1914–1915 by Frank W. Staley

Geography

The 'Big Santa Anita Canyon' with Santa Anita Creek is part of the watershed of the Rio Hondo, which flows from the mountains through the San Gabriel Valley.[3]

The Santa Anita Dam and Santa Anita reservoir-flood control basin lies near the mouth of the canyon. The community of Big Santa Anita Canyon is below.[4]

Recreation

Santa Anita Canyon Road, constructed in the 1930s, provides access from Arcadia to the Chantry Flat Recreation Area and the Pack Station, in the Angeles National Forest. Trails lead to Sturtevant Falls and other features.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Santa Anita Canyon history . accessed 9/6/2010".
  2. [2]
    "InMotion Hosting". bigsantaanitacanyon.com.
  3. [3]
    "San Gabriel River tour [Angeles Chapter Sierra Club]". Archived from the original on 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  4. [4]
    "Santa Anita Canyon map . accessed 9/6/2010".
  5. [5]
    "Santa Anita Canyon history . accessed 9/6/2010".
  6. [6]
    Station, Adams Pack. "Adams Pack Station". Adams Pack Station.
  7. [7]
    http://www.bigsantaanitacanyon.com/chantryflats.htm Chantry Flat-Adams Pack Station . accessed 9/6/2010

34°10′18.12″N 118°01′55.20″W


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