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Giant California Bay Laurel near Permanente Creek in Rancho San Antonio County Park. The State's tallest and third largest California bay laurel tree (Umbellularia californica), estimated to be over 200 years old, grows in Rancho San Antonio County Park. The tree was protected in 2004 with the addition of fencing and by the removal of a nearby ...
On April 5, 1776, the de Anza Expedition called the area El Cañada de San Vicente. [4] The 1956 Thomas Brothers map spells it San Antone. This spelling mimics the way it is pronounced in common, modern usage by locals. It was spelled San Antone on the 1924 "Mount Boardman, California" U.S. Geological Survey 15-minute quadrangle. [5] [6]: 1–2
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Map of Mt. San Antonio (main peak is labelled "Mt Baldy") and the region to the south and east. Mt. San Antonio lies in the Angeles National Forest. Its summit is 10,064 feet (3,068 m), and marks the boundary between San Bernardino County and Los Angeles County. [8] A sub-peak, West Baldy, is 9,996 feet (3,047 m). [1] [4] [9]
Lake San Antonio is a lake located primarily in southern Monterey County, California, and partially in northern San Luis Obispo County, California. The lake is formed by San Antonio Dam on the San Antonio River. The dam is 202 feet (62 m) tall and was completed in 1965 [1] under Monterey County District Engineer Loran Bunte Jr . The lake and ...
The San Antonio Dam was built between 1952 and 1956 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide flood control. In recent years, the lower watershed has become much more urbanized, and the headwaters region is mainly used for recreation, summer hiking and camping, and winter skiing at the Mount Baldy Ski Lifts area.
Michael Painter (1935 - 2018) was an American landscape architect and urban designer based in San Francisco, California. He was a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects . His most notable project is the Presidio Parkway, a roadway through the Presidio National Park from the Golden Gate Bridge . [ 1 ]
An image of the San Antonio River, upstream of Lake San Antonio. The San Antonio River is a 58.8-mile-long (94.6 km) [1] river in southern Monterey County, California. The river was used as an irrigation source for Mission San Antonio de Padua.