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The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation is an agency of the County of Los Angeles which oversees its parks and recreational facilities. It was created in 1944. [2] It operates and maintains over 71,249 acres (28,833 ha) of parks, gardens, lakes, natural gardens, and golfing greens, and 200 miles (320 km) of trails. [2]
This is a list of parks in Los Angeles County, California outside of the city of Los Angeles itself (for those, please see List of parks in Los Angeles). There are at least 183 parks maintained by Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation , many of which are in unincorporated areas of the county.
Sunset dock at Puddingstone Reservoir. Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park is a man-made recreational area in San Dimas, California, United States, in Los Angeles County.It is near the Orange Freeway (State Route 57), the Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210) and the San Bernardino Freeway (Interstate 10).
The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, 127 acres (51.4 ha), is an arboretum, botanical garden, and historical site nestled into hills near the San Gabriel Mountains in Arcadia, California, United States. Open daily, it only closes on Christmas Day.
The park is managed by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation. [1] As one of the largest urban parks and regional open spaces in the Greater Los Angeles Area, many have called it "L.A.'s Central Park". [2] The 401-acre (1.62 km 2) park was established in 1984. [3]
Free parking lots Magic Johnson Park is a 104-acre (420,000 m 2 ) recreation area operated by Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation in the Willowbrook neighborhood. It is named after Los Angeles Lakers star and activist Earvin "Magic" Johnson .
Management of the beaches was shifted from the Parks and Recreation department in May 1969. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] L.A. native Dick Fitzgerald was the first director of the Department of Beaches. [ 6 ] In 1976, Fitzgerald advocated for marine reserves to protect the tide pool ecosystems at Abalone Cove and Vista Sudeste . [ 7 ]
On July 12, 2022, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and City of Santa Clarita entered negotiations in order to transfer ownership of William S. Hart Regional Park and the William S. Hart Museum from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to the City of Santa Clarita. As of May 2023, the museum remains closed as negotiations ...