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Mojave Narrows Park near Victorville in San Bernardino County, California is a 886-acre (3.59 km 2) [1] regional park that features a 50-acre (0.20 km 2) fishing lake and hiking trails. Once described as "one of Southern California 's least-known parks," [ 2 ] it is a location where the typically subterranean Mojave River flows above ground.
Hiking The Narrows is arguably the quintessential Zion experience. [4] The Narrows can be hiked either as a top-down through-hike from Chamberlain Ranch to the Temple of Sinawava, or as an up-and-back bottom-up hike from the Temple of Sinawava. Hiking is done largely in the river as, for a third of the route, the river runs canyon wall to ...
The trail became known among fur trappers, hunters, and prospectors seeking to reach the valley. It was used widely during the gold rush in the San Bernardino Mountains, which began in the spring of 1860. This trail served as the primary means of passage to the Big Bear area up until the Santa Ana flood of 1916, when most of it was destroyed. [1]
Martha McLean – Anza Narrows is a 40-acre (0.16 km 2; 0.063 sq mi) regional park located along the Santa Ana River in Riverside, California, United States.The park is operated by the City of Riverside - Parks Recreation and Community Services Department.
After crossing the Big Tujunga Narrows Bridge, originally named the Armstrong Bridge, [1] which rises 275' above the canyon bottom, there is a large turnout on the east side of the road. Floods periodically scour the canyon and debris fills the reservoir behind the dam lower down.
View north of the Whittier Narrows Dam. The Whittier Narrows Recreation Area is a 1,500-acre (6.1 km 2) multi-use facility, mostly in an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County, containing North Lake, Center Lake, and Legg Lake (where radio-controlled model speedboats may be operated), a rifle and pistol shooting range, numerous softball and soccer fields with picnic tables, a paved airstrip ...
Hiking trails further upstream descend into the Narrows, where the canyon floor is, on average 20 feet (6.1 m) wide. Hiking is permitted in the Narrows when water levels are low enough; however, flash floods are known to rise quickly following heavy rainstorms. Many areas in the drainage of Zion Canyon have little or no soil cover, contributing ...
The following is a list of mountain passes and gaps in California.California is geographically diverse with numerous roads and railways traversing within its borders. In the middle of the U.S. state lies the California Central Valley, bounded by the coastal mountain ranges in the west, the Sierra Nevada to the east, the Cascade Range in the north and the Tehachapi Mountains in the south.