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Altadena (pronunciation ⓘ) is an unincorporated area [3] [4] and census-designated place in the Verdugo Mountains [5] region of Los Angeles County, California, approximately 14 miles (23 km) from downtown Los Angeles, and directly north of the city of Pasadena, California. The population was 42,777 at the 2010 census, up from 42,610 at the ...
Andrew McNally House. The Andrew McNally House in Altadena, California was the home of Andrew McNally (1838–1904), co-founder and president of the Rand McNally publishing company. The Queen Anne Style house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It remains a private house. A postcard from around 1900 showing the house and gardens.
Rancho Las Mariposas was a 44,387-acre (179.63 km 2) Mexican land grant in Alta California, located in present-day Mariposa County, California. It was granted in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Juan Bautista Alvarado. [1] The grant takes its name from Mariposa Creek, which was named for the monarch butterflies (butterfly = "mariposas ...
Scripps Hall, also known now as the Pasadena Waldorf School, is a large American Craftsman or Arts and Crafts style house located in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, in Altadena, California, United States. It was built in 1904 as the central feature of the Scripps Estate, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
The community lies in the valley of Mariposa Creek, which flows south and then southwest into the San Joaquin Valley. Mariposa County includes much of Yosemite National Park, and a good deal of the local economy is related to the park and tourism. The two-story county courthouse, constructed in 1854, is the oldest in continuous use west of the ...
Zane Grey Estate. / 34.19056°N 118.14167°W / 34.19056; -118.14167. The Zane Grey Estate is a historic house in Altadena, California. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [ 1] The main house was built by Chicago business machine manufacturer Arthur Herbert Woodward. Designed by architects Myron Hunt and ...
El Portal (Spanish for "The Gateway") is a census-designated place [4] in Mariposa County, California, United States. [2] It is located 11.5 miles (19 km) west-southwest of Yosemite Village, [5] at an elevation of 1,939 feet (591 m). [2] The population was 372 at the 2020 census, [3] down from 474 at the 2010 census.
Curry Village. Curry Village is a campground in Mariposa County, California [2] in Yosemite National Park within the Yosemite Valley. A rockfall in 2008 damaged a number of structures, and about one third of visitor units were closed because of risk. In 2012, eight visitors to the park developed hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, and three died.