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East of the CA 74/U.S. 395 junction, from Romoland-east, was CA 740 (Florida Avenue). The western portion of Route 74 in Orange County follows San Juan Creek and is named the Ortega Highway, after the Spanish explorer Sgt. José Francisco Ortega who led the scouts of the 1769 Portola expedition, first non-natives to ever see the area.
Map of San Juan Creek watershed. San Juan Creek is a creek in Orange County in the U.S. state of California. It is about 29 miles (47 km) long, and along with its major tributary, Trabuco Creek, drains 133 square miles (340 km 2) near the southernmost extent of Orange County. This article describes the course of San Juan Creek.
North San Juan is a census-designated place [2] in Nevada County, California, United States, [2] along State Route 49 on the San Juan Ridge in Gold Country. The zip code is 95960. The zip code is 95960.
Location Oregon Creek Covered Bridge is a historic bridge that spans Oregon Creek just above its confluence with Middle Yuba River . It is located approximately 3 miles northeast of the community of North San Juan just off California State Route 49 within the Oregon Creek Day Use Area of the Tahoe National Forest .
Arroyo Trabuco (known also as Trabuco Creek [1]) is a 22-mile (35 km)-long stream in coastal southern California in the United States. [4] Rising in a rugged canyon in the Santa Ana Mountains of Orange County, the creek flows west and southwest before emptying into San Juan Creek in the city of San Juan Capistrano.
La Vida Mineral Springs and Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs c. 1949 (USGS Yorba Linda quandrangle map) The site was bought and operated by a Japanese-American family in the 1970s and 1980s but was closed following a 1988 fire. [5] Only a restaurant survived, which became a popular biker bar. [12]
A California guidebook first published in 1888 described the San Juan Springs as an important, albeit remote, destination for tourists: [8] For many years the San Juan hot springs have been noted for curing rheumatism and syphilis. They are sixty-five miles from Los Angeles, and there has been no railroad or hotel near them, yet people in great ...
The Yuha Desert is a section of the Sonoran Desert located in the Imperial Valley of California; south of Interstate 8, west of El Centro, and north of the international border. Unique aspects of the Yuha Desert include the Oyster Shell Beds, De Anza Historical Monument, Crucifixion Thorn Natural Area (named after the Castela emoryi ), and the ...