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Moonlight State Beach is a state beach in Encinitas, California. It is located one fifth of one mile beyond the point where Encinitas Boulevard turns into B Street after it crosses Highway 101. [1] The beach area is well equipped for both children's and adults' recreation. [2]
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.
The department is controlled and managed by the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners. [6] The Board is charged with controlling parks and recreation sites, controlling, appropriating and expending money in the Recreation and Parks Fund and authorizing the City Treasurer to invest surplus funds under its control, and organizing the work of the department into divisions and appointing an ...
The system is administered by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, a department under the California Natural Resources Agency. The California State Parks system is the largest state park system in the United States.
Encinitas (Spanish for "Small Oaks") is a beach city in the North County area of San Diego County, California, United States.Located in Southern California, it is approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of San Diego, [5] between Solana Beach and Carlsbad, and about 95 miles (153 km) south of Los Angeles.
The Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) Encinitas Hermitage and Meditation Gardens is a religious center and tourist attraction in Encinitas, California, United States, created by Paramahansa Yogananda in the 1930s. [2] [3] [4] Its Golden Lotus Tower rises above the white wall along Highway 101 near Swami's Seaside Park.
In January 1936, the communities of Encinitas, Cardiff, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Green Valley, and Olivenhain voted in favor to form a new high school district. [5] San Dieguito Union High School, now San Dieguito High School Academy was the flagship school of the district, in which the first classes were held in September 1936.
The parks managed by the department are: [5] Almaden Quicksilver County Park, including the Guadalupe Reservoir: former site of the New Almaden mercury mine; purchased by the County in 1976. In 1978 the County also purchased the historic Casa Grande and converted it into the New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum. [6] Alviso Marina County Park