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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.
The Department of Recreation and Parks is an agency of the government of the City of Los Angeles and is organized and governed according to the City Charter. It is charged with establishing, constructing, maintaining, operating, and controlling parks and recreational facilities in its jurisdiction, as well as managing concessions or privileges for the purpose of public recreation in its ...
The Los Angeles Department of Parks was organized in 1889. [3] The Los Angeles Playground Commission was organized by the city council in 1904 as an unpaid five-person commission; the commissioners had authority to hire a superintendent and staff. [4] Arabella Page Rodman served as president from the time of its organization. [5]
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.
Stoner Recreation Center and Pool offer swimming classes and a junior lifeguard program. [ 8 ] The Stoner Park skatepark , known as Stoner Park Skate Plaza, opening in 2010, was designed and built by California Skateparks .
Downtown Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Mountains from Kenneth Hahn SRA. Hahn Park offers walking and hiking trails with some of the area's best scenic vistas. [4] North to the Hollywood Sign; East to the Downtown Los Angeles high-rises and San Gabriel Mountains behind them; Southeast to the Santa Ana Mountains; South to the Los Angeles Harbor ...
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 ...
Rio de Los Angeles State Park is a California State Park along the Los Angeles River north of downtown Los Angeles in the neighborhood of Glassell Park, Los Angeles. The 247-acre (1.00 km 2 ) park includes restored wetlands featuring native plants as well as sports fields, a children’s playground and a recreation building. [ 1 ]