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Most cities and counties in California, as in elsewhere, own and operate open spaces of various types, the most recognizable being the city and county park. By far the largest inventory of protected land held by a municipal agency belongs to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power , with just over 400,000 acres (1,600 km 2 ) in its ...
Monterey Park is home to the Garvey Ranch Observatory, located in Garvey Ranch Park, which is operated by the Los Angeles Astronomical Society (LAAS). It adjoins a historical museum, a classroom, and a workshop. The observatory houses an 8-inch (200 mm) refractor, a telescope making workshop, and a library containing over 1000 books. The ...
Clearlake Park (formerly, Clear Lake, Clear Lake Park, and Jacks Landing) is a former unincorporated community now incorporated in Clearlake, in Lake County, California. [1] It is located on the north shore of the southeast end of Clear Lake , just north of the village of Clearlake Highlands and about 15 miles (24 km) east-southeast of Lakeport ...
The plans included over 3,000 homes, two golf courses, and 400,000 square feet (40,000 m 2) of commercial and residential space. [7] However, in 1998, Home Savings of America was bought by Washington Mutual for $6.4 billion. [8] In 2003 the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy purchased the land from WAMU for an open space preserve and nature ...
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park; Jack London State Historic Park; La Purísima Mission State Historic Park; Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park; Los Angeles State Historic Park; Los Encinos State Historic Park; Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park; Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park; Marshall Gold Discovery State ...
Mount Whitney is the highest mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] of the U.S. State of California. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Highlands-Baywood Park is an unincorporated community and former census designated place (CDP) in San Mateo County, California, United States. The population was 4,027 at the 2010 census. The population was 4,027 at the 2010 census.
The park has an elevation range from 2,127 to 13,114 feet (648 to 3,997 m) and contains five major vegetation zones: chaparral and oak woodland, lower montane forest, upper montane forest, subalpine zone, and alpine. Of California's 7,000 plant species, approximately 50 percent occur in the Sierra Nevada and more than 20 percent within the park.