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Los Angeles Remains Close to Nature
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State Parks and Recreation Areas Northern Los Angeles County is also a major recreation area with noteworthy California state parks: Los Encinos State Park in the San Fernando Valley was once the hub of a large rancho and retains the historic Osa Adobe and Garnier House (currently closed due to the 1994 Northridge Earthquake). Pio Pico State Historic Park in Whittier was named for the last governor of Mexican California and is located where he once had his headquarters. An adobe house remains in the four-acre park. Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, in north Santa Clarita Valley, is both a reservoir of the State Water Project and one of L.A.'s busiest boating spots. The 8,000-acre area is really two lakes with the 425-foot-tall Castaic Dam as its centerpiece; the lower lake is reserved for swimming, canoeing and non-power boating. The upper lake is for sailing, power boating, water and jet skiing, and fishing. This lake is regularly stocked with bass, trout and catfish. Boat rentals are available. Non-water activities include hiking and biking. Placerita Canyon State Park is now a quieter place, although it has not always been. The first gold rush in California was in the Santa Clarita Valley at the canyon in 1842, seven years before the strike at Sutter's Mill in northern California. An hour north of downtown Los Angeles, it is located between the San Gabriel Mountains and the Mojave Desert. The park offers 10 miles of hiking trails through hilly terrain, sandstone formations, waterfalls and an oak and sycamore woodland. A nature center features local wildlife, including owls, falcons, hawks, snakes, tortoises and lizards.
Photos Courtesy: Aerial - Channel Islands National Park, National Park Service; Will Rogers house - Will Rogers State Historic Park, California State Parks; Beach - Channel Islands National Park, National Park Service; Castaic Lake State Recreation Area - California State Parks
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