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William Newton Monroe (1841–1935) was a school teacher, banker, hotel manager, mayor, council member, real estate developer, broker, railroad contractor and railroad superintendent and a founder of the city of Monrovia, California.
Monrovia is a city in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 37,931 at the 2020 census . [ 5 ]
Monrovia Peak is set within San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, approximately four miles (6.4 km) northeast of the community of Monrovia and 20 miles (32 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. The May 2, 2024, expansion of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by President Biden brought Monrovia Peak within the boundary of the ...
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Charmlee Wilderness Park Nature Center Malibu: Los Angeles: website, operated by the City in the 532-acre park, displays on Chumash Indian history, the park’s history as a working ranch, geology, local flora and fauna Chico Creek Nature Center: Chico: Butte: Located in 3,670-acre Bidwell Park, live animals, natural history exhibits, native ...
There are 149 wilderness areas in California totaling just over 15,000,000 acres (61,000 km 2). [9] The largest is Death Valley Wilderness at 3,055,413 acres (12,364.82 km 2), the largest federally designated wilderness in the continental United States, and the smallest is the Rocks and Islands Wilderness at 19 acres (77,000 m 2).
Another large wilderness created in the 1970s was the Ventana Wilderness in the Santa Lucia Mountains. The Los Padres Condor Range and River Protection Act of 1992 expanded existing wilderness by 84,400 acres (34,200 ha) and designated 316,050 acres (127,900 ha) of new wilderness that provides habitat for the condor. A total of 48% of the total ...
They also serve as an unofficial gateway to the central Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and its visitor center on Las Virgenes Road at King Gillette Ranch. [40] On the southeastern side the land was formerly owned by Bob Hope, acquired by the SMM Conservancy in 2010, and added to the Las Virgenes View Park in the Santa Monica ...