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The indigenous Cahuilla were traditionally active in the area of Wildwood Canyon, as were the Serrano and Tongva. The area near Yucaipa was known as a crossroads for traveling indigenous people. [1] Historic buildings remain in the park from the 1930s Hi Up House ranch and 1940s Hunt Ranch eras. [1]
The preserve is often locally referred to as La Branca or the Barranca (Spanish for "the canyon"), [3] [4] and is nicknamed the Grand Canyon of the Conejo Valley. [ 5 ] [ 4 ] Its stated purpose is "the preservation of the scenic areas, natural habitats, wildlife, archaeological and paleontological sites of the Conejo Valley and surroundings ...
The park is still occasionally utilized as a filming location for contemporary TV series and commercials. [8] The park was created in 1967 when the Conejo Recreation and Park District (CRPD) acquired Mount Clef Ridge and Wildwood Canyon from the Janss Investment Company land developers. It was merged with Wildwood Mesa Park in 1987 and is now ...
The Wildwood Recreation Site is a natural recreation area surrounded by the Mount Hood National Forest in northern Oregon, United States. It encompasses 580 acres (230 ha) of old growth forest [ 2 ] and five miles (8 km) of interpretive trail along the Salmon River .
[26] [27] The park's original name was Topanga Canyon State Park, but the name was shortened because the 11,525 acres (4,664 ha) park encompass large areas outside Topanga Canyon, from the Pacific Coast Highway to Mulholland Drive. [26]
The park was named after explorer Jedediah Smith, who was the first American to travel, by land, from the Mississippi River to California in 1826, passing through the area of the future park. [ 4 ] The original Tolowa people depended on the resources of the Smith River and the redwood forests.
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park is located in the Peninsular Range, which extends from the San Jacinto Mountains north of the park, southward to the tip of Baja California.At the western edge of the most seismically active area in North America, the range is a great uplifted plateau, cut off from the Colorado Desert to the east by the Elsinore Fault Zone, where vertical movement over the last two ...
The Dinkey Lakes Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area [2] located 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Fresno, in the state of California, United States. It comprises 30,000 acres (12,141 ha) [ 3 ] within the Sierra National Forest and was added to the National Wilderness Preservation System by the California Wilderness Act of 1984 . [ 4 ]