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Rainbow Falls at Devils Postpile National Monument. The monument was established in 1911 as "Devil Postpile National Monument," (no possessive) [6] but is widely referred to as Devils Postpile National Monument, [7] and has been officially styled as plural without the apostrophe since the 1930s. An alternate historic name was Devil's Woodpile.
It is located in Butte County outside Oroville, California. The 29,447-acre (11,917 ha) park was established in 1967. [1] The recreation area "includes Lake Oroville and the surrounding lands and facilities within the project area as well as the land and waters in and around the Diversion Pool and Thermalito Forebay, downstream of Oroville Dam ...
The park is managed by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation. [1] As one of the largest urban parks and regional open spaces in the Greater Los Angeles Area, many have called it "L.A.'s Central Park". [2] The 401-acre (1.62 km 2) park was established in 1984. [3]
California State Parks is the state park system for the U.S. state of California. The system is administered by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, a department under the California Natural Resources Agency. The California State Parks system is the largest state park system in the United States. [5]
Devil's Punchbowl Loop Trail [3] is a 1-mile loop hike from the Nature Center that highlights important geological features. Burkhart Trail is a lightly trafficked 13.7 mile route heading north from park. The Devil's Chair Hike [4] is a 7.5 mile round-trip hike to a perched viewpoint in Devil's Punchbowl.
Today the Durrance Route is the most popular route on Devils Tower. It is considered a more interesting and enjoyable route [citation needed] than the Wiessner Route, due to more variable terrain and better belay stances. The route is recognized in the historic 1979 climbing text, Fifty Classic Climbs of North America, [3] and other guide books.
The Old Headquarters Area at Devils Tower National Monument includes three structures and their surroundings, including the old headquarters building, the custodian's house, and the fire hose house. The buildings are all designed in the National Park Service Rustic style.
There are fifteen hiking trails in Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area with a total of approximately seventeen miles of trails. [21] The North District has 3 trails and the South District has twelve trails. The longest trail in the North District is the Beaver Pond Nature trail and is 2.6 miles long.