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In 2003, author Mark Arax published a book titled The King of California which is about how J.G. Boswell turned the lakebed into farms and revolutionized the farming industry. [56] In 2015, a documentary titled Tulare, the Phantom Lake: Drought was released and in 2022, a second part to the same documentary was released. They were both directed ...
Antelope Dam or Antelope Valley Dam [3] (National ID # CA00037) is a dam in Plumas County, California, part of the California State Water Project. The earthen dam was constructed in 1964 by the California Department of Water Resources with a height of 113 feet (34 m) and a length of 1,320 feet (400 m) at its crest. [ 4 ]
California Department of Parks and Recreation Saddleback Butte State Park is a state park in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert , in Southern California . It is located east of Lancaster , north of the community of Lake Los Angeles , and south of Edwards in the unincorporated community of Hi Vista .
Lake: 1,298 525 1982 Preserves a tule marsh and ancient archaeological sites of the Pomo people. [4] Andrew Molera State Park: State park Monterey: 4,766 1,929 1968 Offers a primitive walk-in campground on the Big Sur coast. [5] Angel Island State Park: State park Marin and San Francisco: 756 306 1955
California State Parks administers 279 separate park units on 1.4 million acres (5,700 km 2), with over 280 miles (450 km) of California coastline; 625 miles (1,006 km) of lake and river frontage; nearly 15,000 campsites; and 3,000 miles (4,800 km) of hiking, biking, and equestrian trails.
Red Rock Canyon State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California which features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations. The park consists of approximately 27,000 acres (110 km 2) within the Mojave Sector of the Tehachapi District of the California State Park System, and is located along State Highway 14 in Kern County, about 80 miles (129 km) east of Bakersfield ...
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]
The park protects mature stands of Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) and California juniper trees (Juniperus californica) in their western Mojave Desert habitat. The park is located in northern Los Angeles County, 20 miles (32 km) west of downtown Lancaster and about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve.