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plain in central

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. The

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is to the west, the

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to the north,

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to the northeast, and the

Palos Verdes Hills The Palos Verdes Hills are a low mountain range on the southwestern coast of Los Angeles County, California. They sit atop the Palos Verdes Peninsula, a sub-region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Palos Verdes Hills are the landed end of ...

to the south - with all easily viewed from the Baldwin Hills.

Geography

The

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s of the urban river known as

Ballona Creek Ballona Creek (pronunciation: “Bah-yo-nuh” or “Buy-yo-nah” ) is an channelized stream in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States, that was once a “year-round river lined with sycamores and willows.” Ballona Creek ...

are in the Santa Monica Mountains, such as above Beverly Hills and flows along the north base of Baldwin Hills through an active geological watergap, on the way to the Pacific Ocean in

Santa Monica Bay Santa Monica Bay is a bight of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, United States. Its boundaries are slightly ambiguous, but it is generally considered to be the part of the Pacific within an imaginary line drawn between Point Dume, ...

La Cienega Boulevard La Cienega Boulevard is a major north–south arterial road that runs between El Segundo Boulevard in Hawthorne, California on the south and the Sunset Strip/ Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood to the north. It was named for Rancho Las Cienega ...

goes through a pass in the ridge of the Baldwin Hills between Inglewood and Culver City, and northeast of

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. La Cienega Boulevard is a parkway road passing alongside open space of large private corporate lands with

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s of the Inglewood Oil Field in the southern Baldwin Hills. Image:Lacienegakennethhahnfrombaldwinhills.png, View of the eastern Baldwin Hills and Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area Park, from the western Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook Park. File:1916 map of Southwest Los Angeles, California.jpg, 1927 ''Los Angeles Times'' map shows (1) the proposed extension of a 100-foot-wide La Brea Avenue between Jefferson Street through the Baldwin Hills toward

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History

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—eastern areahttp://www.laokay.com/halac/RanchoLaCienega.htm laokay: Rancho La Cienega O'Paso de La Tijera . accessed 8/22/2010 * Sanchez Adobe de Rancho La Cienega o Paso de la Tijera. The

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was once the center of the rancho. In the 1920s, an addition was built linking the structures and the building was converted into a larger clubhouse for the Sunset Golf Course. *

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—western area * The hills are the location of the Baldwin Hills Dam failure and subsequent 1963 Baldwin Hills Reservoir flooding disaster.

Recreation

The Baldwin Hills Parklands are of public parks managed by

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, City of Los Angeles Parks and Recreation,

Culver City Parks and Recreation This is a list of Culver City municipal parks. Culver City is an incorporated city in western Los Angeles County, California. The city operates 14 parks within city limits. # Blair Hills Park # Carlson Park - originally Victory Park, renamed ...

, and the

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. * Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area: recreation, such as walking, picnicking, and bird-watching fits in with preservation of the open-space lands and native

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s: entrance on South La Cienega Boulevard.http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=612 parks.ca: Kenneth Hahn State Park. Accessed 8/22/201
official Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook Park website
- entrance on Jefferson Boulevard
trail map

*

Park to Playa Trail The Park to Playa Trail in Los Angeles County, California is a pedestrian and bicycle route that connects the Baldwin Hills parklands to the Pacific Ocean (''Playa'' is ''beach'' in Spanish). According to the ''Los Angeles Times'', “Good views ...

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** Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area ** Blair Hills – Segment C ** Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook **

Culver City Park This is a list of Culver City municipal parks. Culver City is an incorporated city in western Los Angeles County, California. The city operates 14 parks within city limits. # Blair Hills Park # Carlson Park - originally Victory Park, renamed ...

Ballona Creek Bike Path The Ballona Creek Bike Path (pronunciation: “Bah-yo-nuh" or “Buy-yo-nah” ) is a Class I bicycle path and pedestrian route in California. The bike path follows the north bank of Ballona Creek until it reaches Santa Monica Bay at the Pa ...

** Stoneview Nature Center ** Norman O. Houston Park ** Reuben Ingold Park

References

External links

Official Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area website

The Baldwin Hills Conservancy

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Geography

History

Recreation

See also

References

External links