Jackson Lake, in Wrightwood, California (1)

There are 9 routes assigned to the "N" zone of the California Route Marker Program, which designates county routes in California. The "N" zone includes county highways lying in

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and

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counties.

N1

County Route N1 (CR N1) is a

county highway A county highway (also county road or county route; usually abbreviated CH or CR) is a road in the United States and in the Canadian province of Ontario that is designated and/or maintained by the county highway department. Route numbering can ...

in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It runs from Pacific Coast Highway / State Route 1 in Malibu along Malibu Canyon Road through the

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. After crossing Piuma Road near the top of the mountain, the name changes to Las Virgenes Road where it continues another to

US 101 U.S. Route 101, or U.S. Highway 101 (US 101), is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, on the West Coast of the United States. It is also known as (The Royal Roa ...

in Calabasas. Locals refer to the route as a whole as Malibu Canyon. This route was defined in 1963. CR N1 is part of the State Scenic Highway System in Los Angeles County. Major landmarks along the route include

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on the west side of the road at Pacific Coast Highway. Soka University had purchased land at King Gillette Ranch along this road near the intersection of Mullholland Highway. That plan was stopped and the land sold to the National Park Service in 2005. The main entrance

Malibu Creek State Park Malibu Creek State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving the Malibu Creek canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains. The park was established in 1974. Opened to the public in 1976, the park is also a component of Santa Monic ...

is just south of that same intersection. Also nearby is the Malibu Hindu Temple. ;Major intersections

N2

County Route N2 (CR N2) is a

in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It runs from State Route 138 at Quail Lake to State Route 14 in

Palmdale Palmdale is a city in northern Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California. The city lies in the Antelope Valley region of Southern California. The San Gabriel Mountains separate Palmdale from the Los Angeles Basin to the south. On Aug ...

. The route is known as Old Ridge Route Road, Pine Canyon Road, Lake Elizabeth Road, and Palmdale Boulevard. ;Route description CR N2 begins at the junction of State Route 138 at Quail Lake and heads south along the old

Ridge Route The Ridge Route, officially the Castaic–Tejon Route, was a two-lane highway between Los Angeles County and Kern County, California. Opened in 1915 and paved with concrete between 1917 and 1921, the road was the first paved highway directly ...

(as Old Ridge Route Road) to

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, and then southeast, parallel to the

San Andreas Fault The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike-slip (horizonta ...

along Pine Canyon Road to Lake Hughes Road in Lake Hughes. From there, it continues straight ahead initially southeast along the San Andreas Fault on Lake Elizabeth Road and then, leaving the fault it continues east on Lake Elizabeth Road to 10th Street West / Tierra Subida Avenue in

. From there, it continues straight ahead on Palmdale Boulevard to its end at the junction with the Antelope Valley Freeway (State Route 14) and SR 138 in Palmdale. ;Major intersections

N3

County Route N3 (CR N3), known as the

Angeles Forest Highway The Angeles Forest Highway is a road over the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, California. It connects the Los Angeles Basin with the Antelope Valley and western Mojave Desert. Maintained by the Los Angeles County Department of Public ...

, is a

in Los Angeles County, California, United States, that runs approximately from

Sierra Highway Sierra Highway or El Camino Sierra is a road in Southern California, United States. El Camino Sierra refers to the full length of a trail formed in the 19th century, rebuilt as highways in the early 20th century, that ran from Los Angeles to Lake ...

south of

Angeles Crest Highway The Angeles Crest Highway is a two-lane (one lane of travel in each direction) highway over the San Gabriel Mountains, in Los Angeles County, California. Its route is to/through the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Angeles Nation ...

north of

La Cañada Flintridge LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...

. It was originally surveyed in 1913 and constructed between 1932 and 1941 to access

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transmission lines that cross the San Gabriel Mountains between the

Antelope Valley The Antelope Valley is located in northern Los Angeles County, California, and the southeast portion of Kern County, California, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert. It is situated between the Tehachapi, Sierra Pelona, and t ...

and the

Los Angeles Basin The Los Angeles Basin is a sedimentary Structural basin, basin located in Southern California, in a region known as the Peninsular Ranges. The basin is also connected to an wikt:anomalous, anomalous group of east-west trending chains of mountai ...

. It was defined as a county highway in 1963. ;Major intersections

N4

County Route N4 (CR N4), known as the Big Pines Highway and Largo Vista Road, is a

in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It connects State Route 2 (

) in Big Pines with State Route 138 (Pearblossom Highway) near Llano. It is built directly on the

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of the

. ;Major intersections

N5

County Route N5 (CR N5) is a

in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is known as Avenue J for the most part and is one of the principal major east-west thoroughfares in

Lancaster, California Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 173,516, making Lancaster the 153rd largest city in the United ...

. The route runs from State Route 14 (Antelope Valley Freeway) in Lancaster to the Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary on 190th Street East near Hi Vista. ;Major intersections

N6

County Route N6 (CR N6) is a

in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The route connects State Route 138 with Devil's Punchbowl, a popular recreation area. CR N6 is known as Devil's Punch Bowl Road, Tumbleweed Road, Longview Road and a portion of Fort Tejon Road. ;Major intersections

N7

County Route N7 (CR N7), known entirely as Hawthorne Boulevard, is a

in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It runs through the

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from Palos Verdes Drive West in

Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes (Spanish for "Green Sticks Ranch") is a coastal city located in Los Angeles County, California atop the bluffs of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, neighboring other cities in the Palos Verdes Hills, including Palos Verdes Est ...

to the Pacific Coast Highway ( State Route 1) in Torrance. Hawthorne Boulevard is signed as State Route 107 north of its intersection with the Pacific Coast Highway (SR 1), ending at its intersection with Redondo Beach Boulevard. Hawthorne Boulevard itself extends from the Palos Verdes Peninsula northward through Torrance, Lawndale, Hawthorne, Lennox, and Inglewood, a distance of more than . Hawthorne Boulevard ends at

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where it continues north to Hollywood as

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. Hawthorne Boulevard is very distinctive through Lawndale and part of Hawthorne because it is very wide with business parking in the center between the northbound and southbound lanes; the parking area was once part of a Pacific Electric right-of-way. Landmarks along Hawthorne Boulevard include Point Vicente Lighthouse park and Point Vicente Interpretive Center,

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, South Coast Botanic Garden,

Del Amo Fashion Center Del Amo Fashion Center is a three-level regional shopping mall in Torrance, California, United States. It is currently managed and co-owned by Simon Property Group. With a gross leasable area (GLA) of , it is the sixth largest shopping mall in ...

South Bay Galleria South Bay Galleria, formerly named Galleria at South Bay, is a shopping mall located in Redondo Beach, California, United States. It is anchored by Macy's, Kohl's, Target, Q, Wonder of Dinosaurs, and a 16-screen AMC Theatres multiplex. It also inc ...

, Hawthorne Plaza, and a

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station at Interstate 105.

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Line 40 provide bus service between Century Boulevard and Artesia Boulevard. Metro Local Line 344 and

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line 8 provide bus service south of Artesia Boulevard, with the former running to the Palos Verdes Peninsula and the latter to Pacific Coast Highway. ;Major intersections

N8

County Route N8 (CR N8) is a

in the

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and

counties. Its southern terminus is at Beach Boulevard ( State Route 39) in

Buena Park Buena Park (''Buena'', Spanish for "Good") is a city in Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census its population was 84,034. It is the location of several tourist attractions, namely Knott's Berry Farm. It is about 12 m ...

and its northern terminus is at Interstate 10 in

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. Only a quarter mile of the route is in Orange County (between Alondra Boulevard and SR 39). CR N8 is known as La Mirada Boulevard from Beach Boulevard in Buena Park to Colima Road in South Whittier, Colima Road from La Mirada Boulevard to Azusa Avenue in

Hacienda Heights Hacienda Heights () is an unincorporated suburban community in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the community had a total population of 54,038, up from 53,122 at the 2000 census. For statistical purposes, the ...

and Azusa Avenue from Colima Road to I-10 in West Covina. ;Major intersections The entire route is in Los Angeles County except for about a quarter mile in Orange County between Alondra and Beach Boulevards.

N9

County Route N9 (CR N9) is a

in Los Angeles County, California, United States, running from the coast in Malibu through the

. It runs from State Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) along Kanan Dume Road to

Mulholland Highway Mulholland Highway is a scenic road in Los Angeles County, California, that runs approximately 50 miles through the western Santa Monica Mountains from near US Route 101 (Ventura Freeway) in Calabasas to Highway 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) nea ...

, and then from Mulholland Highway along Kanan Road to US 101 in

Agoura Hills Agoura Hills () is a city in the Santa Monica Mountains region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Its population was 20,330 at the 2010 census, which decreased to 20,299 in 2020. It is in the eastern Conejo Valley between the S ...

. The route was defined in 1974. ;Major intersections

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