The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation is an agency of the County of Los Angeles which oversees its parks and recreational facilities. It was created in 1944. It operates and maintains over of parks, gardens, lakes, natural gardens, and golfing greens, and of trails. It maintains 183 parks and operates the world’s largest municipal golf course system with 20 courses. It also owns the

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and the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. Weddings can be held at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia,

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in La Canada Flintridge, South Coast Botanic Garden on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, and

Magic Johnson Park Magic Johnson Park is a recreation area operated by Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation in the Willowbrook neighborhood. It is named after Los Angeles Lakers star and activist Earvin "Magic" Johnson. A $80 million renovation of the park ...

in Willowbrook.

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is open for tours. It operates nature centers at: * Deane Dana Friendship Park and Nature Center * Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area * Eaton Canyon Park & Nature Center * Placerita Canyon Nature Center * San Dimas Canyon Nature Center * Santa Catalina Island Interpretive Center * Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area * Stoneview Nature Center,

Baldwin Hills Baldwin Hills may refer to: Places * Baldwin Hills (mountain range), Los Angeles County, California, U.S. * Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California, U.S. * Baldwin Village, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in South Lo ...

* Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park * Whittier Narrows Nature Center It has fishing lakes at: *

Alondra Community Regional Park Alondra may refer to: * ''Alondra'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela * Alondra (given name) * ''Alondra'' (shipwreck), an 1899 English steamer * Dienogest Dienogest, sold under the brand name Visanne among others, is a progestin medication w ...

* Apollo Community Regional Park *

Belvedere Community Regional Park Belvedere (from Italian, meaning "beautiful sight") may refer to: Places Australia *Belvedere, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region Africa *Belvedere (Casablanca), a neighborhood in Casablanca, Morocco *Belvedere, Harare, Zim ...

Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park is a man-made recreational area in San Dimas, California, United States, in Los Angeles County. It is near the Orange Freeway (State Route 57), the Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210) and the San Bernardino Freeway ( ...

* Castaic Lake State Recreation Area *

Cerritos Community Regional Park Cerrito, Cerritos, El Cerrito, or Los Cerritos may refer to: Places Argentina * El Cerrito, Catamarca * Isla del Cerrito, an island in Chaco Province Brazil * Cerrito, Rio Grande do Sul * São José do Cerrito, state of Santa Catarina Colom ...

* Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area *

Earvin "Magic" Johnson Park Magic Johnson Park is a recreation area operated by Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation in the Willowbrook neighborhood. It is named after Los Angeles Lakers star and activist Earvin "Magic" Johnson. A $80 million renovation of the park w ...

La Mirada Community Regional Park 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 ''Figure ...

* Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area * Whittier Narrows Recreation Area The Department hosts approximately 300 film projects a year, including feature films, television series, television commercials, and still photography shoots for various magazines and publications. Safety and law enforcement services are provided on a contract basis from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Parks Bureau. Prior to 2010, the Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety (County Police) and its predecessor agencies were responsible for law enforcement in the county parks.

Management and Commission

Since 2020, the director is Norma Edith García-Gonzalez. The department is governed by a five member commission, appointed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

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Parks A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...

County government agencies in California County parks departments in the United States Organizations based in Los Angeles County, California