Santa Anita Canyon is a
canyon
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in the
San Gabriel Mountains
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, within the City of
Arcadia, CA in
Los Angeles County, California
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.
Geography
Above Irwindale its main stem is known as Santa Anita Creek, which extends another 10 miles (16 km) northwards into the San Gabriel Mountains where the source headwaters of the river are found. The 'Big Santa Anita Canyon' with Santa Anita Creek is part of the
watershed
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
of the
Rio Hondo, which flows from the mountains through the
San Gabriel Valley
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and passes through the
Whittier Narrows, a natural gap in the hills which form the southern boundary of the San Gabriel Valley.
The
Santa Anita Dam and Santa Anita reservoir-flood control basin lies near the mouth of the canyon. The community of Big Santa Anita Canyon is below.
Recreation
Santa Anita Canyon Road, constructed in the 1930s, provides access from
Arcadia
Arcadia may refer to:
Places Australia
* Arcadia, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
* Arcadia, Queensland
* Arcadia, Victoria
Greece
* Arcadia (region), a region in the central Peloponnese
* Arcadia (regional unit), a modern administrative un ...
to the Chantry Flat Recreation Area and the Pack Station, in the Angeles National Forest. Trails lead to Sturtevant Falls and other features.
See also
*
Chantry Flat[http://www.bigsantaanitacanyon.com/chantryflats.htm Chantry Flat-Adams Pack Station . accessed 9/6/2010]
*
Marie Riedeselle, lived in a cabin in Santa Anita Canyon in 1909
External links
Big Santa Anita Canyon websiteSanta Anita Dam Riser Modification and Reservoir Sediment Removal Project
References
Canyons and gorges of California
San Gabriel Mountains
Landforms of Los Angeles County, California
Geography of the San Gabriel Valley
Sierra Madre, California
Angeles National Forest
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