Big Dalton Dam, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

Name: Big Dalton Dam
Address: San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, United States

#25 among attractions in San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

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Big Dalton Dam is a multiple arch concrete dam in Los Angeles County, California, built for the Los Angeles County Flood Control District and completed in August 1929. The dam is one of the earliest of the multiple arch "double-wall" buttress designs of engineer Fred A. Noetzli. The 991 acre-foot dam provides water conservation and controls flooding from Big Dalton Canyon, a watershed within the San Dimas Experimental Forest, part of the Angeles National Forest in the San Gabriel Mountains. It is about 4 miles northeast of the city of Glendora and is operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. ()

Coordinates: 34°10'12"N, 117°48'32"W

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Day trips

Big Dalton Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Benton Museum of Art, Palomares Park, Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, Laemmle Theatres.

7.4 miSE
Museum, Art museum
Benton Museum of Art, Claremont
189 min walk • The Benton Museum of Art, located in the picturesque city of Claremont, California, is a cultural gem nestled within the Claremont Colleges. This contemporary art museum, which is part of Pomona College, offers a rich tapestry of visual arts that spans various mediums...
6.6 miSE
Museum, History museum
Palomares Park, Pomona
169 min walk • The Ygnacio Palomares Adobe, also known as Adobe de Palomares, is a one-story adobe brick structure in Pomona, California, built between 1850 and 1855 as a residence for Don Ygnacio Palomares. It was abandoned in the 1880s and was left to the elements until it was acquired by the City of Pomona in the 1930s.
5.1 miSE
Science museum, Museum, Natural history museum
Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, Claremont
131 min walk • The Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology is a paleontology museum in Claremont, California, that is part of The Webb Schools. It is the only nationally accredited museum on a secondary school campus in the United States.
7.2 miSE
Cinema, Nightlife
Laemmle Theatres, Claremont
185 min walk • Laemmle Theatres is a group of family-run arthouse movie theaters in the Los Angeles area. It was established in 1938 and is owned and operated by Robert Laemmle and his son Greg Laemmle.
6.7 miSE
Botanical garden, Garden, Park
California Botanic Garden, Claremont
171 min walk • The California Botanic Garden is a botanical garden in Claremont, California, in the United States, just south of the San Gabriel foothills. The garden, at 86 acres, is the largest botanic garden in the state dedicated to California native plants.
7.4 miSE
Music venue
Bridges Hall of Music, Claremont
189 min walk • The Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music, more commonly known as Little Bridges, is a concert hall at Pomona College in Claremont, California, designed by Myron Hunt and opened in 1915. It was sponsored by a $100,000 gift from the parents of Mabel Shaw Bridges, a student in Pomona's class of 1908 who died of illness her junior year.
4.1 miW
Dam
Morris Dam, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
106 min walk • Morris Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the San Gabriel River in the U.S. state of California. It impounds Morris Reservoir, directly downstream of San Gabriel Dam.
6.8 miSE
Universities and schools
Claremont School of Theology, Claremont
174 min walk • Claremont School of Theology is a graduate school focused on religion and theology and located in Claremont, California. Claremont School of Theology is fully recognized and approved as one of thirteen official theological schools of The United Methodist Church.
4.4 miS
City
San Dimas
113 min walk • San Dimas is a city in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 33,371.
7.4 miSE
Monuments and statues, Neo-renaissance architecture
The Spirit of Spanish Music, Claremont
190 min walk • The Spirit of Spanish Music is a sculpture by Burt William Johnson. It was commissioned by the Pomona College class of 1915 and placed in the Lebus Court of the Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College, one of a group of buildings conceived for the expansion of Pomona...
3.2 miNE
Protected area
San Dimas Experimental Forest, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
81 min walk • The San Dimas Biosphere Reserve and Experimental Forest is an experimental forest located in the front range of the San Gabriel Mountains of southern California.