Santa Anita Dam, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

Name: Santa Anita Dam
Address: San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, United States

#28 among attractions in San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

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Santa Anita Dam, also known as Big Santa Anita Dam, is a concrete thin arch dam on Santa Anita Creek in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, California. Owned by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, the dam serves for flood control, water conservation and debris control. The dam is 225 feet high and 612 feet long, holding 858 acre-feet of water with a maximum capacity of 1,028 acre⋅ft. The catchment area for the dam is 10.8 square miles. The dam was built between 1923 and 1927. ()

Opened: 1927 (97 years ago)Length: 612 ftHeight: 225 ftReservoir area: 17 acres (0.0266 mi²)Coordinates: 34°18'37"N, 118°1'59"W

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Santa Anita Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Silver Moccasin Trail, Vetter Mountain, Strawberry Peak, San Gabriel Peak.

1.3 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Silver Moccasin Trail, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
35 min walk • The Silver Moccasin Trail is a 53-mile trail located in the San Gabriel Mountains, northeast of Los Angeles. It begins at Chantry Flat Recreation Area above the city of Arcadia, California, traversing upward and down through several canyons and along the high ridges of the Angeles National Forest. This trail connects Mt.
0.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Vetter Mountain, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
24 min walk • Vetter Mountain is located in the San Gabriel Mountains and within the Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California. Elevation 5,911 feet feet. Named by USFS surveyor Don McLain for Victor P. Vetter, a dedicated forest ranger and fire dispatcher. Vetter won the USFS Bissell Medal for outstanding work in forest conservation.
5.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Strawberry Peak, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
136 min walk • Strawberry Peak is a prominent peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, California. It is located about 10 miles north of Pasadena, and 28 miles from Los Angeles, along the Angeles Crest Highway.
6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
San Gabriel Peak, Angeles National Forest
153 min walk • San Gabriel Peak is a summit in the San Gabriel Mountains in the U.S. state of California. It was named by the United States Geological Survey in 1894 and is located in the Angeles National Forest.
6.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Lowe, Angeles National Forest
175 min walk • Mount Lowe is a mountain on the southern fold of the San Gabriel Mountains. Originally named Oak Mountain, it was renamed for Professor Thaddeus S.C.
6 miSE
Dam
Cogswell Dam, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
152 min walk • Cogswell Dam is a rockfill dam on the West Fork of the San Gabriel River in Los Angeles County, California. It is located in the San Gabriel Mountains, northeast of Mount Wilson, and within the Angeles National Forest.
3.3 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Gabrielino Trail, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
84 min walk • The Gabrielino Trail is a United States National Recreation Trail that runs through the Angeles National Forest with trailheads at Windsor Avenue in Altadena, California on the west end and Chantry Flat, just north of Arcadia, California, on the east.
2.1 miE
Observatories and planetariums
Stony Ridge Observatory, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
54 min walk • Stony Ridge Observatory is an astronomical observatory built by and for amateur astronomers in the mountains of Los Angeles County, California, in 1957.
5.8 miS
Tower
KCBS-TV/FM Tower, Angeles National Forest
149 min walk • KCBS-TV/FM Tower is a 296.4 meter high guyed radio/television tower on Mount Wilson above Los Angeles at 123 CBS Lane. The KCBS-TV/FM Tower was built in 1986. It was owned by CBS Corporation and used by KCBS-TV and KCBS-FM.
6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Disappointment, Angeles National Forest
154 min walk • Mount Disappointment is a mountain in the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, California with a summit elevation of 5,963+ feet.
5.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Waterman Mountain, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
147 min walk • Waterman Mountain, at 8,041 feet, is a prominent peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, California, within the Angeles National Forest and San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.