The park borders the city of Santa Clarita to the northeast, Newhall Ranch Open Space to the northwest, Michael D. Antonovich Open Space to the southeast, and an open space preserve managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the southwest.
Park unitsedit
Aerial view of Santa Clarita Woodlands Park from the west, showing hiking trails in and around Towsley Canyon
Ed Davis Park preserves the chaparral ecology and recreational integrity of Towsley and Wiley Canyons. Towsley Lodge, a historic Spanish-style ranch house, is located beside Towsley Creek at the foot of Towsley Canyon.[2]
The East and Rice Canyons unit, located southeast of Ed Davis Park, preserves a diverse plant community and a small collection of natural oil seeps.[3]
The Pico Canyon unit, located northwest of Ed Davis Park, preserves the chaparral ecology of Pico Canyon.[4] The canyon is the site of the Pico Canyon Oilfield where the first commercially successful oil well in the western United States was drilled in 1876.[5]
Mentryville Park, located at the entrance to the Pico Canyon unit, preserves the historic ghost town of Mentryville.[6]
^Judy Raphael (1998-10-08). "Boomtown Bash: Tiny town of Mentryville, site of 1876 oil rush, will hold festival fund-raiser". Los Angeles Times. ("The well, known as Pico No. 4, was the first commercially successful oil well in the western U.S.")
santa, clarita, woodlands, park, acre, hectare, open, space, preserve, located, northeastern, foothills, santa, susana, mountains, near, santa, clarita, california, towsley, canyonshow, santa, claritashow, angeles, metropolitan, areashow, californianearest, ci. Santa Clarita Woodlands Park is a 4 000 acre 1 619 hectare open space preserve located in the northeastern foothills of the Santa Susana Mountains near Santa Clarita California 1 Santa Clarita Woodlands ParkTowsley CanyonShow map of Santa ClaritaShow map of the Los Angeles metropolitan areaShow map of CaliforniaNearest citySanta Clarita California United StatesCoordinates34 20 58 N 118 33 29 W 34 3495 N 118 5581 W 34 3495 118 5581Area4 000 acres 16 km2 Governing bodyMountains Recreation and Conservation Authority MRCA WebsiteSanta Clarita Woodlands Park Contents 1 Geography 1 1 Park units 2 Ecology 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksGeography editThe park borders the city of Santa Clarita to the northeast Newhall Ranch Open Space to the northwest Michael D Antonovich Open Space to the southeast and an open space preserve managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the southwest Park units edit nbsp Aerial view of Santa Clarita Woodlands Park from the west showing hiking trails in and around Towsley Canyon The park includes four recreation areas 1 Ed Davis Park preserves the chaparral ecology and recreational integrity of Towsley and Wiley Canyons Towsley Lodge a historic Spanish style ranch house is located beside Towsley Creek at the foot of Towsley Canyon 2 The East and Rice Canyons unit located southeast of Ed Davis Park preserves a diverse plant community and a small collection of natural oil seeps 3 The Pico Canyon unit located northwest of Ed Davis Park preserves the chaparral ecology of Pico Canyon 4 The canyon is the site of the Pico Canyon Oilfield where the first commercially successful oil well in the western United States was drilled in 1876 5 Mentryville Park located at the entrance to the Pico Canyon unit preserves the historic ghost town of Mentryville 6 Ecology editThe park preserves a mountainous expanse of coastal sage and chaparral habitat Resident mammal species include bobcat coyote red tailed hawk and desert cottontail See also editSanta Clarita Valley Open space accessibility in CaliforniaReferences edit a b Santa Clarita Woodlands Park MRCA Retrieved 2021 04 09 Ed Davis Park in Towsley Canyon MRCA Retrieved 2021 11 04 East amp Rice Canyon MRCA Retrieved 2021 11 04 Pico Canyon MRCA Retrieved 2021 11 04 Judy Raphael 1998 10 08 Boomtown Bash Tiny town of Mentryville site of 1876 oil rush will hold festival fund raiser Los Angeles Times The well known as Pico No 4 was the first commercially successful oil well in the western U S Mentryville MRCA Retrieved 2021 11 04 External links edit nbsp Media related to Santa Clarita Woodlands Park at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This article related to a protected area in California is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Los Angeles County California related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Santa Clarita Woodlands Park amp oldid 1167431693, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
