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  Santa Susana Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Santa Susana Mountains are transverse range of mountains in southern California, north of the city of Los Angeles, in the United States.
The Newhall Pass separates the Santa Susana Mountains from the San Gabriel Mountains to the east.
The Santa Susana Pass connects the Simi and San Fernando valleys, and separates the Santa Susana Mountains from Simi Hills to the south.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Santa_Susana_Mountains   (575 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
Image:Wpdms shdrlfi020l santa susana mountains.jpg 300pxrightthumbSanta Susana Mountains The '''Santa Susana Mountains''' are Transverse Ranges transverse range of mountains in southern California, north of the city of Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, in the United States.
The southwestern slopes of the Santa Susana Mountains are part of the City of Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, and housing subdivisions, including Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, California Porter Ranch, have been built on the lower slopes of the range.
To the north of the range is the fast-growing city of Santa Clarita, California Santa Clarita, and several large subdivisions in unincorporated Los Angeles County, including Lyons Ranch and Newhall Ranch, have been approved for development.
www.mauspfeil.net /Santa_Susana_Mountains.html   (590 words)

  
 CALIFORNIA'S PLANTS AND ANIMALS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Santa Susana tarplant is a perennial subshrub with slender ascending stems, sticky leaves, and yellow flower heads.
This sunflower relative (Asteraceae) grows in crevices of sandstone bluffs and outcrops in chaparral and coastal sage scrub in the Santa Susana and Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
Santa Susana tarplant appears to be locally common within its limited geographic range around Santa Susana Pass.
www.dfg.ca.gov /hcpb/cgi-bin/read_one.asp?specy=plants&idNum=132   (218 words)

  
 Chatsworth History
Chatsworth is located to the southeast of the Santa Susana Pass, an extremely steep mountain pass that stagecoaches had to traverse when travelling the Overland Stage Road from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
Santa Susana became a relay station for the stagecoach lines where the drivers would trade in their tired horse before attempting to cross the Overland Stage Road, pictured above.
Second, the construction of the Santa Susana railroad tunnel from 1898 through 1904 made Chatsworth one of the busiest places in the valley.
historicalsocieties.net /history.html   (1633 words)

  
 Print Version
The long arm of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy has stretched into Chatsworth where a property owner is crying foul about the conservancy's efforts to safeguard a wildlife corridor that begins in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Linda Corbridge, who owns 40 acres she wants to develop off the 118 Freeway in the Santa Susana foothills, claims the conservancy is denying her access to her land through a 10-foot buffer the conservancy owns.
The conservancy has been buying land near the Santa Susana pass to safeguard the movement of wildlife between the Santa Monica and Santa Susana Mountains, a route that was documented by a study completed by The Nature Conservancy in the 1990s.
www.malibutimes.com /articles/2004/05/12/news/news5.prt   (522 words)

  
 The Southern Pacific in Santa Barbara   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The gardens around the Santa Barbara station were maintained well into the 1940's but as always, to meet revenues of a dwindling number of travelers, both the Steam Daylight and the grounds would lose their attention with the F3 Diesels ready to take over in the early 1950's.
Santa Barbara's Freight Station (at the corner of Santa Barbara Street and the railroad tracks) and the Ice Packing House (just behind the viewers position) controlled the "Freight and Fruit" from the orchards of Goleta, Santa Barbara, and Montecito.
The building codes were tough back in 1925 (this is when the big Santa Barbara earthquake destroyed the original roundhouse) as S.P.'s design wouldn't pass until they made the exterior wall in a similar design as the Spanish Bull Ring in Seville.
www.thirdrail.com /ttrsbsp.htm   (504 words)

  
 About Santa Susana Mountains Park Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Santa Susana Mountain Park area is part of the Rim of the Valley Corridor, which has eventual potential for joining with the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) to become a Rim of the Valley NRA for all of Southern California.
The smooth, rolling face of the south side of the Santa Susana Mountains contrasts with the steep, rugged north facing slopes, which hold moisture longer and have magnificent forests of oaks and other hardwoods.
Deep canyons with year round streams are found on both sides of the Santa Susanas, as well as in the Simi Hills.
www.pacificnet.net /~rickh/ssmpa/about.html   (424 words)

  
 Biodiversity News - Vol.2 No.3
Mulholland Drive twists along the spine of the Santa Monica Mountains in the heart of the Conservancy zone, dividing the view between an urban panorama to the north and a mountain vista southward to the ocean.
Within the region is the 155,000-acre Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, created by Congress in 1978 as a unit of the National Park System, and 40,000 acres of state parks.
The Santa Clara River that flows adjacent to the woodlands is home of an endangered fish, the unarmored threespine stickleback.
ceres.ca.gov /biodiv/newsletter/v2n3/conservancy.html   (1504 words)

  
 Fremont Pass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fremont Pass is the name of several mountain passes in the United States.
Fremont Pass (California), separating the San Gabriel Mountains from the Santa Susana Mountains
Fremont Pass (Nevada), in the Lake Range, 8 mi.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fremont_Pass   (122 words)

  
 Santa Susana Mountains   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Turn left at the top of the pass crossing over the freeway and park at the end of the road.
Hiking the trail affords you views of Simi Valley, the Simi Hills and the Santa Susana Mountains with a connection to the Rocky Peak Trail.
From the trailhead to the Rocky Peak Trail junction is approximately 2.5 miles (5 miles round trip) and a elevation gain of 1,100 feet.
www.etreking.com /eTreking/Pages/SantaSusana.html   (1415 words)

  
 Santa Susana Pass SHP
This 670-acre historic park, located in Los Angeles County where the Simi Hills meet the Santa Susana Mountains, is rich in natural, historical and cultural significance.
Here in the western part of the Transverse Ranges, the land is dominated by high, narrow ridges and deep canyons covered with an abundant variety of plant life.
The hills surrounding the community park are the parklands for Santa Susana Pass State Park, which is a day-use area.
www.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=611   (354 words)

  
 LA Trails - Rocky Peak
This is a short single track trail connecting Santa Susana Pass Road just east of Rocky Peak Trailhead to a parking area/trailhead on Lilac Lane.
The other trailhead is on Lilac Lane a half mile south of Santa Susana Pass Road.
The upper trailhead is on Santa Susana Pass Road a quarter mile west of the Rocky Peak exit of the 118 Freeway.
www.latrails.com /bike/rpmb.html   (754 words)

  
 Wildernet - Santa Susana State Historic Park
Docents from the Foundation for the Preservation of the Santa Susana Mountains lead regular environmental and educational programs for school children.
Climate - The climate of the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park is hot and dry in the summer with mild winters.
The hills surrounding the community park are the parklands for Santa Susana State Historic Park, which is a day-use area.
www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=CASPSANTSUSH&CU_ID=1   (417 words)

  
 Where the Stars Died - the 1960's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The main buildings of the movie ranch were roughly where the map says "Santa Susana Pass Road".
Between Santa Susana Pass Road and Stagecoach Road, the land dips down into a bowl that stretches across to the main ranch area.
He may have been trying to light one of his trademark cigars at the time, since one was found next to his body.
www.seeing-stars.com /Died/60s.shtml   (887 words)

  
 S.C.A.G. LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Walk 200 yards up the paved road, pass the restrooms and take the trail to the right that leads to the waterfall.
From the West: Access is from Santa Susana Pass Road as there is no westbound exit for Rocky Peak.
This route is passed on the walk to the roof, a 40' wall located 35 yards south of the roof.
www.bigwall.com /scag_lac.html   (2435 words)

  
 banishing disease with three 9 volt batteries Mark Metcalf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
I remember riding in the car with my mother and siblings through the Santa Susana pass late one morning in 1960.
The Cartwrights simply continued to ride endlessly across the vibrant green meadow with the glorious blue sky at their backs, reaffirming on yet another flickering night that the Ponderosa would never, and could never, succumb to evil.
The DC current, which passes between the electrodes, will pull silver ions from the positive electrode into the water.
www.silverprotects.com /intro.html   (1478 words)

  
 L.A. Observed: Toluca subway tunnel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Which begs the unsolicited mention that the tunnel scene in the closing sequence of Hitchcock's renowned film was shot at the West portal of (then Southern Pacific Railroad's) Tunnel #26 in the Santa Susana pass near Los Angeles.
Yes, the longest of a trio of tunnels in the Santa Susana Pass, Tunnel #26 also holds the distinction at 7,367 feet, of being the lengthiest on the west coast.
The history of the Santa Susana Pass tunnels is a fascinating one, with some holding fast to the notion that Tunnel #26 may be haunted.
www.laobserved.com /archive/002313.html   (1053 words)

  
 CNC Certification Application
Nestled up against the Simi Hills and the Santa Susana Mountains at the foot of the Santa Susana Pass, it is the gateway to the Simi Valley and the northwest entrance to the San Fernando Valley.
The mail was carried between the San Fernando and San Buenaventura Missions by way of the Santa Susana Pass in 1804.
The new 760-acre Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park was dedicated in 1998, assuring that much of the natural beauty and history of the area will be preserved and available for the enjoyment of the public.
www.chatsworthcouncil.org /cert_app.php   (3175 words)

  
 LA Trails - Rocky Peak
This is part of the old stage coach route that ran through the Santa Susana Pass in the 1800's.
The upper portion of the trail is on rugged bedrock.
Trailhead: The upper trailhead is at the junction of Santa Susana Pass Road and Box Canyon Road.
www.latrails.com /hike/rp.html   (1504 words)

  
 Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Originally built in 1913, during World War II the Valley Flyer was brought down from the Bakersfield-Oakland area to operate as a section of the San Diegan, later as helpers in the Cajon Pass and finally scrapped in 1951.
Santa Fe's Arroyo Seco steel viaduct bridge between Los Angeles and Pasadena was opened to traffic in 1899.
The Chatsworth Rocks, in the Santa Susana Pass, create a dramatic frame for the Southern Pacific Lark, train No. 76, as it emerges from tunnel No. 27 heading into Los Angeles in an early morning in January, 1948.
www.larhf.org /store.html   (1693 words)

  
 L.A. Daily News - Simi Valley Sunday   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
But she said the condos will change the way people see Simi Valley the minute they come over Santa Susana Pass.
Paul Edelman, deputy director of the natural resources and planning for the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, said the area near the development is "incredibly rich ecologically," because of a spring and Hummingbird Creek to the east.
He said conservancy officials were unhappy about the size of the condo project because of its impact on views of the area.
www.dailynews.com /Stories/0,1413,200~28600~2807929,00.html   (825 words)

  
 What I Did on My Summer (2001) Trip
Another SSP pic; this area is where Charles Manson lived for a time
SSP photo the fourth; a road leading to nowhere
These shots are to the north of Santa Monica Pier, in case you care
www.angelfire.com /mo/stewie/trippics   (656 words)

  
 Calif. wildfires disrupt highways, trains, airport schedules [Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Santa Susana Pass and Box Canyon Road were also closed.
At Santa Barbara Airport, all flights to Los Angeles International Airport were canceled through late afternoon Monday, said airports operations manager Tracy Lincoln.
Santa Paula Airport grounded all of its private planes Monday and turned into a fire command center for water-dropping helicopters.
www.ble.org /pr/news/pf_headline.asp?id=8362   (411 words)

  
 Santa Susana 2000
This colourful stretch of Catalan coastline is where the sweeping golden beaches of Malgrat blend into those of the lively resort of Santa Susana.
During your stay in Santa Susana, many exciting optional excursions will be available for your enjoyment, such as Barcelona, the famous monastery at Montserrat, wine tasting, sea cruises, beach parties, flamenco evenings, cabarets and night clubs, mediaeval banquets, barbecues and even a mock bull-fight.
As you would expect, all hotel rooms are attractively furnished and have their own balcony and telephone, as well as the added comfort of an en-suite toilet and bathroom.
www.sunshine-express.com /santa_susana_2000.htm   (570 words)

  
 Santa Susana Resort - Hotel Reservations in Santa Susanna (Costa Brava) - Hotelnet
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Santa Susana Resort in Santa Susanna (Costa Brava)
The Santa Susana Resort is situated approximately 1.2 km from Santa Susana's beach and just 900 metres from the centre of town and many bars, shops, restaurant and entertainment venues.
www.hotelnet.co.uk /forwardpage/hotels/hotel-11821.htm   (391 words)

  
 twisties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
We've arrived at the first great twisty, Box Canyon Rd. The turn from the "Pass Road" is a sharp, climbing, off-camber, right-hand turn that necessitates 1st or 2nd gear.
Box Canyon winds through the Santa Susana Mountains for 2 1/2 miles past a castle, unique dwellings built into the sides of hills or across near-inaccessible gullies until it breaks out into a panoramic view of the northwest San Fernando Valley.
Potraro Road passes through a short stretch of new residential area before entering Hidden Valley, the land of the ultra rich and famous.
home.earthlink.net /~ridevirago/twisties.htm   (1433 words)

  
 Roam-O-Rama | www.sdreader.com
In 1990 the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (a state agency charged with acquiring land for parks in the Los Angeles area) entered negotiations with entertainer Bob Hope to purchase Rocky Peak Park -- a 4369-acre parcel of land overlooking the Simi and San Fernando Valleys.
At about 1.5 miles, the relentless climb is temporarily reversed by a brief drop into a little flat where, on the right, you can find shade and rest under a lone live-oak tree.
After passing larger and more impressively convoluted outcrops of sandstone, the fire road tops out on a prominent ridgeline, 2.4 miles up.
www.sdreader.com /php/roamshow.php?id=20000210   (456 words)

  
 WhiteOak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
WhiteOak Ranch and Boarding Stables is located in Chatsworth, California at the base of the Santa Susana Mountains in one of the few remaining natural areas within the Los Angeles city limits.
The Santa Susana Mountains and natural rock formations of Stoney Point nearby were featured in many of these movies.
The facility is set back from the intersection of Topanga Blvd and Old Santa Susana Pass Road just southwest of where Old Santa Susana Pass Road reaches one of Chatsworth's historic railroad tunnels built in 1904.
www.whiteoak-ranch.com   (190 words)

  
 Chatsworth Historical Trivia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
That trail was part of the El Camino del Santa Susana y Simi trail that connected the San Fernando Mission to the Santa Buenaventura Mission.
The El Camino del Santa Susana y Simi trail crossed into the valley over the Santa de Susana Pass near Chatsworth Park.
That stagecoach route was used until about 1877, then it was moved to the Conejo Grade because of the difficulty of getting over the Santa Susana Pass.
www.chatsworthecho.org /chatsworth_history.html   (691 words)

  
 Kramer.Firm's Wireless Site Gallery - Camouflaged Sites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Nextel Wireless Rock – 138 viewsThis is a camo rock used by Nextel at its Rocky Peak site in the Santa Susana Pass, California.
This site houses Cingular, Sprint, Verizon, AT&T Wireless, and Nextel, and serves the Ronald Regan Freeway (SR118) at the east end of the Santa Susana Pass between Simi Valley and the San Fernando Valley.
The antenna serves the 118 Freeway in the Santa Susana Pass between the Simi Valley and the San Fernando Valley.
www.cabletv.com /cells/thumbnails.php?album=3&page=3   (2001 words)

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