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	Topanga State Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Topanga State Park is a California state park located in Los Angeles County.
		It is located adjacent to the unincorporated community of Topanga, California, within the city of Los Angeles, California.
		The word Topanga itself comes from Shoshonean people, who lived in the area for thousands of years until the establishment of San Fernando Mission by the Spanish.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Topanga_State_Park (161 words)

	Topanga, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Topanga is 12,748 acres (52 km²) in size, and is bounded on three sides by State Park or conservancy lands, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean and a small strip of Malibu, which is the main community to the west.
		Topanga Canyon Boulevard, California State Route 27, is the principal thoroughfare, connecting the Ventura Freeway with Pacific Coast Highway.
		Topanga is the name given to the area by the Tongva tribe, and may mean "a place above." It was the western border of their territory, abutting the Chumash tribe that occupied the coast from Malibu northwards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Topanga,_California (1050 words)

	Topanga Messenger Online - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Residents of Lower Topanga have challenged the charges against their septic systems, which are for the most part on high ground well away from the creek, as being merely a pretext for hurrying to clear the people out with the added harm of implying the community is unsanitary.
		Topanga's environment may be facing a serious threat from invasive, non-native plants, but community sentiment appears to be strongly against chemical herbicides as part of the solution.
		In their countless hours hiking in the Summit Valley/ Ed Edelman State Park and beyond, the Petermanns noticed that many of the oaks planted as a mitigation for tree losses caused by the Sunny Glen residential development years ago are threatened by the very stakes originally intended to support them.
	www.topangamessenger.com /v26n04/news.shtml (5673 words)

	TopangaSurfCompany - Los Angeles Web Design Services, Web Design Studio, Hosting & Local Area Info
		Topanga is also home to lots of parkland including Topanga State Park and several areas run by The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
		Topanga's population has grown drastically over the past decades, jumping from fewer than 3,000 people in 1960 to about 6,000 in 1980 to 12,000 in 1995.
		Topanga Elementary School is located in the Canyon with Middle School and High Schools in the nearby communities of Woodland Hills and Pacific Palisades.
	www.topangasurfcompany.com /Topanga/Topanga_area_info_455.shtml (563 words)

	TCD Topanga State Park Programs
		Property in Topanga Canyon along the creek and in the mountains to the west, which had been so undesirable as crop or range land that the Spanish and Mexican governments could not give it away, passed to the United State government and became available to homesteaders.
		Topanga State Park is the largest property in the SMMNRA, and has more than 36 miles of hiking trails, including the Backbone Trail which links Griffith Park to the Pacific Ocean.
		Topanga State Park is home to hundreds of animal species, among them are mountain lions, bobcats, foxes, coyotes and deer.
	tc-docents.org /p3_topanga.htm (956 words)

	FROGS.ORG: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Although state parks officials have coveted the property since the 1970s, this is the first time they have been able to find a willing seller and come up with enough cash to complete the sale.
		State officials acquired a slender slice of the property on the ocean-side of Pacific Coast Highway through eminent domain and turned it into Topanga State Beach in the 1960s.
		The state Department of Parks and Recreation is in the process of buying 1,659 acres in lower Topanga Canyon to create a hiking and wildlife corridor stretching from the mountains to the sea.
	www.frogs.org /news/article.asp?CategoryID=78&InfoResourceID=668 (1210 words)

	Topanga SP
		The park is bound on the south by Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, on the west by Topanga Canyon, and on the east by Rustic Canyon.
		A good place to start a visit to Topanga State Park is Trippet Ranch, once a "gentleman's ranch" for a weekend getaway from the city.
		Please be advised, Topanga SB is one of the few California State Parks that does not accept the Annual Day Use Pass.
	www.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=629 (569 words)

	Topanga Messenger Online - Santa Monica Mountains News and Arts Publication
		The Topanga Canyon Docents, which is about to begin its annual training program on September 27 for new members, is a non-profit, volunteer group formed 30 years ago to help interpret and protect this precious resource.
		Topanga Canyon Docent Gene Cheltenham prepares a group for a Sunday walk in the park.
		Topanga resident Karin Benson moved here from Florida and felt the need to learn more about the local habitat to satisfy the curiosity of her young son, Nate.
	www.topangamessenger.com /Articles.asp?SectionID=3&ArticleID=344 (1041 words)

	Santa Monica Mountains
		Topanga State Park offers 9,000 acres of spectacular vistas, rugged peaks and canyons, sunny slopes and cool streambeds located just west of Los Angeles between the San Fernando Valley and the Pacific Ocean.
		It is also the largest state park within a city limit in the U.S. Trippet Ranch is the headquarters for Topanga State Park and features a park office, ranger residence and nature center.
		The trailhead with street parking is at the end of Bienveneda Avenue about 1 mile north of Sunset Blvd. This short trail is a connector trail that after 0.5 miles meets with the Temescal Ridge Trail, which if taken to the right (south) leads down to Temscal Gateway Park.
	www.etreking.com /eTreking/Pages/SantaMonicaMts.html (2083 words)

	Suggested Wildflower Viewing Areas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		State Parks is by far the largest landowner in the SMMNRA with five major parks, the Backbone Trail and a multitude of smaller sites.
		This state agency was established to acquire lands and administer programs on an interim basis until the lands could be purchased by the National Park Service or State Parks.
		Within the park boundaries are a 3-acre lake and duck pond, chaparral, grasslands and oak woodlands forest ecosystems.
	www.lacnps.org /trails.html (2837 words)

	Recommended List Of Native Plants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Topanga State Park (10,000 acres) is almost entirely within the City of Los Angeles and is one of the largest urban parks in the country.
		Leo Carrillo State Beach (2100 acres) is one of the few parks in California that include both beaches and uplands, in this case Sequit Gorge and the meadows and woodlands of Nicholas Flat.
		Topanga and Malibu Creeks have cut gorges hundreds of feet deep on their way to the sea.
	www.lacnps.org /mtnpark.html (1551 words)

	California Coastal Commission,City Council,Malibu Beaches
		In 2004, business operators were given a 90-day eviction notice by California State Parks, which had purchased the 1,659 acres for the public four years earlier.
		Sheryl Tankersly, a California State Parks spokeswoman, said no permanent plans have been made for the businesses, but that the parks agency has in the past indicated it wished to keep those enterprises in business.
		State officials said only a few holdouts remain on the forested, hilly plot, which had little sections known by residents as the Rodeo Grounds, Snakepit, Brookside and The Lane.
	www.malibutimes.com /articles/2006/01/11/news/news5.txt (511 words)

	Field Trips
		Describe the ecology of bird habitats in the State Park.
		Describe the ecology of animal habitats in the State Park.
		Describe the ecology of plants in the State Park.
	www.csun.edu /~ckc503/field_trip_topanga_state_park.htm (695 words)

	Santa Monica Mirror: Great Hikes: Trekking Topanga
		If you haven’t made the short drive to Topanga State Park, you’re in for a pleasant surprise.
		You can park on the streets and walk in, or pay a few bucks and park in the state lot.
		Topanga State Park is a big, gangly park with gerrymandered fingers extending into pockets all over our local access areas.
	www.smmirror.com /volume4/issue48/trekking_topanga.asp (384 words)

	Topanga State Park Guide on CompassMonkey.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Located in the cliffs and canyons of the Santa Monica Mountains, Topanga State Park features 36 miles of trails through open grassland, live oaks and spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.
		The park is located entirely within the Los Angeles city limits and is considered the world's largest wildland within the boundaries of a major city.
		Numerous geologic formations can be found in the park, including earthquake faults, marine fossils, volcanic intrusions and a wide variety of sedimentary formations.
	www.compassmonkey.com /places/locations.php/200 (131 words)

	Backbone Trail, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, CCT
		Point Mugu State Park features ocean shoreline with rocky bluffs, sandy beaches, sand dunes; rugged hills and uplands; river canyons; and wide grassy valleys dotted with trees.
		Malibu Creek State Park, named from a Chumash word meaning "the surf sounds loudly", was used extensively by the film industry.
		Topanga State Park The name "Topanga" means "the place above" in Shoshonean or "the place where the mountains meet the sea" in the Tongva/Gabrieliño language or "the place of green water" depending on what book you read.
	www.californiacoastaltrail.org /oldsite/backbone.html (692 words)

	OCEAN PARK GAZETTE - Conservancy pinpoints three prime properties for Tuna Canyon project
		According to the staff report, the three parcels are "integral" for creating seamless parkland and habitat ranging from Topanga State Park to the recently acquired 1400 acres in Tuna Canyon.
		Two parcels totaling 47.55 acres near the coast adjoin Topanga Canyon State Park, bridging the gap between last month's 1600-acre addition to Topanga State Park and the Tuna Canyon Project.
		A 40-acre parcel in the upper canyon in the upper reaches of the canyon was deemed a high priority because of the threat of development.
	www.oceanparkgazette.org /2001/01oct/smmc_oct17.htm (309 words)

	Roam-O-Rama \| www.sdreader.com
		Topanga -- "The place where the mountains meet the sea." That simple and descriptive Gabrielino Indian name aptly applies to both the famous canyon near Los Angeles and to the big state park sprawling along its east rim.
		Eagle Rock, the most impressive landmark in all of Topanga State Park, affords hikers an airy perch overlooking those coastal canyons and the ocean beyond.
		From the parking lot, walk north on a paved driveway about 100 yards to where the signed Musch Trail slants to the right across a grassy hillside.
	www.sdreader.com /php/roamshow.php?id=20030724 (601 words)

	Backbone Trail in Topanga
		Topanga Canyon Blvd. to Entrada, up to Trippet Ranch entrance of Topanga State Park.
		Park just outside the gate to avoid the day use fee.
		the most fun is ride from topanga canyon, take mullholland to dirt mullholland, past the gate, past the water towers then left thru the gate to the hub....
	www.mtbr.com /trails/California-L.A.Area/BackboneTrailinTopanga.html (1790 words)

	GORP - California State Parks
		The area includes Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, which is transformed from a parched, high-desert landscape to fields of golden poppies and wildflowers by the spring rains.
		Topanga State Park covers more than 11,000 acres of the rugged Santa Monica Mountains.
		This 1,745-acre wildflower park is located on California's most poppy-fertile land.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/statepark/ca/la.htm (286 words)

	Topanga State Park Pictures
		, this park is sandwiched between the cities of Santa Monica and Malibu.
		Directions to the main parking lot are found on the link at the bottom of the page.
		View of Pacific Ocean and Santa Monica from the Topanga State Park from the trail at the end of Paseo Miramar Rd.
	www.worldfromtheweb.com /Parks/Topanga/Topanga.html (215 words)

	RCD Watershed Information Sharing Project
		Development in the Topanga Watershed has been more gradual, but the community growth is characterized by single family individualized homes.
		The transfer of some 48,000 acres, including Westlake Village and Oak Park in Ventura County, and Hidden Hills, portions of Calabasas, Woodland Hills and Tarzana in Los Angeles County, was finalized on December 14, 1976.
		A University of California Los Angeles report stated that the Santa Monica Mountains and the other lands within the RCD boundaries are richly diverse biologically.
	www.carcd.org /wisp/santamonica (2167 words)

	Canyon Info
		Topanga is like no other place in the world.
		From hiking in the Topanga State Park and renting horses, to shopping our eclectic collection of stores and eating sumptuously in our restaurants.
		The center of town is 8 miles from (freeway) Highway 101, 5 miles from the Pacific Coast Highway and under the jurisdiction of the County of Los Angeles.
	www.topangachamber.org /canyoninfo.htm (352 words)

	Wildernet - Topanga State Park
		Description - Located in the cliffs and canyons of the Santa Monica Mountains, Topanga State Park features 36 miles of trails through open grassland, live oaks and spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.
		Attractions - Located in the cliffs and canyons of the Santa Monica Mountains, Topanga State Park features 36 miles of trails through open grassland, live oaks and spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.
		I recommend Topanga Park as a place to find yourself in the middle of you might call wilderness - no cars, no tar, open views.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=CASPTOPANG&CU_ID=1 (644 words)

	Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
		The Conservancy frequently awards grants to cities, counties, resource conservation districts, and recreation and park districts for the acquisition or improvement of natural and scenic resources under the management of the local jurisdiction.
		The Superintendent of the California State Parks, Angeles District, is a voting member of the Conservancy.
		California Department of Parks and Recreation manages more than 270 park units, which contain the finest and most diverse collection of natural, cultural, and recreational resources to be found within California.
	smmc.ca.gov /partners.html (744 words)

	Amazon.com: Ufos Over Topanga Canyon: Books: Preston Dennett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		I myself have no doubt that the Santa Monica Mountains, in which Topanga Canyon is located, contain reservoirs of energies unknown to mainstream science, and that entities from other dimensions or planets are drawn here--it was one of the reasons that we settled here--but this book fails in its objective to convince us.
		A case in point is his statement in the penultimate chapter regarding one possible reason that UFO occupants might be interested in Topanga Canyon: it may have a connection with the lost continent of Mu or Lemuria, a Pacific Ocean counterpart of Atlantis.
		On that evening, more than 17 witnesses situated all throughout Topanga and beyond experienced highly dramatic encounters, including one case in which the witnesses' vehicle was actually lifted up into the sky by an unknown object which had chased them down the boulevard.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1567182216?v=glance (2133 words)

	What's Blooming in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The trail along the creek under the cover of the oaks and sycamores is beautiful at any time of the year but watch for the difficult to avoid poison oak.
		If you are in the mood for a picnic and beautiful flowers, drive into the picnic area at Tapia Park.
		We parked near the Salvation Army gate and started hiking the one mile trail.
	www.nps.gov /samo/bloom/archive/06-03-05.htm (2958 words)

	Los Angeles Trails
		Twenty five mile Malibu Creek in the park is the principal water course of the Santa Monica Mountains from Boney Mountain to Malibu Lagoon.
		Temescal Gateway Park covers 141 acres and features a year-round stream with a waterfall, hiking trails which access Topanga State Park, Will Rogers State Historic Park, and the Backbone Trail.
		Elysian Valley Gateway Park is a half acre grassy park which provides public access to the Los Angeles River Bike Trail.
	www.runnerssource.com /Califweb/laoc/trails/latrails.htm (356 words)

	Topanga Vacation Rentals, Hotels, Weather, Map and Attractions
		Topanga is approximately 13,000 acres in size and is bounded on three sides by park or conservancy lands and on the south by the Pacific Ocean.
		Numerous festivals are held in the area each year, including the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest, an annual event since 1961.
		The Topanga State Park is nearby, the largest park in the Santa Monica Mountains and part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area.
	www.californiavacation.com /regions/Topanga-California.html (491 words)

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