Placerita Canyon Nature Center
Photo: tkksummers · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Flickr
🥾 Hike · Newhall
2 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 45 min driveFrom Arcadia · Parking: Free lot at the nature center
- 🎒Carrier recommendedTerrain isn't stroller-friendly; a carrier is easier
- 🌳Some shadeGood on cool days · Great on sunny days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Fall · Winter
A free nature center in the Santa Clarita Valley: snakes, turtles and insects inside, and a few rescued owls and hawks that cannot be released outside; a few minutes down the Heritage Trail is the old oak where gold was first found in California in 1842.
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Newhall, California
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