Rancho Los Alamitos
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🐐 Farm · Long Beach
1.5 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 35 min driveFrom Arcadia · Parking: Check in at the Bixby Hill community gate, then free parking at the ranch
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 1.5 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
An 1800s ranch preserved inside a Long Beach residential neighborhood: free to walk in and see horses, sheep, cattle and chickens, wander four acres of old gardens and a century-old cactus garden, so quiet it feels like time stopped.
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