Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation
in Los Angeles, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation is an agency of the County of Los Angeles which oversees parks and recreational facilities. It was created in 1944. It operates and maintains over 63,000 acres (250 km2) of parks, gardens, lakes, trails, natural gardens, and golfing greens.It maintains 180 parks and operates the world’s largest municipal golf course system with 20 courses. It owns the Hollywood Bowl and the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.
Weddings can be held at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens in Arcadia, Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge and South Coast Botanic Garden on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
It operates nature centers at:
Deane Dana Friendship Park and Nature Center
Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area
Eaton Canyon Park & Nature Center
Placerita Canyon Nature Center
San Dimas Canyon Nature Center
Santa Catalina Island Interpretive Center
Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area
Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park
Whittier Narrows Nature Center
It has fishing lakes at:
Alondra Community Regional Park
Apollo Community Regional Park
Belvedere Community Regional Park
Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park
Castaic Lake State Recreation Area
Cerritos Community Regional Park
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Park
La Mirada Community Regional Park
Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area
Whittier Narrows Recreation Area
The Department hosts approximately 300 film projects a year, including feature films, television series, television commercials, and still photography shoots for various magazines and publications.
Safety and law enforcement services are provided on a contract basis from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Parks Bureau. Prior to 2010, the Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety (County Police) and its predecessor agencies were responsible for law enforcement in the county parks.
