Newhall Pass is a low mountain pass in Los Angeles County, California. Historically called Fremont Pass and San Fernando Pass, with Beale's Cut, it separates the Santa Susana Mountains from the San Gabriel Mountains. Although the pass was visited in August 1769 by Catalan explorer Gaspar de Portolá, it eventually was named for Henry Newhall, a significant businessman in the area during the 19th century.
Newhall Pass
Beale's Cut in 1872
Beale's Cut in 2003
The Newhall Tunnel (c. 1918) before the hillside was removed in the 1930s
The Santa Susana Mountains are a transverse range of mountains in Southern California, north of the city of Los Angeles, in the United States. The range runs east-west, separating the San Fernando and Simi valleys on its south from the Santa Clara River Valley to the north and the Santa Clarita Valley to the northeast. The Oxnard Plain is to the west of the Santa Susana Mountains.
View of the range from Woodland Hills
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California chaparral in Aliso Canyon, Santa Susana Mountains
Santa Susana Tarweed, Deinandra minthornii, vulnerable species