La Cañada Flintridge, California
La Cañada Flintridge, commonly known as just La Cañada, is a city in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located in the Crescenta Valley, in the western edge of the San Gabriel Valley, it is the location of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
La Cañada Flintridge, the Foothill Freeway, and, on the right, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2014)
The Flintridge Biltmore Hotel around 1927. Now the Administration Building at the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy.
Panoramic view of San Gabriel Mountains from La Cañada Flintridge, 2012
Japanese Garden at Descanso Gardens
The Verdugo Mountains, also known as the Verdugo Hills or simply The Verdugos, are a small, rugged mountain range of the Transverse Ranges system in Los Angeles County, California. Located just south of the western San Gabriel Mountains, the Verdugo Mountains region incorporates the cities of Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, and La Cañada Flintridge; the unincorporated communities of Altadena and La Crescenta-Montrose; as well as the City of Los Angeles neighborhood of Sunland-Tujunga.
Verdugo Mountains, south view
View of Verdugo Mountains from Normandie Ave, Los Angeles
An adult female mountain lion is "cheek-rubbing," leaving her scent on a log. Taken in the Verdugo Mountains with Glendale and downtown L.A. in the background. - National Park Service
Two gray foxes in the Verdugo Mountains with Los Angeles in the background. - National Park Service
