Laguna Canyon, also called CaƱada de las Lagunas, is a gorge that cuts through the San Joaquin Hills in southern Orange County, California, in the United States, directly south of the city of Irvine. The canyon runs from northeast to southwest, and is drained on the north side by tributaries of San Diego Creek and on the south by Laguna Canyon Creek. It is deeper and more rugged on the southwestern end near Laguna Beach.
Laguna Canyon
The rock ledge that Laurel Canyon Creek spills over during heavy rainfall, viewed from lower on the Laurel Canyon Trail.
The flat lower reach of Camarillo Canyon, with the City of Lake Forest in the upper left. Laguna Canyon cuts across the image in the middle right.
Sign denoting the boundary of Laguna Coast Wilderness, on the center reach of Willow Canyon Trail
The San Joaquin Hills are a low mountain range of the Peninsular Ranges System, located in coastal Orange County, California.
State Route 73 climbs into the San Joaquin Hills, as seen looking southward from University Hills, Irvine