Sierra Madre is a city in Los Angeles County, California, with a population of 11,268 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. The city is in the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley below the southern edge of the Angeles National Forest. Pasadena and Altadena are to its west, with Arcadia to its south and east. Sierra Madre is known as "Wisteria City", and its city seal is decorated with a drawing of the now widely known 500-foot (150 m) vine. It is also called the "Village of the Foothills" and was an All-America City in 2007.
Sierra Madre, California
The Sierra Madre Villa Hotel, 1884
Horse and buggy passage on the Mount Wilson Trail
The ruins of Orchard Camp can still be visited on the Mt. Wilson Trail.
Arcadia is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley and at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. It contains a series of adjacent parks consisting of the Santa Anita Park racetrack, the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, and Arcadia County Park. The city had a population of 56,364 at the 2010 census, up from 53,248 at the 2000 census. The city is named after Arcadia, Greece.
Peafowl, a symbol of Arcadia, walking on a lawn in Arcadia
Anita Baldwin's "Anoakia" mansion and gardens in 1915
U.S. Army's Ross Field Balloon School hangars
Santa Anita Assembly Center tarpaper barracks, at the Santa Anita Park racetrack
