Sylmar is a suburban neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley and is the northernmost neighborhood within the city of Los Angeles. Historically known for its profusion of sylvan olive orchards, Sylmar can trace its past to the 18th century and the founding of the San Fernando Mission. In 1890, olive production was begun systematically. The Sylmar climate was also considered healthy, and so a sanitarium was established, the first in a series of hospitals in the neighborhood. There are fourteen public and eight private schools within Sylmar.
View of western Sylmar, facing north
The remains of the Oakridge mobile home park in Sylmar after the 2008 Sayre Fire.
The San Gabriel Mountains comprise a mountain range located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, United States. The mountain range is part of the Transverse Ranges and lies between the Los Angeles Basin and the Mojave Desert, with Interstate 5 to the west and Interstate 15 to the east. The range lies in, and is surrounded by, the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests, with the San Andreas Fault as its northern border.
Summits in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino County, California. The main peaks are: Telegraph Peak 8,985 feet (2,739 m) (left), Cucamonga Peak, 8,859 feet (2,700 m) (center), and Ontario Peak 8,693 feet (2,650 m) (center right), as seen from Baldy Bowl on Mount Baldy.
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East Fork San Gabriel River canyon, looking west.
Mount Harwood, from Devils Backbone