Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
Los Angeles County recreation area opened 1984 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area, or Kenneth Hahn Park, is a state park unit of California in the Baldwin Hills Mountains of Los Angeles. The park is managed by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation.[1] As one of the largest urban parks and regional open spaces in the Greater Los Angeles Area, many have called it "L.A.'s Central Park".[2] The 401-acre (1.62 km2) park was established in 1984.[3] The land was previously the Baldwin Hills Reservoir, which failed catastrophically in the 1963 Baldwin Hills Dam disaster.
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area | |
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Location | Los Angeles County, California, United States |
Nearest city | Los Angeles, California |
Coordinates | 34°0′31″N 118°21′55″W |
Area | 401 acres (1.62 km2) |
Established | 1984 |
Governing body | California Department of Parks and Recreation |
In 1988, four years after it opened, the Los Angeles Times noted that:
Few Southern Californians seem to know about a park in Baldwin Hills, but the clean, well-developed park is no secret to nearby residents, who enjoy weekend picnics and barbecues on the expansive lawns.[4]