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In Guajome County Park on the outskirts of Vista stands Rancho Guajome Adobe, 2210 N. Santa Fe Ave., a 7,000-square-foot adobe that is considered one of California's best examples of Spanish-Mexican hacienda architecture. Built in the 1850s on a Mexican land grant, the 22-room ranch house was constructed by Col. Cave Johnson Couts, whose wife received the land as a wedding gift. The property soon became a center for extravagant fiestas, attracting stage-coach travelers stopping between Los Angeles and San Diego. Today visitors may tour the house and property, which includes vineyards, stables, two courtyards, a chapel, a schoolroom and a Victorian garden; phone (760) 724-4082.

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ARTICLEVista InGuajome County Parkon the outskirts of Vista standsRancho Guajome Adobe, 2210 N. Santa Fe Ave., a 7,000-square-foot adobe that is considered one of California's best examples of Spanish-Mexican hacienda architecture. Built in the 1850s on a Mexican land grant, the 22-room ranch house was constructed by Col. Cave Johnson Couts, whose wife received the land as a wedding gift. The property soon became a center for extravagant fiestas, attracting stage-coach travelers stopping between Los Angeles and San Diego. Today visitors may tour the house and property, which includes vineyards, stables, two courtyards, a chapel, a schoolroom and a Victorian garden; phone (760) 724-4082.Vista
NATIONAL PARKAngeles National Forest Rising above the northern rim of the Los Angeles Basin, the Angeles National Forest covers more than 650,000 acres of the rugged San Gabriel Mountains, which in 1894 famed naturalist John Muir described as “one vast bee-pasture, a rolling wilderness of honey-bloom…” The forest encompasses terrain ranging from rugged, arid desert on the north slope to heavily timbered high mountain ridges and meadows.Angeles National Forest
NATIONAL PARKCalifornia Coastal National Monument Consisting of thousands of islands, rocks, exposed reefs and pinnacles extending up to 12 miles out from the shore off California's entire 1,100-mile coastline, California Coastal National Monument was established to preserve these uninhabited outcroppings.California Coastal National Monument
NATIONAL PARKChannel Islands National Park Access to the Channel Islands can be arranged at locations in Oxnard, Ventura and Santa Barbara. Of the eight islands in Southern California's Channel Islands group, Anacapa, San Miguel, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa constitute Channel Islands National Park. The ocean waters up to 6 miles offshore surrounding these five islands are protected as Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. San Miguel Island was an active bombing range from World War II through the 1970s.Channel Islands National Park
NATIONAL PARKCleveland National Forest Divided among three separate areas in San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties, Cleveland National Forest covers more than 460,000 acres in Southern California. These areas include chaparral and conifer woodlands and offer many recreational opportunities, the most popular of which are camping and hiking.Cleveland National Forest
NATIONAL PARKDeath Valley National Park Mankind's marks on the desert are limited. The park boundaries encompass the route of the Jayhawkers Trail taken from Utah's Great Salt Lake in 1849; the route taken by the Darwin-French party in 1860; the first mine worked in the region; several beehive charcoal kilns; and the ghost town site of Skidoo.Death Valley National Park
NATIONAL PARKInyo National Forest Inyo National Forest parallels US 6 and US 395 for 165 miles between the eastern California towns of Inyokern and Lee Vining. The forest contains Inyo National Forest
NATIONAL PARKJoshua Tree National Park North of I-10 and east of Desert Hot Springs with entrances at Cottonwood Spring, Twentynine Palms and Joshua Tree, Joshua Tree National Park covers more than 800,000 acres. This California desert country contains striking granite formations and mountain ranges rising from flat valleys about 1,800 feet above sea level to elevations of more than 5,000 feet. At various trailheads and road pullouts there are informational signs about that particular area. However, trails leading off the roadways are not paved, and for a good part of the year the climate makes these trails inhospitable for many persons.Joshua Tree National Park
NATIONAL PARKLake Mead National Recreation Area This 1.5 million-acre recreation area, established in 1964, was created around Lake Mead, the massive Colorado River reservoir resulting from the construction of Hoover Dam. Exit wild river rapids. Enter motorboating, water skiing and fishing on a placid lake. Further downstream, the completion of Davis Dam in 1951 impounded Lake Mohave, another popular spot with the boat and Jet Ski set. In all, the recreation area extends about 140 miles along the Colorado River from the west end of Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz., down to Bullhead City, Ariz., and its neighbor across the river, Laughlin, Nev.Lake Mead National Recreation Area
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