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List of ranchos of California. These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to ...
Soquel Demonstration State Forest. / 37.08056°N 121.90583°W / 37.08056; -121.90583. Soquel Demonstration State Forest ( SDSF or SDF) is one of eight Cal Fire –operated Demonstration State Forests, which total 71,000 acres (29,000 ha). SDSF has an area of 2,681 acres, and is located between Soquel-San Jose Road to the west, and ...
July 7, 1981. Rancho Los Alamitos takes its name from an 1834 Mexican partition of the 1784 Rancho Los Nietos, a Spanish concession, covering an area in present-day California 's southwestern Los Angeles County and northwestern Orange County. Los Alamitos means the Little Cottonwoods or Poplars in Spanish, after the native Fremont Cottonwood ...
Skywalker Ranch is a movie ranch and the workplace of film director, writer and producer George Lucas located in a secluded area near Nicasio, California, in Marin County. The ranch is located on Lucas Valley Road, named after an early-20th-century landowner in the area of no relation to George Lucas. [1] The ranch is not open to the public.
2804915, 2805249, 2805250, 2805273. Rancho Mission Viejo ( Spanish: Rancho Misión Vieja, meaning "Old Mission Ranch") is an active 23,000 acres (9,300 ha) ranch and farm, habitat reserve, residential community, and census-designated place in South Orange County, California. Rancho Mission Viejo originated as a series of land grants to John ...
Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch is a ranch near Oro Grande, California. It is a popular stop for people passing by on Route 66. The 2 acres (0.81 ha) ranch was created in 2000 by Elmer Long and has more than 200 bottle trees. [5] It is open from sunrise to sunset and is free to enter.
Rancho San Miguel (Olivas) Rancho Santa Ana. Rancho Santa Clara del Norte. Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy. Rancho Sespe. Rancho Simi.
Rancho San Julian was a 48,222-acre (195.15 km 2) Mexican land grant and present-day ranch in present-day Santa Barbara County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José de la Guerra y Noriega. [1] The grant name probably refers to José Antonio Julian de la Guerra. The grant was located west of present-day Santa Barbara.