Verdugo Mountains
The Verdugo Mountains, also known as the Verdugo Hills or simply The Verdugos, are a small, rugged mountain range of the Transverse Ranges system in Los Angeles County, California.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,959 feet
- Description: mountain range in Southern California
- Also known as: “Sierra De Los Berdugos”, “Verdugo Hills”, and “Verdugos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Starlight Bowl and Tuna Canyon Detention Station.
Starlight Bowl
Theater building
The Starlight Bowl is an amphitheatre located in Burbank, California. Designed by E. Dean Cowley, it was built in 1950 and dedicated on June 17, 1951 at the cost of $175,000. Starlight Bowl is situated 1½ miles southwest of Verdugo Mountains.
Tuna Canyon Detention Station
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tuna Canyon Detention Station was a temporary detention facility used for holding hundreds of Japanese Americans who were considered enemy aliens by the U.S. government and to be risks to the nation's security.
Brand Library & Art Center
Library
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brand Library & Art Center is situated 2½ miles south of Verdugo Mountains.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burbank and La Crescenta-Montrose.
Burbank
Photo: Gareth Simpson, CC BY 2.0.
The self-declared "Media Capital of the World", Burbank is a small city in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California, in the Los Angeles area. It is the home of the headquarters and primary studios of Warner Bros. and Disney, and of the animation studios of Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon.
La Crescenta-Montrose
Suburb
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
La Crescenta-Montrose is an unincorporated area in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The community is bordered by Glendale to the south and west, La Cañada Flintridge to the east, and Angeles National Forest to the north. La Crescenta-Montrose is situated 3 miles east of Verdugo Mountains.
Sunland-Tujunga
Suburb
Photo: Doncram, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sunland-Tujunga is a Los Angeles city neighborhood within the Crescenta Valley and Verdugo Mountains. Sunland and Tujunga began as separate settlements and today are linked through a single police station, branch library, neighborhood council, chamber of commerce, city council district, and high school. Sunland-Tujunga is situated 3½ miles north of Verdugo Mountains.
Verdugo Mountains
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Verdugo Mountains” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبال فيردوجو”
- Cebuano: “Verdugo Mountains”
- Chinese: “維爾杜戈山脈”
- Chinese: “维尔杜戈山脉”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال فيردوجو”
- Japanese: “バーダゴ山地”
- Spanish: “Cañada de los Verdugos”
- Spanish: “Los Verdugos”
- Spanish: “Sierra de los Verdugos”
- Spanish: “Verdugos”
- Swedish: “Verdugo Mountains”
- Venetian: “Verdugo Mountains”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Highway Highlands and Tujunga.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wildwood Canyon Park and Elmwood Debris Dam.
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