San Gabriel Valley
The San Gabriel Valley in Southern California is a region of Los Angeles County. Stretching from Pasadena to Pomona at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains to the north, the valley encompasses numerous suburban communities to the northeast of Downtown Los Angeles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Pasadena and Pomona.
Pasadena
Pasadena is one of the oldest cities adjoining Los Angeles and is the main population center of the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California. Known as the City of Roses, Pasadena is most famous for its New Year's Day Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game.
Pomona
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Pomona is in the San Gabriel Valley, near Los Angeles, California. Named after the Roman goddess of fruit, in the 1920s it was indeed known as "the Queen of the Citrus Belt." However, its origins preceded that epoch as an allotment given to two ranchers, Ricardo Véjar and Ygnacio Palomares, in the 1830s, when the territory was still part of Mexico.
West Covina
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West Covina is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located 19 miles east of downtown Los Angeles in the eastern San Gabriel Valley, it is part of Greater Los Angeles.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Claremont and El Monte.
Claremont
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Claremont is a college town about 30 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles in the eastern San Gabriel Valley of Southern California. It is known for the trees lining its streets and as the home of the elite Claremont Colleges, which together have given it the nickname "City of Trees and PhDs".
El Monte
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El Monte is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city lies in the San Gabriel Valley, east of the city of Los Angeles. El Monte's slogan is "Welcome to Friendly El Monte" and is historically known as "The End of the Santa Fe Trail".
Covina
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Covina is a city in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States, about 22 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. The population was 51,268 according to the 2020 census, up from 47,796 at the 2010 census.
Alhambra
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Alhambra is a city in the San Gabriel Valley. There is a large ethnic Chinese population, though not as much as in neighboring cities like Monterey Park.
Arcadia
Arcadia is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located about 13 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley and at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains.
San Marino
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San Marino is a city in the northwestern San Gabriel Valley of California. The city was founded by Henry E. Huntington, Don Benito Wilson, and George Patton, Sr. It is one of Southern California's more affluent communities.
Monterey Park
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Monterey Park is a city in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States, approximately seven miles east of the Downtown Los Angeles civic center.
Diamond Bar
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Diamond Bar is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The 2020 census listed a population of 55,072. It is one of a few cities in California with a majority Asian population.
San Dimas
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San Dimas is a city in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 34,924. It historically took its name from San Dimas Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains above the northern section of present-day San Dimas.
San Gabriel
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San Gabriel is a city located in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California. At the 2020 census, the population was 39,568. San Gabriel was founded by the Spanish in 1771, when Mission San Gabriel Arcángel was established by Saint Junípero Serra.
Rosemead
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Rosemead is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The 2020 United States census reported a population of 51,185. Rosemead is part of a cluster of cities, along with Alhambra, Arcadia, Temple City, Monterey Park, San Marino, and San Gabriel, in the west San Gabriel Valley with a growing Asian-American population.
La Verne
La Verne is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 31,334 at the 2020 census.
Baldwin Park
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Baldwin Park is a city located in the central San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,176, down from 75,390 at the 2010 census.
South Pasadena
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South Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 26,943, up from 25,619 at the 2010 census.
Monrovia
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Monrovia is a city in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Monrovia is the fourth-oldest general-law city in Los Angeles County and the L.A. Basin.
La Cañada Flintridge
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La Cañada Flintridge is a city of about 20,000 people at the extreme northwest end of the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California.
Hacienda Heights
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Hacienda Heights is an unincorporated suburban community in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the community had a total population of 54,191, up from 54,038 at the 2010 census.
Angeles National Forest
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The Angeles National Forest of the United States Forest Service is located in the San Gabriel Mountains and Sierra Pelona Mountains, primarily within Los Angeles County in Southern California.
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Skyrose Chapel and South El Monte High School.
South El Monte High School
School
South El Monte High School is a high school in South El Monte, California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is a part of the El Monte Union High School District.
Mountain View High School
School
Mountain View High School is a 4-year public high school in the El Monte Union High School District, in the city of El Monte, California, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whittier and South El Monte.
Whittier
Whittier is a city of 86,000 in Los Angeles County in Southern California. It was founded by Quakers in 1887 and incorporated in 1898.
South El Monte
Town
South El Monte is a city in the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 19,567, down from 20,116 at the 2010 census.
Avocado Heights
Locality
Avocado Heights is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is almost entirely surrounded by the City of Industry with only a small strip of unincorporated Los Angeles County separating it from South El Monte.
San Gabriel Valley
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 226 feet
- Description: valley in Southern California, United States
- Also known as: “San Gabriel Valley, CA” and “San Gabriel Valley, California”
- Category: landform
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“San Gabriel Valley” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “San Gabriel Valley”
- Arabic: “وادي سان جبرائيل”
- Catalan: “San Gabriel Valley”
- Cebuano: “San Gabriel Valley”
- Central Kurdish: “دۆڵی سان گابرێڵ”
- Chinese: “圣盖博山谷”
- Chinese: “圣盖博谷”
- Chinese: “聖基比利奧谷”
- Chinese: “聖蓋博山谷”
- Chinese: “聖蓋博谷”
- Dutch: “San Gabriel Valley”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وادى سان جابرييل”
- Esperanto: “Valo de Sankta Gabrielo”
- French: “Vallee de San Gabriel”
- French: “vallée de San Gabriel”
- French: “Vallée de San Gabriel”
- Hebrew: “עמק סן גבריאל”
- Indonesian: “Lembah San Gabriel”
- Italian: “San Gabriel Valley”
- Italian: “Valle di San Gabriel”
- Japanese: “サン・ガブリエル・ヴァリー”
- Japanese: “サン・ガブリエル・ヴァレー”
- Japanese: “サン・ガブリエル・バリー”
- Japanese: “サン・ガブリエル・バレー”
- Japanese: “サンガブリエル・バレー”
- Japanese: “サンゲイブリエル・バレー”
- Portuguese: “Vale de San Gabriel”
- Spanish: “Valle de San Gabriel (California)”
- Spanish: “Valle de San Gabriel”
- Turkish: “San Gabriel Vadisi”
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