San Francisquito Pass
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San Francisquito Pass, is a mountain pass of the San Gabriel Mountains
northeast of Green Valley
, in Los Angeles County, California
. This pass, at the elevation 3655 feet, was at the head of San Francisquito Canyon
where from the time of the Spanish roads to the north from Los Angeles to the San Joaquin Valley
, crossed the San Gabriel range into the San Andreas Rift near Elizabeth Lake.
The route of El Camino Viejo
, the wagon route over the Old Tejon Pass
and its successor the Stockton - Los Angeles Road
and the Butterfield Overland Mail
used this pass and was a major route to the north until the construction of the Ridge Route
. Today the pass continues to be used, San Francisquito Canyon Road crosses the pass today.
San Gabriel Mountains
The San Gabriel Mountains Range is located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, United States. The mountain range lies between the Los Angeles Basin and the Mojave Desert, with Interstate 5 to the west and Interstate 15 to the east...
northeast of Green Valley
Green Valley, California
Green Valley is a census-designated place located in Solano County, California, United States. It sits in the northeast corner of the San Francisco Bay Area and is located approximately from Sacramento, approximately from San Francisco, approximately from Oakland, less than from Napa Valley,...
, in Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...
. This pass, at the elevation 3655 feet, was at the head of San Francisquito Canyon
San Francisquito Canyon
San Francisquito Canyon is a canyon created by the erosion of the Sierra Pelona Ridge of the San Gabriel Mountains within the Transverse Range of California, USA by San Francisquito Creek. At its head is the San Francisquito Pass which the early routes between Los Angeles and the San Joaquin...
where from the time of the Spanish roads to the north from Los Angeles to the San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley
The San Joaquin Valley is the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton...
, crossed the San Gabriel range into the San Andreas Rift near Elizabeth Lake.
The route of El Camino Viejo
El Camino Viejo
El Camino Viejo à Los Angeles , also known as the Old Los Angeles Trail, established in 1820's, was the oldest north-south trail in the interior of Alta California...
, the wagon route over the Old Tejon Pass
and its successor the Stockton - Los Angeles Road
Stockton - Los Angeles Road
Stockton-Los Angeles Road, also known as the Millerton Road, Stockton-Mariposa Road, Stockton-Fort Miller Road or the Stockton-Visalia Road was established about 1853 following the discovery of gold on the Kern River in Old Tulare County...
and the Butterfield Overland Mail
Butterfield Overland Mail
The Butterfield Overland Mail Trail was a stagecoach route in the United States, operating from 1857 to 1861. It was a conduit for the U.S. mail from two eastern termini, Memphis, Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri, meeting Fort Smith, Arkansas, and continuing through Indian Territory, New Mexico,...
used this pass and was a major route to the north until the construction of the Ridge Route
Ridge Route
The Ridge Route, officially the Castaic-Tejon Route, was a two-lane highway running between Los Angeles and Kern counties, California. Opened in 1915 and paved with concrete between 1917 and 1921, the road was the first paved highway directly linking the Los Angeles Basin with the San Joaquin...
. Today the pass continues to be used, San Francisquito Canyon Road crosses the pass today.