Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park
Los Angeles / SoCal
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 566
- Established
- 1993
parks detail
- Hook
- A rescued remnant of the Joshua-and-juniper woodland that once covered the western Antelope Valley
- More
- Rancher Arthur Ripley willed this last uncleared parcel of the valley's Joshua-juniper woodland to the state — a ghost of what the whole Antelope Valley looked like before agriculture. A short nature trail loops it; pair with the Poppy Reserve in bloom season.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.755, -118.545