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TABLE 1.8-1
EXISTING TRAILS WITHIN PROJECT STUDY AREA

Trail Name Length (Miles) Trail Type Management Agency
Phase II.a Area
East Canyon 1.2 Natural/open space MRCA
Motorway/Gavin Canyon 1
Elder Loop 1.5 Natural/open space City of Santa Clarita
Johnson Park Trail 0.5 Natural/open space MRCA
Leaming Canyon 1.0 Natural/open space MRCA
Minnie Lotta 0.3 Natural/open space MRCA
Pico Canyon 0.6 Urban/developed County of Los Angeles
Pico Canyon Channel 0.9 Urban/developed Los Angeles County Flood Control District
Pico Canyon Service Road 3.6 Urban/developed MRCA
Rice Canyon Loop 2,3 0.8 Natural/open space MRCA
South Fork of the Santa 0.3 Urban/developed City of Santa Clarita
Clara River Trail
Taylor 0.4 Natural/open space City of Santa Clarita
Towsley View Loop (Don 5.2 Natural/open space MRCA
Mullally) 4
Weldon Canyon Motorway 5 0.4 Natural/open space MRCA
Subtotal – Phase II.a 16.7 miles
Subtotal – Phase II.b 0 miles
TOTAL 16.7 miles
SOURCES:
1 Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. Accessed 27 February 2017. East & Rice Canyon. Available at:
http://www.lamountains.com/parks.asp?parkid=7
2 Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. Accessed 27 February 2017. Santa Clarita Woodlands Park: East Canyon, Rice Canyon, and Michael D.
Antonovich Open Space. Available at: http://www.lamountains.com/maps/eastRiceMDAOSNewhall.pdf
3 Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. Accessed 27 February 2017. East & Rice Canyon. Available at:
http://www.lamountains.com/parks.asp?parkid=7
4 Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. Accessed 27 February 2017. Santa Clarita Woodlands Park – Ed Davis Park at Towsley Canyon. Available
at: http://www.lamountains.com/pdf/Towsley.Mullally.pdf
5 Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. Accessed 27 February 2017. Santa Clarita Woodlands Park: East Canyon, Rice Canyon, and Michael D.
Antonovich Open Space. Available at: http://www.lamountains.com/maps/eastRiceMDAOSNewhall.pdf

Major canyons and valleys within the project study area include Pico Canyon, Dewitt Canyon, Wickham
Canyon, Lyon Canyon, Towsley Canyon, Wiley Canyon, Leaming Canyon, Rice Canyon, Gavin Canyon, East
Canyon, the Santa Clara River valley, and Sand Rock Peak in the Phase II.a area, as well as Bell Canyon,
Dayton Canyon, and Woolsey Canyon within the Phase II.b area. Vegetation in the area is characterized by a
Sage and Chaparral plant communities with scattered yucca plants. Although small areas of exposed bedrock
are seen along the trail corridor, much of the proposed project study area is characterized by thick vegetative
coverage, which is particularly dense in the canyon bottoms and at lower elevations. Proposed trails that have
been adopted in the vicinity of the project study area include a segment of the Pico Canyon Trail identified in
the SSMFTMP, adopted proposed trails from the County’s adopted 2007 trails map, and trails identified in the
Newhall Ranch Specific Plan (Figure 1.8-4, Adopted Proposed Trails).

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