Welcome to the Angeles National Forest!
LA's Backyard Playground
From the high desert to mountains, the forest is the backyard playground to over 20 million people in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Explore and help protect this 700,000-acre wonderland!
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
Fire Danger Increases to ‘MODERATE’
Fire Danger Increases to ‘MODERATE’ at the Angeles National Forest. What does this mean to you? Learn more information: news release.
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Trail Conditions
Reporting trail conditions? Please report major trail conditions that make a trail impassable or nearly impassable (e.g., large segments of washed out trail, fallen trees, etc.). Provide the name of the trail, the nature and location of the issue, and (if possible) include any photos and precise longitude and latitude coordinates.
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Who We Are
The Angeles National Forest was established by Executive Order in December 1892. The Angeles manages the watersheds within its boundaries to provide valuable water to southern California and to protect surrounding communities from catastrophic floods.
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History
Your national forests hold the evidence of more than 10,000 years of human history. Most people don’t realize that the history of 99% of human life in southern California was made during a time when there were no written records.
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Nature
The Angeles National Forest is home to rich biodiversity. Your forest has a unique Mediterranean ecosystem full of wildlife, flora, and much more!
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Visit Us
The Angeles National Forest is an urban national forest in the center of an ever-changing population and provides a place for surrounding communities to experience solitude, quiet, and enjoy unique recreation opportunities.
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Fire Management
Our mission is to provide safe, efficient and economical fire management while sustaining, protecting and restoring ecosystems.
Features
Angeles Fuels Program
The Angeles National Forest Fuels Program mission is to manage fuels at the landscape scale to restore and maintain fire-resilient landscapes that are compatible with their historical fire return interval, a core goal of the Cohesive Strategy.
Forest Fire Restoration Program
Not all areas and resources impacted by wildfires will recover naturally, so forest managers and partners have launched a number of restoration efforts intended to produce ecosystems that are able to adapt and thrive over time.
Alerts & Warnings
- NEW! Office & Visitor Center Updates - Need Info or Passes?
- UPDATED Closure: Small Section of the Forest Still Closed due to Bobcat Fire
- Fire Danger Increases to ‘MODERATE’ at the Angeles National Forest
- Advisory: Hiking at High Elevations
- Driving to the Forest?
- Forest Service Road Closures
- Closure: West Fork Road to recreationists on weekdays thru Dec. 1, 2024
- Closure: San Gabriel Reservoir Area thru June 30, 2024
- Planning to Camp? (Stay Limits/Dispersed Camping Restrictions) til Dec. 15, 2024