Angeles National Forest

Welcome

Welcome to the Angeles National Forest!

To the millions of Los Angeles area residents who live within an hour"s drive and to visitors from all over the world, the Angeles National Forest provides a thousand square miles of open space and a variety of recreation opportunities year around.

In contrast to the nearby city, the Angeles offers natural environments, spectacular scenery, developed campgrounds and picnic areas, swimming, fishing, and the solitude of quiet wilderness areas. Winding throughout the Forest are trails for hikers, equestrians, mountain bikers and off-highway vehicle enthusiasts.

The Angeles National Forest is YOUR great outdoors - to visit, to care for, and to enjoy!

Current Closures

The Rowher Flats, and Drinkwater OHV areas will remain closed until at least December 15th, 2008. For more info on the closure see related info under the right-side News links, or visit the 2007 Newsroom for November.

Forest Service to Continue Closure at Cooper Canyon — In order to protect critical habitat of the mountain yellow-legged frog, the U.S. Forest Service will extend the temporary closure in the vicinity of Cooper Canyon until December 31, 2008.   more »

Fire Danger Level Being Raised on the Angeles National Forest

The Fire Danger Level on the Angeles National Forest is being raised from "High" to "Very High," effective August 13, 2008. The change comes as summer temperatures continue to dry out vegetation and recreational activities continue to bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Forest.   more »

Hours Changing for Gate on Chantry Flat Road

The gate at the entrance to Chantry Flat Road will be open from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., effective Friday, August 1, 2008. The coalition of agencies and municipalities that manage the road determined the change based on increasing fire danger and a history of human-caused fires in the area.   more »

Wrightwood Project Decision Released

On March 17, 2008, John F. Capell, District Ranger of the Santa Clara/Mojave Rivers Ranger District, issued a Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) authorizing hazardous fuels reduction and forest health thinning activities to reduce wildfire risk on National Forest System lands near Wrightwood, CA   more »

Forest Service to Consider Barren Ridge Renewable Transmission Project (BRRTP) Proposal

The Forest Service is considering authorizing and/or amending special use authorization(s) to the City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power to construct, upgrade, and add facilities to a new and existing 230-kV electric transmission system in the Angeles National Forest. The proposed project (BRRTP), would deliver electricity from renewable energy projects in Mojave Desert and Owens Valley areas to the City of Los Angeles. more »

So Cal BAER Coordination Burned Area Emergency Response

Forest Service and Department of Interior and California State Interagency Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) teams are conducting ground and aerial reconnaissance on the recent southern California wildfires. The BAER teams consist of resource specialists such as Hydrologists, Soil Scientists, Geologists, Biologists and Engineers with experience working on BAER teams throughout California and the Western United States. more »

Areas of the Angeles National Forest damaged in the Buckweed and Ranch Fires will remain closed for one year, to allow vegetation to recover and to protect the public from post-fire related hazards (click on Forest Closure Orders below for more information).   more »

Forest Service to Consider Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project (TRTP) Proposal

The Forest Service is considering authorizing a special use permit for construction, use, and maintenance of new or upgraded high-voltage electric transmission lines in the Angeles National Forest. The proposed project, called Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project (TRTP), includes a series of transmission line improvements to deliver electricity from wind projects in Kern County to southern California.   more »

Decision Issued for Antelope-Pardee 500-kV Transmission Project EIS/EIR

The USDA Forest Service and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) have prepared a joint Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIR/EIS) concerning Southern California Edison's application to build and operate a 25.6-mile 500 kV transmission line between the existing Antelope and Pardee Substations in northern Los Angeles County, CA. The proposed project would include replacing an existing 66 kV line across approximately 13 miles of National Forest System lands on the Angeles National Forest.  

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Current Conditions

Visit the Current Conditions page for road, trail, and campground closures or call a Forest Service office near your planned destination to check on conditions before you leave your home.