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El Dorado Regional Park, Long Beach, California

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and was financed using bond money floated in the 1950s and '60s, and the varied topography comes from soil removed to construct the San Gabriel Freeway. Recreation Commission member Milton B. Arthur is credited with ensuring that the site was acquired by the City for a park before it was developed
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70 acres at the north end of the park was sold by the City of Long Beach to the Navy for $ 1 in 1965 to build a new naval hospital, replacing its World War II-era facilities located on Pacific Coast Highway on the facilities later used by the (closed) Brooks College and now as student housing at
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and Naval Station and disbanding of the Long Beach Naval Fleet. Rather than returning the land to park use, the city proposed a shopping mall. After years of legal battles by neighboring cities, who were concerned with the loss of sales tax revenue as well as competition with their own shopping
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The Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine Department administration offices moved to the site of El Dorado Park West in 1962, beginning in a renovated home on the property after the City purchased the land. Most of Area I opened to the public in 1964, including a
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operates a 7-acre developed camping facility including a challenge course featuring rock walls, and high and low ropes course at the north end of the park between the San Gabriel River, the
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El Dorado East also contains the El Dorado Nature Center and El Dorado Frontier, a small theme park that features a train. Fishing and a physical fitness course are also available.
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as part of Heartwell Park. Prior to the construction of the shopping center, this maintained an unbroken contiguity of open land between Heartwell Park and El Dorado Park.
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range, group picnic areas, overnight camping facilities, and bicycle and walking trails. Area III contains lakes, group picnic areas, a
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The park is subdivided into Area I, Area II, and Area III. Area I, or El Dorado Park West, is bounded on the east by the
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With a median household income of $ 130,959, the El Dorado Park area is reportedly the wealthiest in Long Beach.
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opened in 1970. Area II opened to the public on February 6, 1971; Area III opened in July 1974.
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The park sits in a flood zone, and it protects residences from spillover from the neighboring
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maintains a police academy on the northern end of the park, complete with a pistol range.
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Long Beach Animal Care Services is adjacent to El Dorado Park East Regional Park.
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The land for the park was sold to the City of Long Beach by members of the
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A 4-mile bikeway runs through the park and connects with the
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competitions. A temporary venue was set up as a result.
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El Dorado Park Estates, Long Beach, California

El Dorado Regional Park, Long Beach, California is located in Long Beach, California
Regional Park
Long Beach, CA
Coordinates
33°48′36″N 118°05′13″W / 33.810°N 118.087°W / 33.810; -118.087
City of Long Beach
longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/el-dorado-east-regional-park/
Long Beach, California
San Gabriel River
605 freeway
San Gabriel River
Bixby family
golf course
public library

1984 Summer Olympics
Los Angeles
archery
Cal State Long Beach
Betty Ford
Andrija Artukovic
Long Beach Naval Shipyard



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