Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area, or Kenneth Hahn Park, is a state park unit of California in the Baldwin Hills Mountains of Los Angeles. The park is managed by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation. As one of the largest urban parks and regional open spaces in the Greater Los Angeles Area, many have called it "L.A.'s Central Park". The 401-acre (1.62 km2) park was established in 1984. The land was previously the Baldwin Hills Reservoir, which failed catastrophically in the 1963 Baldwin Hills Dam disaster.
| Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area | |
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Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area view from western Baldwin Hills; the bridge crosses La Cienega Boulevard and is part of the 13 mi (21 km) Park-to-Playa Trail | |
| Location | Los Angeles County, California, United States |
| Nearest city | Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34°0′31″N 118°21′55″W |
| Area | 401 acres (1.62 km2) |
| Established | 1984 |
| Governing body | California Department of Parks and Recreation |
In 1988, four years after it opened, the Los Angeles Times noted that:
Few Southern Californians seem to know about a park in Baldwin Hills, but the clean, well-developed park is no secret to nearby residents, who enjoy weekend picnics and barbecues on the expansive lawns.