Puente Hills
| Puente Hills | |
| Mountain Range | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | California |
| District | Los Angeles County |
| Coordinates | 33°59′59.044″N 117°55′3.226″W / 33.99973444°N 117.91756278°W |
| Highest point | |
| - location | Workman Hill |
| - elevation | 424 m (1,391 ft) |
| Timezone | Pacific (UTC-8) |
| - summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| Topo map | USGS La Habra |
  location of Puente Hills in California [1]
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The Puente Hills is a chain of hills, one of the lower Transverse Ranges, in an unincorporated area in eastern Los Angeles County, California.
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[edit] Geography
The Puente Hills lie to the south of the San Gabriel Valley and the Pomona Freeway (State Route 60), to the east of the San Gabriel River Freeway (Interstate 605), to the north of Whittier Boulevard, and to the west of the city of Diamond Bar and Chino Hills. Cities to its north are the City of Industry, Hacienda Heights, and Rowland Heights. To the south are Whittier, La Habra Heights, and Brea. The Brea-Olinda Oil Field, discovered in 1880 and still producing in 2010, is in the southernmost portion of the hills adjacent to the city of Brea.
[edit] Flora
The Puente Hills are in the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion of the California Floristic Province. The remnant California native plants here are in the chaparral and oak woodland plant communities, with stands of California native grasses.
[edit] Landmarks
Rio Hondo Community College is located at the foot of the western end of the hills, and the Puente Hills Landfill is nearby. Rose Hills Memorial Park occupies portions of the northern area. The highest point in the hills is Workman Hill. The Puente Hills Mall is located north of the hills. Hsi Lai Temple in Hacienda Heights, the second largest Buddhist temple and monastery in the western hemisphere, is located in the hills.
In the 1953 film adaptation of H. G. Wells' science-fiction novel War of the Worlds, the Puente Hills were the landing site of the first spacecraft in the Martian invasion.
[edit] Park
Puente Hills is home to the country's largest active landfill. Recently the high-tech Puente Hills Landfill also began offering tours.[2][3] The Puente Hills Landfill Native Habitat Preservation Authority directs the acquisition, restoration, and management of open space in the Puente Hills for preservation of the land to protect the biological diversity and provide opportunities for outdoor education and low-impact recreation.[4] A park map, and scheduled hikes are offered.[5][6]
[edit] Nearby ranges
[edit] References
- ^ "Puente Hills". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1654992. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ^ www.npr.org "The Nation's Largest Landfill Beckons Tourists"- access date: 6/7/2010
- ^ http://www.puentehillslandfill.org/- access date: 6/7/2010
- ^ http://www.habitatauthority.org/- access date: 6/7/2010
- ^ http://www.habitatauthority.org/pdf/HabAuthV2.jpg access date: 6/7/2010
- ^ http://www.habitatauthority.org/ Puente Hills Preserve Park - activities and homepage; access date: 6/7/2010
