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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Park Statistics
 

Acreage
Gross Area within recreation area boundary for FY 2009: 153,250 Acres of Land

Property owned and managed by the National Park Service within the recreation area boundary: 23,185.48 Acres

Visitation
Total Recreation Visits till Aug 2009: 477,676
Total Visits for FY 2008: 504,444
Total Visits for FY 2007: 604,151

(Visitation numbers only include visits on Federal sites within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.)

Designations

National Recreation Area, November 10, 1978

Watch the credits a the end of a film and you may discover how often national parks are used by the movie industry.  

Did You Know?
Unique vistas and cultural significance often draw filmmakers to National Parks. Paramount Ranch is the only place in the National Park System where you can see movie making in action at a historic movie ranch once owned by Paramount Pictures (1927).

Last Updated: October 04, 2009 at 18:53 EST