Rancho Los Alamitos
About Rancho Los Alamitos
Rancho Los Alamitos is a historic rancho and adobe residence located in present-day Long Beach, California. The name derives from an 1834 Mexican partition of the earlier Rancho Los Nietos (1784), one of the first Spanish land grants in Alta California. Covering over 28,000 acres (110 km2), it once extended across large portions of present-day Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, and parts of Seal Beach, Cypress, Stanton, and Garden Grove.
The rancho's name translates to "The Little Cottonwoods", in reference to the native Populus fremontii trees that grew in the area. Today, the restored adobe house, gardens, and barns function as a public museum interpreting centuries of regional history.
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- Founded
- 1834
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01Long BeachMonacat · CC BY-SA 3.0 us
02Rancho Los AlamitosDavid Wakely · CC BY-SA 2.5
03A Fall StrollTerry Lucas · CC BY 3.0
04Rose Garden Hut HdrTerry Lucas · CC BY 3.0
05The Big FigsTerry Lucas · CC BY 3.0
06Autumn FlowersTerry Lucas · CC BY 3.0
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 1.6 miles of Rancho Los Alamitos; the closest, Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, is about a mile away.
