Lincoln Park (Los Angeles)

Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park Lake
Type	Urban park
Location	Los Angeles, California, United States
Created	1881
Status	Open all year

Lincoln Park in Los Angeles, California, was originally created by the City of Los Angeles in 1881 from land donated by John Strother Griffin. It was one of Los Angeles's first parks. It was originally called East Los Angeles Park, then Eastlake Park in 1901. On May 19, 1917, the park was renamed Lincoln Park after Lincoln High School.^[1]

The park contains a large lake (Lincoln Park Lake, originally East Lake), a recreation center, a senior center, a playground, picnic tables, and ball fields.

The park is located at the intersection of Valley Boulevard and Mission Road and is served by Metro lines 76, 78, 79, and 378.

There was an earlier Lincoln Park in Los Angeles County, "just outside the city limits of Los Angeles and just inside the limits of South Pasadena."^[2]

References

↑ History of Lincoln Park
↑ "Save Lincoln Park," Los Angeles Times, January 7, 1902, page 12 Library card required.

External links

Official website

Parks in Los Angeles, California

Downtown	Grand Park Central Library Park Los Angeles State Historic Park Pershing Square Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park

Northeast	Ernest E. Debs Regional Park Heritage Square Hollenbeck Park Lincoln Park Mariachi Plaza Rio de Los Angeles State Park Sycamore Grove

Northwest	Echo Park Elysian Park Lafayette Park Macarthur Park

Hollywood	Barnsdall Art Park Campo de Cahuenga Griffith Park Runyon Canyon Park

Wilshire	Hancock Park La Cienega Park Pan-Pacific Park

South Los Angeles	Exposition Park Gilbert Lindsay Park Jesse Owens Memorial Park Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area Mary Bethune Park Vermont Square Park

Westside	Cheviot Hills Park Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Topanga State Park Will Rogers State Historic Park

Harbor	Angels Gate Cabrillo Beach Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park Peck Park

San Fernando Valley	Bell Canyon Park El Escorpión Park Hansen Dam Lake Balboa Limekiln Canyon Los Encinos State Historic Park Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park O'Melveny Park Orcutt Ranch Horticulture Center Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park The Japanese Garden Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park Woodley Park

Coordinates: 34°04′00″N 118°12′04″W / 34.06667°N 118.20111°W / 34.06667; -118.20111

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