Los Angeles Atlas of Open Spaces

The map below is a composite of all space protected against development in Los Angeles County.

Protected Areas:

National Forests, State Parks, County and City Parks.

Semi Protected Areas:

Rural Preservation Districts, Significant Ecological Areas, Landslide Zones, and the LA City Hillside Grading Area.

Sacrifice Zones:

Landfills, Oil & Natural Gas Fields, Petroleum Storage & Processing, and Superfund Sites.

These spaces are the ecological legacy of Los Angeles.

Together they form an area of vast potential conservation to be linked by infrastructural ecologies.