Galster Wilderness Park Nature Center
The Galster Wilderness Park Nature Center is a small museum and educational center set in , a 42-acre (170,000 m2) wilderness park located on the north slope of the San Jose Hills in the San Gabriel Valley, California. It is operated by the San Gabriel Mountains Regional Conservancy in partnership with the City of West Covina, California.
The center is named after Emil S. and Gladys Galster, who deeded the park to the City of West Covina in 1971. Emil and Gladys Galster stipulated that the park will always remain a wilderness park and be available for educational use to scouting organizations.
Galster Wilderness is one of the last remaining native plant communities of Southern California Black Walnut Woodlands, Juglans californica trees, which grow on the north slope of the San Jose Hills. Besides the non-natives, coastal sage scrub dominates the remainder of the park.
See also[]
California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion
External links[]
- Official Galster Wilderness Park Nature Center website
- The San Gabriel Mountains Regional Conservancy: website
Coordinates: 34°02′36″N 117°54′02″W / 34.04333°N 117.90056°W
- San Gabriel Valley
- Parks in Los Angeles County, California
- Nature centers in California
- Parks in Southern California
- 1971 establishments in California
- Protected areas established in 1971