Length 17 km Mouth Los Angeles River | Source Santa Susana Mountains Country United States of America | |
Main source Santa Susana Mountains,
Los Angeles County, California River mouth Los Angeles River,
San Fernando Valley,
Los Angeles, California | ||
Browns Canyon Wash, also known as Browns Canyon Creek, is a 10.3-mile-long (16.6 km) tributary of the Los Angeles River in the Santa Susana Mountains of Los Angeles County and across the western San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California.
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Map of Browns Canyon Wash, Los Angeles, CA, USA
CourseEdit
The stream begins as a free-flowing stream in Browns Canyon of the eastern Santa Susana Mountains, partially within Michael D. Antonovich Regional Park at Joughlin Ranch. It runs along Browns Canyon Road, which leads to the Cold War Oat Mountain Nike missile base site, on the border of the Chatsworth and Porter Ranch communities.
After passing under the State Route 118 (Simi Valley Freeway), it is then encased in a concrete flood control channel, traveling southwards through Chatsworth, Canoga Park, and Winnetka. Its confluence with the Los Angeles River is just west of Mason Avenue and north of Vanowen Avenue. The channel walls near Winnetka were damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
The wash features an equestrian and bicycle path along its eastern bank in Chatsworth.
Crossings and tributariesEdit
From mouth to source (year built in parentheses):