Editing Altadena, California (section)

==Arts and culture==

[[File:Christmas Tree Lane.jpg|thumb|right|[[Christmas Tree Lane]]]]
Altadena is known for its community of artists and arts professionals, with artistic heritage dating back to the early 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |last2= |last3= |last4= |date=2025-01-15 |title=How Altadena became the L.A. dream for Gen X and millennial artists, writers, musicians |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-01-15/altadena-eaton-fire-artists-writers-musicians |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stromberg |first=Matt |date=2025-01-15 |title=The Unfathomable Loss of Artistic Heritage in Altadena |url=https://hyperallergic.com/983707/the-unfathomable-loss-of-artistic-heritage-in-altadena/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zernicki-Glover |first=Simon |title=Art in Altadena |url=https://thepawprint.polytechnic.org/2577/life/art-in-altadena/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=The Paw Print}}</ref>

[[Christmas Tree Lane]] is a {{convert|0.7|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of Santa Rosa Avenue from Woodbury Road to Altadena Drive.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Weekend-Christmas-Tree-Lanes-97th-Year-462595033.html|title=Weekend: Christmas Tree Lane's 97th Year|work=NBC Southern California|access-date=August 14, 2018|language=en}}</ref> It has been a holiday attraction since 1920, and it is the oldest large-scale outdoor Christmas lighting venue in the world. Each December, members of the Christmas Tree Lane Association<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.christmastreelane.net/ |title=Home |website=christmastreelane.net}}</ref> festoon the 110 still standing giant [[Cedrus deodara|deodars]] that line the street with thousands of Christmas lights. Christmas Tree Lane was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1990,<ref name=":0" /> and is a [[California Historical Landmark]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://angelusnews.com/voices/heather-king/set-aside-a-night-for-altadena-s-christmas-tree-lane|title=Set aside a night for Altadena's Christmas Tree Lane|work=Tilma|access-date=August 14, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815025731/https://angelusnews.com/voices/heather-king/set-aside-a-night-for-altadena-s-christmas-tree-lane|archive-date=August 15, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Among Altadena's Christmas lighting attractions was the Balian Mansion, which drew people worldwide for tours of its Christmas lighting display. The Balian Mansion display was lit during the holiday season from 1955 to 2016, and is arguably the pioneer of home holiday lighting.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-10 |title=Saying Farewell To Altadena's 'House Of The 10,000 Lights' Christmas Display |url=https://laist.com/news/entertainment/balian-house-christmas-lights-altadena-pasadena-estate-sale |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=LAist |language=en}}</ref>

The historic [[Mount Lowe Railway]] was a scenic railway that once carried passengers to any of four resort hotels high in the San Gabriel Mountains above Altadena and Pasadena. The most direct trail to the sites, the [[Sam Merrill Trail]], starts in Altadena at the top of [[Lake Avenue (Pasadena)|Lake Avenue]], and leads to Mount Echo, about {{convert|3|mi|km}}. Chaney Trail, just west of the intersection at Fair Oaks Avenue and Loma Alta Street, is a forestry service road leading to the old right of way. The Mount Lowe Railway site was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1993. Altadena has a number of hiking trails, including the trail to the Dawn Mine, which can be reached via Chaney Trail to Sunset Ridge Trail.

The Cobb Estate at the top of Lake Avenue is now a free [[botanical garden]], operated by the [[United States Forest Service]]. It is guarded by its historic gates, which are easily bypassed to allow visitors and hikers to ascend its long and winding paved driveway to the site of what was once one of Altadena's premier mansions. This site is also found alongside the Sam Merrill Trail, which accesses Las Flores Canyon on the way to [[Echo Mountain]].

[[Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth County Park]], located on Lake Avenue, is a large county park that offers picnic grounds, play areas, and a clubhouse and amphitheater. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The [[Rotary International]] chapter holds annual summer concerts in the amphitheater.

Crudely Hewn Tombstone is the final resting place of abolitionist and [[John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry|Harpers Ferry attack]] survivor [[Owen Brown (abolitionist, born 1824)|Owen Brown]]. The Tombstone, which is the only known memorial for Owen Brown, reads: "Owen Brown, son of John Brown, the Liberator, died Jan. 9, 1889, aged 64 years.” and is located on Round Top Hill near Brown Mountain in an isolated part of the [[Angeles National Forest]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-30-me-59350-story.html|title=John Brown's Son Escaped to Southland|last=Rasmussen|first=Cecilia|date=January 30, 2000|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=August 14, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref>

The [[The Bunny Museum|Bunny Museum]] held more than 35,000 rabbit-related items across 16 galleries in a {{Convert|7,000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} space before it was destroyed in the Eaton Fire in 2025. [[Zorthian Ranch]] is a {{convert|48|acre||adj=mid| artist colony}} that was also heavily damaged in the fire.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farfan |first=Isa |date=2025-02-10 |title=The Bunny Museum in LA Looks to Rebuild After Fires |url=https://hyperallergic.com/988353/the-bunny-museum-in-la-looks-to-rebuild-after-fires/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |last2= |last3= |date=2025-01-10 |title=The Bunny Museum, destroyed by Eaton fire, vows to return |url=https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-09/bunny-museum-altadena-eaton-fire-rebuild |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>