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==Culture and recreation== ===Cultural facilities=== *[[Haugh Performing Arts Center]] *[[Glendora Historical Society]] Museum *[[Rubel Castle]], constructed by Michael Rubel *[[Glendora Public Library]] *[[Glendora Public Market]] *[[Glendora Big Tree Park]] ===Parks and trails=== [[File:South_Hills_Wilderness_Trail.jpg|thumb|right|[[South Hills (California)|South Hills]] Wilderness Trail with [[Mount Baldy, California|Mt Baldy]] and [[Cucamonga Peak]] in the distance]] Glendora is an active community and it has an extensive system of parks, trails, and recreational programs for the community. *Big Dalton Canyon Wilderness Park and Campground *Centennial Heritage Park{{snd}}The site was constructed to depict a late 19th-century to early 20th-century citrus ranch and features the Hamilton House, a working print shop, and numerous antique farm implements. Also on site is the Orton Englehart workshop, dedicated to its namesake, native Glendoran and inventor of the horizontal action impact sprinkler.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 8, 2022 |title=Historic Landmark of Agricultural Engineering: Rain Bird Impact Drive Sprinkler Head |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=146402/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511083534/https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=146402 |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |website=The Historical Marker Database |publisher=Historical Marker Database}}</ref> This sprinkler became known as the [[Rain Bird]], revolutionized the irrigation industry, and was recognized as a historic landmark of agricultural engineering in 1990 by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.<ref>{{cite web |date=1990 |title=American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Historic Landmarks: Rain Bird Impact Drive Sprinkler Head |url=https://www.asabe.org/About-Us/About-ASABE/History/ASABE-Historic-Landmarks/Rain-Bird-Impact-Drive-Sprinkler-Head-1990/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214141737/https://www.asabe.org/About-Us/About-ASABE/History/ASABE-Historic-Landmarks/Rain-Bird-Impact-Drive-Sprinkler-Head-1990 |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |website=American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers |publisher=ASABE}}</ref> *Finkbiner Park *Big Tree Park{{snd}}Small park with a 140-year-old [[Ficus macrophylla|Moreton Bay Fig tree]]. [[File:Big_Tree_Park_in_Glendora.jpg|thumb|right|Big Tree Park]] *Louie Pompei Memorial Sports Park *Glendora Urban Trail System *[[South Hills (California)|South Hills]]{{snd}}Park and wilderness trail *Colby Trail *Lower Monroe Truck Trail{{snd}}Hiking and mountain biking trail. *Punk Out Trail *Mystic Canyon Trail *[[Glendora bougainvillea]]{{snd}}Largest growth of Bougainvillea in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glendora Bougainvillea History |url=http://www.geocities.ws/glendora62/bougainvillea.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125104553/http://www.geocities.ws/glendora62/bougainvillea.htm |archive-date=January 25, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bougainvillea Historical Landmark |url=http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/912 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427191638/https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/912 |archive-date=April 27, 2023 |website=California State Parks Office of Historic Preservation}}</ref> *Glen Oaks Golf and Learning Center{{snd}}Offers a driving range, instructional services, practice area, and the 9-hole Par 3 course itself. *Camp Cahuilla Summer Camp ("Dirt Camp"){{snd}}One of the most popular of the Parks and Recreation programs offering activities to more than 500 children every summer. *[[San Gabriel Mountains National Monument]] - The headquarters of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument is located in a [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] building on N. Wabash Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Angeles National Forest - San Gabriel Mountains National Monument|url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/angeles/recarea/?recid=41676|publisher=U.S. Forest Service|access-date=March 19, 2025}}</ref> Several trails provide access directly from Glendora into the protected lands of the park. Glendora Mountain Road is a very popular destination in and into the National Monument for [[Mountain biking|Mountain Bikers]] from across the region. The Glendora Mountain Road and Glendora Ridge Road are also common routes for cyclists and sightseers with views through the [[San Gabriel Mountains]]. These roads have also hosted stages of the international [[Tour of California]].
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