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The City of Los Alamitos or "Los Al" has approximately 15,000 residents and includes a Naval Air Station with a beautiful Navy Golf Course and an active Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Center, located there since 1941. Three major freeways, the 405 and 605 and 22 meet near Los Al, making this region ideal for commuters working in both Los Angeles and Orange Counties. For the guest visiting Los Alamitos, and even locals who live there or in nearby Cypress, the city boundaries are not always known and when asked, some are confused as to which city a business or street is in. Never mind. The folks running Los Alamitos Museum on 11062 Los Alamitos Boulevard might be able to answer your questions. (310) 431-8836 Located in the adobe building which originally housed the volunteer fire department, it features a Hall of Fame. This section of the Museum includes displays that honor local residents who have received national and or international recognition in sports or other fields of endeavor. This location was once the site of the town's volunteer fire department and pays homage those families that put Los Alamitos on the map. It's interesting how Los Alamos became a city. Once farmland contained in the stately Bixby family's Rancho Los Alamitos, the ground contained fertile soil which was well suited for sugar beets and even dairy farming. While the convenient roadside, drive-thru dairy marts were popular outlets for local products, those are mostly gone. Yet the history of the region is well documented and lives on in books, maps and artifacts seen at Rancho Los Alamitos in the Bixby Hill region of Long Beach. Driving down the busy streets of Los Alamitos today, the experience feels more a race course than what we can only imagine must have been wide open land with farms, cattle and horses. How fitting it is that the city is known for Los Alamitos Race Track which features Quarter Horse, Arabian, Thoroughbred, Paint and Appaloosa Racing! Open to the public, there's free general parking and an affordable admission fee. You don't have to be wealthy to have fun watching thoroughbreds run the 5/8 mile track, as long as you don't spend all your money on a long shot. The facility also includes horse stables, party and event facilities and an award winning restaurant. |
Los Alamitos
or "Little Cottonwoods", located in northwest Orange County, California
less than five miles from the Long Beach Airport, is a best known as one
of Southern California's playgrounds for horse racing fans. It has no
beach of its own but is located next door several in Seal Beach and Long
Beach. Local residents consider its public schools some of the finest and
they willingly pay handsome prices to live in