Los Encinos State Historic Park

Los Encinos State Historic Park is a historic park in Encino that holds several buildings from different periods, including an adobe residence, a stone house, a blacksmith shop, and a natural spring. The grounds feature trees and open areas that show how people organized their lives and work on this land in the past.

The site began as a Native American village before Spanish settlers claimed it as a land grant. Over time it became a working Mexican ranch that produced goods and sustained families until modern times.

The buildings in this historic park reflect how different people shaped the land over time, from Native American communities to Spanish settlers and Mexican ranchers. You can see how each group left traces in the structures and how they adapted to life in this valley.

The park sits in a residential neighborhood of Los Angeles and is easy to reach by foot or car. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes since you walk around the open grounds and between the buildings.

A natural spring on the grounds supplied water to the original village and still feeds a pond with ducks today. This water source was why people chose this spot to settle centuries ago.