Golden Oak Ranch, Disney filming location in Canyon Country, US

Golden Oak Ranch is an 890-acre (360-hectare) movie ranch off Placerita Canyon Road near Newhall, California. Its tan metal entrance gate carries a sign reading "Golden Oak Ranch" and a "PRIVATE PROPERTY" plaque; inside are grassy meadows, two creeks, a waterfall, a heliport and Western sets. A business district set has 42 storefronts and a residential street set has 23 houses, each in a separate architectural style.

Walt Disney Productions purchased the property in 1959, naming it after an early gold discovery in the region. The site grew into a major production center for the entertainment company.

The ranch's name refers to the first gold discovery in California, made by Francisco Lopez under an oak tree while he was digging wild onions. Its business district set has 42 storefronts, and the residential street has 23 houses, each built in a separate architectural style.

The entrance is off Placerita Canyon Road near its junction with California State Route 14, less than an hour north of Los Angeles. A tan metal gate marked "Golden Oak Ranch" and "PRIVATE PROPERTY" blocks the road; the site is an active studio with no public tours. The ranch lies within Placerita Canyon.

The ranch's name recalls Francisco Lopez, who found gold under an oak tree here in 1849 while digging wild onions, years before the Gold Rush. The gate carries a cutout of an oak tree on each panel and a sign reading "Golden Oak Ranch".