Santa Clarita is located just north of Los Angeles, in the beautiful region north of the San Fernando Valley. It’s becoming a popular place for visitors to Southern California to stay and play. If you are looking for that small town feel, while being only half an hour from Los Angeles, then this is the place for you.
If you have children of any age, Santa Clarita offers activities that will thrill and delight them. Six Flags Magic Mountain put this city on the map over twenty years ago and it continues to be an adventure park for kids of all ages. There are roller coasters, water rides, and even an area for younger children. During the summer there are themed shows, with artists from all over the area, including some from the world famous California Institute of the Arts, located just three miles away in the Valencia section of our city. Six Flags also features Hurricane Harbor, a full-service water park that’s the perfect way to spend a hot summer day.
Santa Clarita is also home to the Center for the Performing Arts at the College of the Canyons. There is both local and professional entertainment throughout the year, and over the past year we have enjoyed Wayne Newton, Manhattan Transfer and our local talent working on a production of Beauty and the Beast.
Old Town Newhall is another section of this city that should not be missed during your visit. You can take a leisurely stroll down Main Street and check out the Cowboy Walk of Fame, where there are stars on the sidewalk for the many people who made movies and TV shows here, starting with William S. Hart and Gene Autry more than 20 years ago. sixty years. . Every spring, Newhall celebrates the Cowboy Festival, with music, dancing and many other activities for young and old. You can visit the Hart Museum and see the house Hart built in the 1920s. There are even buffalo roaming the grounds, descendants of the buffalo Walt Disney gave to William S. Hart during the 1960s. There’s the Valencia Town Mall as well as many smaller boutique stores. The restaurants offer a variety of styles, from French and Italian cuisine to local food.
You will find that Santa Clarita is one of the most pleasant places to visit and relax, and if you still have time and energy, you can drive south for about thirty minutes and visit Los Angeles.