SF Gate reported
It’s a pretty rare experience to have an entire national park to yourself — and even rarer to know that you can see the entirety of the park’s diverse landscape from one vantage point.
But that was the case for me on a recent Tuesday at Bixby Knolls “National Park,” which at just 0.05 acre is the self-proclaimed tiniest national park in the United States. It’s also the only “national park” on a major boulevard kitty-corner from a Papa Johns and across the street from a doughnut shop. The retro breakfast spot even capitalizes on its proximity to the park by offering “official” Bixby Bear Claws and Bixby Rocks (doughnut holes).
To be clear, an act of Congress with a signature by a U.S. president (the pathway to official status) did not confer the “national park” title on the tiny plot of land in Long Beach, the second-largest city in Los Angeles County. Instead, the designation came directly from a man named Blair.
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