10/1/2023

Landmark information

  • Location:
    Elysian Park entrance, NW corner of N Broadway and Elysian Park Dr, Los Angeles
  • Plaque:
    Official State Plaque
  • Site:
    Nothing Remains
  • Date First Visited:
    3/11/1997
  • Date Most Recently Visited:
    10/1/2023
  • GPS Coordinates:
    N 34 4.318, W 118 13.645

About this landmark

Plaque text:

Portola Trail
1769
Spanish colonization of California began in 1769 with the expedition of Don Gaspar de Portola from Mexico. With Capt. Don Fernando Rivera y Moncada, Lt. Don Pedro Fages, Sgt. Jose Francisco Ortega and Fathers Juan Crespi and Francisco Gomez, he and his party camped near this spot on August 2, 1769, en route to Monterey.