| In The city of Arcadia California, right next door to | | | | sink a paddlewheel boat in the same lake. Undaunted, |
| Pasadena you will find The Los Angeles County | | | | television's original "Fantasy Island" lowered a pontoon |
| Arboretum & Botanic Garden, a beautiful and peaceful | | | | plane by helicopter onto Baldwin Lake and propelled it |
| 127 acre botanical garden and historical site jointly | | | | across the water to disembark visitors to Mr. Roark's |
| operated by the Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation | | | | island paradise. For Alex Haley's "Roots II", Baldwin |
| and the Los Angeles County Department of Parks | | | | Lake became Kunta Kinte's river home in Africa." |
| and Recreation. The Arboretum is located across | | | | Don't just peek through the windows of the |
| from the Santa Anita Race Track is at 301 North | | | | Arboretum's Queen Anne Cottage, come inside to see |
| Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA, 91007. It is open daily | | | | the historic Treasures! The cottage, with its marble |
| from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm; admission closes at 4:30. | | | | terrace, Victorian furnishings and treasures provides a |
| Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors (62 and | | | | charming opportunity for the whole family. |
| over), $5 for students with ID, and $2.50 for children 5- | | | | Take the tram or walk through the gardens, spend the |
| 12. Children under 5 and members are admitted free. | | | | day being mesmerized by all of the well tended plants, |
| Unlike most attractions these days, parking is free. | | | | flowers, flowering trees, cacti, succulents and the |
| In the middle of the Arboretum sits the four acre | | | | abundant wildlife (The Arboretum is famous for it's |
| Baldwin Lake which has been used in filming numerous | | | | roaming peafowl.). The rose gardens alone are worth |
| movies and television shows. "Johnny Weissmuller | | | | the visit. Stop and watch a wedding or see a |
| swam in LASCA Lagoon/Baldwin Lake for three | | | | commercial being filmed. Take your kids to the |
| decades as Tarzan and later Jungle Jim. A local news | | | | Discovery Node constructed out by Tule Pond, you'll |
| story reported that he, in fact, set an unrecorded | | | | find a variety of new activities for children of all ages |
| Olympic swim record when a cage of crocodiles was | | | | to enjoy and explore. Eat at the Peacock Cafe. Sit |
| accidentally opened during filming (Weissmuller beat the | | | | down on a bench or under a tree, relax and feel your |
| crocs to the lake shore). Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and | | | | cares floating away. |
| Dorothy Lamour took up a month-long watery Baldwin | | | | Visit the gift shop where you can buy plants, gardening |
| Lake residence in homes on stilts for the filming of | | | | books, photographs, paintings and other items (the |
| Road to Singapore in 1939, the same year the Douglas | | | | prices are very inexpensive.). |
| Fairbanks, Jr.,/Madeleine Carroll film Safari managed to | | | | |