Back Carrizo Plain CEB Llanura de Carrizo Spanish Plaine de Carrizo French Carrizo Plain Dutch Рівнина Каррізо Ukrainian
| Carrizo Plain National Monument | |
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 Aerial view of the Carrizo Plain. The San Andreas Fault is on the right. | |
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| Location | San Luis Obispo & Kern counties, California |
| Nearest city | California Valley, California |
| Coordinates | 35°11′29″N 119°47′34″W / 35.1913582°N 119.7929080°W[2] |
| Area | 246,812 acres (998.81 km2)[3] |
| Established | January 17, 2001 |
| Governing body | Bureau of Land Management |
| Website | Carrizo Plain National Monument |
Carrizo Plain Rock Art Discontiguous District | |
| Area | 1215 |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000509[4] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 23, 2001 |
| Designated NHLD | March 2, 2012 |
The Carrizo Plain (Obispeño: tšɨłkukunɨtš, "Place of the rabbits")[5] is a large enclosed grassland plain, approximately 50 miles (80 km) long and up to 15 miles (24 km) across, in southeastern San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, about 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Los Angeles.[6] The southern portion of the Carrizo Plain is within the 246,812-acre (99,881 ha)[3] Carrizo Plain National Monument, which also includes most of the Caliente Range. The Carrizo Plain is the largest single native grassland remaining in California. It includes Painted Rock in the Carrizo Plain Rock Art Discontiguous District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2012 it was further designated a National Historic Landmark due to its archeological value. The San Andreas Fault occurs along the eastern edge of the Carrizo Plain at the western base of the Temblor Range.
- ^ Gudde, Erwin G (2010). California Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 125.
- ^ "Carrizo Plain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
- ^ a b "National Monument detail table as of April 2012" (PDF). Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "yakʔitʸutʸu resources - University Housing - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo". Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo University Housing. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
- ^ "Carrizo Plain National Monument" Bureau of Land Management. 27 Feb. 2008. U.S. Department of the Interior. 3 Mar. 2008, web: "Carrizo" Archived 2009-01-26 at the Wayback Machine.