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Commission Names Trail At Annandale Canyon “Yayaaytnga Trail” During Tuesday Meeting

Published on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 | 6:23 am
 

[Photo courtesy of City of Pasadena]
Through a unanimous vote, the Recreation and Parks Commission on Tuesday named the trail at the park located at 1410 Wierfield Drive as “Yayaaytnga Trail.”

The word is Native American. Commissioner Tim Martinez, who proposed the trail name, said he reached out to a Tongva tribe culture bearer named Tina Calderon before coming up with the recommendation. 

“She was saying that traditionally, names were based on a natural feature or a resource or something that has to do with that particular spot in the landscape,” Martinez said. 

Martinez said they went to the trail and the first that greeted them were birds. 

“She said since the first relatives that came to greet me were blue bird, hummingbird, three woodpeckers and hawk, I like ‘the place of the birds’ — Yayaaytnga,’” Martinez said. 

In 2009, the City of Pasadena acquired the undeveloped properties known as Annandale Canyon Estates for the purpose of preserving it as open space. 

This open space includes 20.63 acres in Annandale Canyon located within the San Rafael Hills in the western portion of the City, and just north of the 134 freeway and the Annandale Golf Course. 

In 2021, Pasadena completed the construction of a trail in Annandale Canyon. 

Last August, the commission approved the recommendation to name the park at the same location as “Annandale Canyon Preserve.” 

The name of the park was picked over other names suggested by members of the community including: “Wierfield Trail,” “Annandale Canyon Trail,” “Douglas Kranwinkle Trail,” and “Glen Oaks Park.” 

Aside from the trail, new amenities at the park include six parking spaces, one bench near the beginning of the trail, and one at the overlook.

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