Big Santa Anita Canyon is within the Angeles National Forest and is entirely on Federal land. Forest Service laws and regulations apply. This is not a city or county park, nor a National park. It is a unique community of cabin owners and hikers enjoying one of the last places of its kind still in existance, a small piece of the 19th Century hidden within our local mountains. The best way to explore this beautiful canyon is on foot. Over forty miles of trails wind through the area.