The Whittier Narrows is a narrows or water gap in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States, between the Puente Hills to the east and the Montebello Hills to the west. The gap is located at the southern boundary of the San Gabriel Valley, through which the Rio Hondo and the San Gabriel River flow to enter the Los Angeles Basin. The Narrows is located near the convergence of Interstate 605 (the San Gabriel River Freeway) and California State Route 60 (the Pomona Freeway).
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👉 Whittier Narrows in the context of San Gabriel Valley
The San Gabriel Valley (Spanish: Valle de San Gabriel), sometimes referred to by its initials as SGV, is one of the principal valleys of Southern California, with the city of Los Angeles directly bordering it to the west and occupying the vast majority of the southeastern part of Los Angeles County. Surrounding landforms and other features include:
- the San Gabriel Mountains to the north;
- the San Rafael Hills to the west, with the Los Angeles Basin beyond;
- the Crescenta Valley to the northwest;
- the Puente Hills to the south, with the coastal plain of Orange County beyond;
- the Chino Hills and San Jose Hills to the east, with the Pomona Valley and Inland Empire beyond; and
- the city limits of Los Angeles bordering its western edge.
The San Gabriel Valley derives its name from the San Gabriel River that flows southward through the center of the valley, which itself was named for the Spanish Mission San Gabriel Arcángel originally built in the Whittier Narrows in 1771.