One of California's first master-planned communities, with an initial 7,100-acre town plan created by architect Victor Gruen in 1959 source
Community character
An affluent master-planned suburban city in the San Joaquin Hills of south Orange County, with roughly a third of its land preserved as open space. source
Chet Holifield Federal Building
Stepped-pyramid federal building by architect William Pereira, popularly known as the Ziggurat source
Niguel Botanical Preserve
18-acre public garden of Mediterranean-climate plants within Crown Valley Community Park source
Laguna Niguel Regional Park
227-acre county park with Laguna Niguel Lake for fishing and boating source
Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park
Wilderness park of canyons, grasslands, and riparian forest with hiking and biking trails source
