Gopher Problems Near Arcadia — Santa Anita Park, Arboretum, and San Gabriel Foothills

Arcadia is one of the San Gabriel Valley's most distinctive cities — home to Santa Anita Park, the Los Angeles County Arboretum, and some of the most beautiful residential estates in the region. These very features that make Arcadia exceptional also make it a significant gopher environment. The Arboretum's botanical grounds, Santa Anita's vast maintained terrain, the San Gabriel Mountains directly above the city, and Arcadia's celebrated estate properties all contribute to gopher activity that is widespread and often damaging to high-value landscape investments.

The Main Gopher Sources in Arcadia

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden covers 127 acres of botanical collections, historic grounds, and natural habitat in central Arcadia. The Arboretum's combination of established plantings, maintained turf, peacock habitat areas, and the natural riparian terrain around the historic Baldwin Lake creates a productive and diverse gopher environment within walking distance of Arcadia's finest residential neighborhoods. The Arboretum sustains a significant gopher population that pushes into the surrounding residential streets on all sides, and the diverse root systems of the botanical collections provide a rich year-round food source that supports high gopher density.

Santa Anita Park — the legendary thoroughbred racing facility occupies 320 acres with the backstretch barn areas, infield turf, and the extensive maintained grounds of one of California's most storied horse racing venues. Horse racing facilities with extensive irrigated grounds sustain gopher populations year-round, and the surrounding residential and commercial areas near the track see consistent activity from the park's established populations. The equestrian character of the facility also contributes to the type of diverse gopher-productive habitat seen on horse properties throughout the region.

San Gabriel Mountains and Angeles National Forest — the forest forms Arcadia's northern boundary and the Sierra Madre Mountains directly above the city provide the same permanent downhill gopher pressure seen throughout the San Gabriel Valley foothill cities. Arcadia's northern neighborhoods along Foothill Boulevard, Colorado Boulevard, and the residential streets climbing toward the mountains experience sustained pressure from the national forest terrain above.

Arcadia Golf Course is a public 9-hole course in the city's residential area. While smaller than some municipal courses, it maintains irrigated turf that contributes local gopher pressure to surrounding residential blocks.

Arcadia's estate properties — Arcadia has some of the largest residential estates in the San Gabriel Valley, with extensive mature landscape plantings, elaborate irrigation systems, and the specimen trees and ornamental gardens that characterize high-end estate development. These properties face disproportionate gopher damage risk given the value of what is at stake underground.

Service Areas Near Arcadia

• Gopher Control in Monrovia — Monrovia Canyon and San Gabriel foothills
• Gopher Control in Pasadena — Arroyo Seco and Brookside Golf Course
• Gopher Control in Temple City — parks and school campuses
• Mole Control in Arcadia

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• Gopher Problems Near Pasadena Golf Courses and Arroyo Seco
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Call 909-599-4711 to schedule gopher control in Arcadia. We serve all neighborhoods including estate properties, areas near the Arboretum, and foothill communities near the national forest.