My Name is Sue Eller and I am your local Realtor in this neighborhood. I live just around the corner and I am so grateful to have the good fortune to live in Glenoaks Canyon. The ability to live close to everything, yet with an almost rural feeling is something truly unique! Glenoaks Canyon is well known for their very active Homeowners Organization. They sponsor a yearly Pancake Breakfast in Glenoaks Park in the fall and also a Dog Show in the spring. Glenoaks Canyon has an emergency preparedness plan that is a role model for other cities due to it’s comprehensive nature. Glendale is one of the safest cities in the country for a city with a population of over 200,000 and Glenoaks Canyon is one of the safest areas in the city. It is a place filled with community spirit and friendliness. We have 3 parks in the canyon for all to enjoy. 

I am very fortunate to live here and would be most happy to help you move here and enjoy it as well! Also, if you are already living here in the canyon and are considering selling, my ability to help market your home to its fullest stems from my extensive knowledge of the canyon. 

A single road to another state of mind...

GLENOAKS CANYON

March 09, 2008  Sam Byker 

Special to The Times

As Glendale has grown and urbanized, a small canyon on its outskirts has sheltered a bygone era. The area's natural beauty and traditional charm have been drawing residents -- and keeping them -- since the 1920s, creating a tight-knit community.

Glenoaks Canyon's chaparral-covered hillsides were still owned by ranchers when construction began there more than 80 years ago.

Beginnings......Los Angeles was booming, and new routes to the city's northeast allowed residents to enjoy quiet lives in the foothills while commuting each day to jobs downtown.

Investors snapped up much of the land, and by 1923 subdivided lots were for sale -- and garnering rave reviews. 

Families moved in, and within two  decades most of the neighborhood's Spanish and ranch-style homes had been built.

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Locals emphasize the role geography has played in shaping the culture. The canyon has only one entrance, which helps to deter would-be criminals and in residents' minds sets it firmly apart from the city at its doorstep.

The San Rafael Hills surrounding Glenoaks furnish the neighborhood with plenty of wildlife, including skunks, coyotes, deer, owls and bobcats. Residents often encounter critters on their streets and hillsides and, occasionally, in their backyards.

Golf and tennis lovers socialize at the Scholl Canyon Golf Course just up Glenoaks Boulevard. 

For residents with kids, Glenoaks Park -- with its playground, picnic areas, tennis courts and recreation center -- is a social nexus of the neighborhood.

Parents also meet through the local elementary school and at baseball games organized by the Foothill Little League. Others connect through the Glenoaks Canyon Homeowners Assn., which sponsors yearly events, including a pancake breakfast and a dog parade.

Since Glenoaks has little traffic (and few sidewalks), warm summer nights bring many residents into the middle of the streets, children and pets in tow, strolling and chatting long past dark. The neighborhood comes together for lavish Halloween celebrations, which draw trick-or-treaters from far outside the canyon.