Secret Ravine
The Secret Ravine is a Miners Ravine tributary, which eventually goes into Dry Creek, which is found in the county of Placer, in California. The course of the river goes through the Roseville, Loomis and Rocklin cities. The Secret Ravine goes through the Sierra College campus. The creek goes near the freeway called I-80 over its entire length. The surrounding area has become much more suburbanized lately and during its past it was a place where mining operations were done during the Gold Rush of California. At a later point, granite quarrying was done there.
The cemetery of Rocklin can be found in the vicinity of the ravine, which had its beginnings in the year 1864, when the first body was buried there after being found. Close to that area there is another cemetery, of Indian origins.
A number of railroad workers of Chinese origin moved in the area in 1869, after they were laid off and one of their activities was to raise vegetables. Those vegetables were sold to the locals. Eventually, the pogrom from 1876 drove the Chinese out, but the name remains to this day and it’s called China Gardens.
The total drainage area of the Secret Ravine is almost 20 sq. miles and the length of the stream is 10.5 miles. The source elevation is of 1285 feet and the confluence elevation is of 165 feet.
Parks
The regional park of the Loomis Basin can be found near King Road, to the east from Loomis and it has two areas, on each of the Secret Ravine sides. There are very large boulders all over the wooded area.
The different places which got their names after the Secret Ravine are: school of Secret Ravine from Newcastle, the Parkway of Roseville, the Secret Ravine Road from the Loomis unincorporated area, the Vineyard and Winery of Loomis and the Secret Ravine Way from Rocklin.