Cahuenga Pass

The Cahuenga Pass (Paseo de Cahuenga), from the indigenous Tongva word for "mountain place," elevation 745 ft (227 m), is a mountain pass through the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains in the Hollywood district of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States.

The Cahuenga Pass connects the Los Angeles Basin to the San Fernando Valley via U.S. Route 101 (Hollywood Freeway) and Cahuenga Boulevard. It is the lowest pass through the mountains.

It was the site of two skirmishes in 1831 and 1845, when settlers rose up against Mexican rule, and cannonballs are still occasionally found during excavations in the area.

Cahuenga Pass in The Two Georges (novel)
Thomas Bushell drove by Cowanger Pass on his way from New Liverpool to the office of Titus Hackett and Franklin Mansfield. He tried vainly to remember what the original Nuevespañolan name had been before Upper California was Americanised in the 19th century.