The pleasure of hiking in Los Angeles is magnified by the fact that in one hour you can go from a sandy beach or fancy Hollywood bar to a rugged canyon, a waterfall, or a 7,000-foot-high mountain. The whole area is a hikers’ paradise with the vast Griffith Park on the slopes of Mount Hollywood in the heart of the city as well as a range of trails that greatly differ in difficulty. Just off posh Malibu are steep bluffs overlooking the ocean, which hide grottos and lush valleys and present a great opportunity to see some typical California landscape of coastal scrub, sage brush, and live oaks.

Amir's Garden

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Mount Hollywood

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