Griffith Park

Surrounding more than 4107 acres of the natural space all covered with oak trees of California, the manzanita and wild sage, the Griffith Park serves as the biggest municipal park in the entire United States. While the park is typically not associated with the Hollywood, it stands ideally on the Mt. Lee thereby attracting a plethora of visitors from different parts of the globe every year to travel to Los Angeles.

The favorite jogging routes are Griffith Park Drive from Los Feliz Boulevard, Crystal Springs Drive, Park Center to Los Angeles Zoo as well as Zoo Drive to Travel Town Museum.

Even hiking into rugged hills as well as the sparsely developed regions is one of the most famous kinds of recreation at this Griffith Park. The hikers are allowed to make use of the whole 53 mile trails, bridle paths and the fire roads. The maps of these trails and details on restrictions and trail closures can be taken from the Ranger Station. All the trails of this park remain closed at the time of dusk.

One of the most noteworthy hikes at the Griffith Park is a trail that leads from Observatory parking to the Mount Hollywood, which is the highest park peak and provides magnificent sights of whole Los Angeles Basin.

The Griffith Park is all filled with wilderness, rodents, coyotes, deer, rattlesnakes, foxes and wild quail. There is the Los Angeles Zoo in the Griffith Park as well that was opened in the year 1966 and holds about 1200 animals.

The Greek Theatre, another outdoor attraction of this park in Los Angeles is a premier destination that is brilliantly nestled in picturesque setting. The award winning Greek theatre is one among the most historic venues in the whole Los Angeles that has played a great host to many of the largest names in the industry of entertainment from reggae to pop and from classical to rock.

Griffith Park Address
4730 Crystal Springs Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Contact:
Tel: (323) 913-4688

Griffith Park Hours:
Daily: 6 a.m. - 10 p.m.

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