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Hollywood Sign Hike: Co-hosted by MBAPartners & MOC
by MBA Partners
From the south side of Griffith Park, head north on Canyon Drive from Franklin Avenue. Once the road enters Griffith Park it's stopped by a locked gate at the trailhead. Park in the small lot at the trailhead, along the street, or in the spillover lot jus
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Contact: Christina at christina.markle.2017@marshall.usc.edu or 818.282.5689 with any questions or concerns.
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The Canyon Drive Trail, also part of Griffith Park, features a fun side trip to Adam West's Bat Cave, home of the Batmobile in the 60's Batman TV series. Locals know it as Bronson Caves, and there's a small parking lot close to the trailhead and an overflow dirt parking lot just down the road. The trail offers sensational views of the city and ends behind the Hollywood Sign. The old rock quarry tunnel has figured in many movies, from 1925's Riders of the Purple Sage to 2010's Megashark vs. Crocosaurus.
The 6.5-mile trail to the Sign climbs more than a thousand feet through several healthy ecosystems, so hikers need to give it three hours and carry plenty of water. If there aren't too many unleashed dogs, you might see mule deer, bobcats, coyotes, and rattlesnakes. Look up for Cooper's Hawks soaring in the thermals over the Sign and down for honeybees probing the wildflowers.
http://hollywoodsign.org/hiking-to-the-sign/