Griffith Park — Mount Hollywood Loop
Los Angeles (Griffith Park) · near Los Angeles (Los Feliz) · Los Angeles / SoCal
Trail Running
At a glance
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Distance
- 8 miles
- Elevation gain
- 1,400 ft
- Best season
- Year-round · early mornings in summer heat
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- No permit. Griffith Park — free. Multiple trailheads (Observatory, Fern Dell, Bronson Canyon). Observatory lot has a fee; street/Fern Dell parking is free.
What is here
- Features
- Hollywood Sign & Griffith Observatory · Downtown-to-ocean city panoramas · Endless interconnected fire roads · The quintessential LA trail run
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Trail Running detail
- Surface
- fire-road
- Intl tip
- Start from Fern Dell (free street parking, shaded canyon) or the Griffith Observatory (paid lot, but iconic). The Wisdom Tree and Bronson Canyon (the 'Batcave') are fun detours. This is a great first LA trail run — bring water; there's little shade up high.
The guide
Griffith Park is the largest urban wilderness in America and the quintessential Los Angeles trail run — 4,300 acres of chaparra…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Griffith Park — Mount Hollywood Loop — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.136, -118.294