Malibu Creek State Park
Calabasas / Santa Monica Mountains · near Calabasas / Malibu · Los Angeles / SoCal
Trail Running
At a glance
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Distance
- 7 miles
- Elevation gain
- 900 ft
- Best season
- Nov–May (green & cool) · hot exposed summer
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- No permit. Malibu Creek State Park — $12 day-use per vehicle. Main entrance on Las Virgenes/Mulholland.
What is here
- Features
- The M*A*S*H filming site · Volcanic Goat Buttes & Rock Pool · Runnable fire roads through oak savanna · Century Lake & Malibu Creek
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Trail Running detail
- Surface
- fire-road
- Intl tip
- Main entrance off Las Virgenes Rd (Mulholland Hwy), Calabasas. The M*A*S*H site is about 2.5 miles in. Combine with the Backbone Trail (this guide) and Malibu beaches. Rock Pool and Century Lake are worth the short detours. Watch for rattlesnakes in warm months.
The guide
Malibu Creek State Park is the runnable heart of the Santa Monica Mountains — 8,000 acres of oak savanna, volcanic crags, and c…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Malibu Creek State Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.1, -118.735