Mount Hollywood (Griffith Park)
Griffith Observatory, Los Feliz · near Los Angeles (Los Feliz) · Los Angeles / SoCal
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 2.6 miles
- Elevation gain
- 500 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Year-round · Best fall–spring, early AM in summer (heat/smog)
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- No permit; free, sunrise to sunset. Parking fills by mid-morning — arrive early or take the DASH Observatory shuttle.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 0 of 5
What is here
- Features
- 360° summit views · Griffith Observatory · Downtown LA & Hollywood Sign vistas · Transit-accessible
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- Combine sunset at the summit with the free Observatory afterward; parking fills by mid-morning, so arrive early or take the DASH Observatory shuttle.
The guide
The most rewarding easy summit in urban LA. From the Observatory, a graded fire road ascends a pine ridge to a 360-degree panor…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Mount Hollywood (Griffith Park) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.12093, -118.30042