Runyon Canyon
Los Angeles (Hollywood Hills) · near Los Angeles (Hollywood) · Los Angeles / SoCal
Trail Running
At a glance
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Distance
- 3.3 miles
- Elevation gain
- 850 ft
- Best season
- Year-round · early mornings in summer
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- No permit. City of LA park — free. Street parking (Fuller Ave or Vista St entrances) is tight; go early.
What is here
- Features
- The quintessential LA celebrity trail run · Off-leash dog friendly · Hollywood Sign & downtown-to-ocean views · Steep, quick, close to everything
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Trail Running detail
- Surface
- fire-road
- Intl tip
- Enter from Fuller Ave (south, steeper) or Mulholland (north). No shade and no water — bring your own. Combine with a Hollywood Hills run to the Wisdom Tree or a Griffith Park day for more mileage. The east ridge is the steep side; west is gentler.
The guide
Runyon Canyon is the most famous urban trail run in Los Angeles — a steep, compact 3.3-mile loop rising straight out of Hollywo…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Runyon Canyon — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.112, -118.349