Griffith Park is a beautiful, and big, urban park. We took one of the many hiking trails, the Mount Hollywood trail, and I would highly recommend it. Make sure you bring enough water, food, and sun protection. The AllTrails app has the park trails in it.

Griffith Park is huge and full of some must see things in LA. There is Griffith Observatory which has some of the best view in LA including the famous Hollywood sign. Oh and it’s free to enter. The Autry Western Museum which I definitely recommend visiting as it’s full of history. The zoo is also here and also the Greek theatre. There are a number of hiking trails for those that are interested in seeing nature. So much to do in this area if visiting LA.

Make sure you take the N. Vermont Ave entrance into the park. There is a large paved lot just past the Greek Theater where you can park FREE!. Not a bad walk up to the observatory from there. Amazing astronomy exhibits inside and beautiful views all around the complex.

Griffith Park is a huge park in the Hollywood hills which separate central Los Angeles and Hollywood from the San Fernando Valley. It encompasses much of that range and is reputedly the largest urban park and open space in the United States. It has numerous hiking trails, trails for bicycle riding, and horseback riding, and other amenities. It also is home to the iconic Hollywood Sign and Griffith Observatory. One can reach the park many ways, including by driving into the partly, but traffic and parking can be problematic. We avoid driving and take the DASH Observatory bus which makes a circuit through part of the park to and from Vermont and Sunset, where the is a Metro station, making it quite convenient to get to the park that way. The bus stops at, among others, the Greek Theatre, Mt Hollywood Dr on the far side of the Mt. Hollywood Tunnel, and Griffith Observatory. At Mt Hollywood Dr, there is immediate access to several hiking trails which go through the park, and also Mt. Hollywood Dr, generally open only to hiking,etc., and not to automobile traffic. This is one route to take to hike to the Hollywood Sign, and connects directly to a trail which goes up above, and behind, the sign, or to the Mulholland Trail, also used for horseback tours, which takes one to just below, and in front of, the sign. Depending on how fast one does it, the hike to and from the sign, starting at the Mt. Hollywood Dr bus stop near the observatory, should probably take between about 50 minutes to an hour and half each way. The area affords nice views of Los Angeles as well.

Amazing Park to relax and to see Los Angelos from top. We started the trip from Los Angelos Zoo by ascending to the top of hill - there are water refill stations with fresh tasty water if you get thirsty. At the top of the hill, it was quiet, and you could relax watching eagles. As you get closer to Griffith observatory, you start to see sign of Hollywood. And from Griffith observatory there is a bus free of charge that will take you to the metro station. Griffith Park info station was kind of open, but nobody was inside, so it was more like on self-serve basis. The fun fact - after walking and walking around the park at the end we stumbled on a sign which warned about rattle snakes in park, but we did not see any snakes.