Parks in Los Angeles

Topanga State Park is a 11,000-acre wilderness in the Santa Monica Mountains — the largest wildland within the boundaries of a major city. Its trails traverse chaparral, oak groves, and exposed ridgelines with ocean views.

The Huntington is a vast cultural estate in San Marino with rare book libraries, European and American art galleries, and 120 acres of magnificently themed botanical gardens including a stunning Chinese garden.

Griffith Park is one of North America's largest urban parks at 4,310 acres — a vast expanse of hiking trails, the LA Zoo, the Greek Theatre, and the iconic Griffith Observatory.

Echo Park Lake is a palm-fringed urban lake in a gentrifying hillside neighbourhood, famous for its lotus blooms (July–August), pedal boats, and postcard views of the downtown LA skyline.

Runyon Canyon is a popular hiking park in the Hollywood Hills with sweeping views of the LA basin, the Hollywood Sign, and the San Fernando Valley — and a high probability of celebrity dog-walkers.

Elysian Park is LA's oldest public park (1886), a 600-acre hillside wilderness near Dodger Stadium offering hiking trails, picnic groves, and panoramic views of downtown, the San Gabriel Mountains, and the LA River.

Descanso Gardens is a 150-acre botanical garden in La Cañada Flintridge, renowned for its ancient oak forest, world-class camellia collection, and a Japanese teahouse garden.

Exposition Park is a 160-acre cultural campus in South LA, home to the Natural History Museum, California Science Center, the LA Memorial Coliseum, and a 7-acre rose garden with 200+ varieties.