Expansive urban park offering scenic trails, picnic areas, sports facilities, and panoramic views of Los Angeles.
General Information
Closed Monday and Tuesday
Office/Reservation Hours: Wednesday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Weekends and Holidays: $6 per vehicle
Shuttle rides: $0.25 one way; free for seniors and children under 5
How to Get There
Drive west on I-10, exit at S La Brea Avenue, turn left onto Stocker Street, then right onto La Cienega Boulevard; entrance is on the left.
Overview
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area, or Kenneth Hahn Park, is a state park unit of California in the Baldwin Hills Mountains of Los Angeles. The park is managed by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation. As one of the largest urban parks and regional open spaces in the Greater Los Angeles Area, many have called it "L.A.'s Central Park". The 401-acre (1.62 km2) park was established in 1984.
Hahn Park offers walking and hiking trails with some of the area's best scenic vistas:
- North to the Hollywood Sign
- East to the Downtown Los Angeles high-rises and San Gabriel Mountains behind them
- Southeast to the Santa Ana Mountains
- South to the Los Angeles Harbor area
- Southwest to Santa Monica Bay, Los Angeles International Airport, and the Pacific Ocean
- West to the Santa Monica Mountains
There is a lake for fishing, stocked monthly with trout or catfish, depending on the weather season.
Trails
There are at least 7 mi (11 km) of walking paths through the park:
- Burke Roche Trail, 2.2 mi (3.5 km)
- Rim Trail
- Bowl Loop, 0.8 mi (1.3 km)
- Ridge trail, 2.6 mi (4.2 km)
- Waterfall Trail, 1 mi (1.6 km)
- Ballfield Walking Path, .5 mi (0.80 km)
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
