Hiking in Franklin Canyon
13/05/2018
by Offer Nissenbaum | Managing Director
Who knew that less than five miles away from The Peninsula is one of the best spots to hike in Southern California! On the weekends, my family and I often take Rascal, our Chocolate Lab, to Franklin Canyon Park, a short drive up into the hills. Once you’re out of the city and in the 605-acre park, you find yourself in the midst of grassy fields and chaparral-covered hills studded with oak trees. There’s even a three-acre lake where ducks swim.
This untouched setting was once the summer retreat of oil baron Edward Doheny, who grazed his cattle here. During the 1970s, some Beverly Hills conservationists stopped a plan to develop it for houses and the National Park Service turned into a park. Lucky for us! The Park has more than five miles of great hiking trails and dogs are allowed as long as they’re on a leash. On some of the trails, when you make it up to a mountain ridge, you will be rewarded with a fantastic view of the whole Los Angeles basin. After we come down from our hike, my family shares a picnic lunch under the oak trees, happy to be in this little stretch of wilderness that is hidden away from the city.
Who knew that less than five miles away from The Peninsula is one of the best spots to hike in Southern California! On the weekends, my family and I often take Rascal, our Chocolate Lab, to Franklin Canyon Park, a short drive up into the hills. Once you’re out of the city and in the 605-acre park, you find yourself in the midst of grassy fields and chaparral-covered hills studded with oak trees. There’s even a three-acre lake where ducks swim.
This untouched setting was once the summer retreat of oil baron Edward Doheny, who grazed his cattle here. During the 1970s, some Beverly Hills conservationists stopped a plan to develop it for houses and the National Park Service turned into a park. Lucky for us! The Park has more than five miles of great hiking trails and dogs are allowed as long as they’re on a leash. On some of the trails, when you make it up to a mountain ridge, you will be rewarded with a fantastic view of the whole Los Angeles basin. After we come down from our hike, my family shares a picnic lunch under the oak trees, happy to be in this little stretch of wilderness that is hidden away from the city.