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  • Find hiking, horseback riding, biking, and more at Griffith Park. While there, you can also listen to an outdoor concert at the Greek Theatre, visit the Los Angeles Zoo and the Museum of the American West, or take a ride on the merry-go-round. The local Sierra Club chapter organizes evening and moonlight hikes.
  • Just a few blocks from Hollywood Boulevard, get your heart pumping at Runyon Canyon, where you can hike up to the ridge for views of the Los Angeles area. You'll see plenty of off-leash dogs, and maybe some movie stars in workout clothes.
  • At Will Rogers State Historic Park, hikes range from a two-mile loop to the nearly 60-mile Backbone Trail through the Santa Monica Mountains. Horses are welcome here; you can even take riding lessons in the park.
  • Trails meander past former movie and TV backdrops at Malibu Creek State Park. The rock pool served as the setting for Swiss Family Robinson and Tarzan; find it along the Gorge Trail.
  • The San Bernardino National Forest is a little ways from central Los Angeles, but it encapsulates the huge variety of terrain found in the area. In the winter, you can ski among the pines in the morning and then hit the beach for a sunset surf session.

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Marshal South Home Trail

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park; Trail is found at Blair Valley turnoff from County Road S2
200 Palm Canyon Drive
Borrego Springs, California 92004

Distance: 119.6 mi. (from destination center)
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Cabrillo National Monument

Point Loma
1800 Cabrillo Memorial Dr
San Diego, California

Distance: 109.9 mi. (from destination center)
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Mission Trails Regional Park

Mission Gorge
1 Father Junípero Serra Trail
San Diego, California

Distance: 109.5 mi. (from destination center)
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Major Airports near Los Angeles

Distance (mi.)
Burbank Bob Hope Airport 11.9 map
Los Angeles International Airport 12.2 map
Santa Ana John Wayne Airport 34.3 map

Other Smaller Airports near Los Angeles

Distance (mi.)
Long Beach Municipal Airport 17.1 map
Palmdale Air Force 42 Airport 40.0 map
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport 94.7 map
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Flight Deals to Los Angeles

Originating From
Phoenix (PHX) to Burbank (BUR) $148
San Francisco (SFO) to Burbank (BUR) $164
Portland, OR (PDX) to Burbank (BUR) $208
Houston (HOU) to Burbank (BUR) $228
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) to Burbank (BUR) $228

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