Los Angeles Trails

Movie Hikes in Los Angeles

Movies are filmed throughout Los Angeles so many hiking trails lead to locations connected to film and television. Here are the highest rated movie hikes in Los Angeles according to the cumulative average rating from users on hikespeak.com.

1. The M*A*S*H Site in Malibu Creek State Park
2. Paramount Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains
3. Pacific Crest Trail and Foot Trail Loop in Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park
4. Bronson Cave in Griffith Park
5. Bantam Trail and Castair Trail in Trebek Open Space

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The M*A*S*H Site
This 4.75-hike visits the site where the exteriors of the film and television show MASH were filmed, an area that is preserved by Malibu Creek State Park.Paramount Ranch
This 0.25 to 4-mile hike explores a segment of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area that includes Western Town, an outdoor set cast as frontier towns in TV and film since the 1950s.Vasquez Rocks
This 3.4 to5.9-mile loop offers a dose of desert hiking close to LA, incorporating a piece of the Pacific Crest Trail to explore striking sandstone formations that appeared in Star Trek, Blazing Saddles, The Flintstones, and other shows and movies.Bronson Cave
This short easy hike visits a man-made cave recognizable as the Batcave from the Batman TV series and hundreds of other locations on TV and film.Trebek Open Space
This 1 to 2.5-mile hike explores a park next to Runyon Canyon that is named after Alex Trebek, who donated the land for the open space.