WikipediaMalibu Creek State Park: Malibu Creek State Park is a California state park in the Santa Monica Mountains near Malibu, in Calabasas. It opened to the public in 1976. (see full Malibu Creek State Park Wikipedia article)
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Malibu Creek State Park
Walking, Sightseeing, Driving, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Road biking, Alpine skiing, Mountain biking, Other, Trail running, Running
Malibu Creek State Park
Walking, Sightseeing, Driving, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Road biking, Alpine skiing, Mountain biking, Other, Trail running, Running
Popular Trips in Malibu Creek State Park
A shaded canyon hike to the ruins of a burned-down mansion. Full write up at
Modern Hiker.
Until the fire of October 9, 1982 (in Malibu Creek State Park), the Mendenhall Oak was a magnificent spreading live oak tree. Reportedly 700 years old, it was already ancient when the Spanish expeditions first came. When stagecoaches ran between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles it provided a shady rest stop on the line. Although the tree burned and collapsed in 1982, new growth and regeneration should provide us a clue to...
The Cold Creek Preserve protects the headwaters of Cold Creek, one of the few year-round streams in the Santa Monica Mountains. The extravagant lushness of the riparian vegetation growing in Cold Creek Canyon Preserve today is astonishing. In spite of the 1993 Malibu fire that burned virtually everything to a crisp, the gully-washing rains from the 1998 El Nino with its floods and mudslides, and recent earthquakes, the preserve has recovered. The...
Malibu Canyon Climbing, 5/3/08
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Monte Nido, California, United States
Sightseeing | 1.2 miles
Sightseeing | 1.2 miles
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