Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Stunning

Sweeping ancient mountain vistas, incredible trails, awesome interpretation centers, and amazing staff throughout. You really cannot go wrong here unless you only plan to be here a couple of days, li...

Stopped here before Malibu

Beautiful mountain range. We visited the Visitor Center in Calabasas, walked around for a bit, and then drove to Malibu. Nice area, but no need to stay very long.

nice view

nice view to hang out and see the conejo area ( mostly office building but you can find a nice parking spot )

Two Sections

I visited two sub areas of the vast Santa Monica Mountain National Recreation Area and drove through a lot of it during my trip to Malibu. It is a beautiful area with mountains, streams and wildlife....

Get off the beaches and see the hills

Interesting drive back into the history of the west. See where the old movies were filmed, see some expensive homes, go for a few short hikes.