Malibu Creek State Park 1925 Las Virgenes Road • Calabasas, CA 91302 • (818) 880-0367

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Malibu Creek State Park preserves for public use almost 8,000 acres of rugged, mainly virgin land in the middle of the Santa Monica Mountains—within the largest metropolitan area on the West Coast.

Ancient Forces Made for Filming Paradise The Park Today Rapid, dramatic geologic changes created the Malibu Creek slopes from west to east through the spectacular landscape of Malibu Creek State Park. Its middle of the park. The creek was dammed in the early jagged mountains, rock outcroppings, cliff-like slopes, 1900s to form the seven-acre Century Lake. Numerous and deep gorges were formed over two million years small seasonal creeks empty into Malibu Creek from by severe climate changes, earthquakes, erosion, and the highlands. tectonic plate collisions. These forces continue to Please Remember: shape the landscape today. • Check-out time is noon. In the early days of the film industry, rugged terrain • Quiet hours are 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. that could double for far-off locations was difficult to • Generators may be operated only between 10 a.m. find near Hollywood. Filmmakers transformed this area and 8 p.m. into exotic locales such as old Mexico, outer space, • All bicycle riders under age 18 must wear a helmet. and an army hospital in Korea. Movies and television • The maximum speed limit in the park is 15 mph. shows filmed here includeM*A*S*H, The Planet of the Apes, Pleasantville, and How Green Was My Valley. • Dogs must be on a six-foot maximum leash at all The Angeles District Headquarters building here times and must be inside a tent or RV at night. served as the “dream house” in the 1948 classic, Mr. Dogs are NOT permitted on trails or dirt fire roads. Blandings Builds His Dream House. • Campfires are permitted only in the metal fire rings provided. Wood may be used during low fire Native People danger conditions and charcoal during medium This land was home to the Chumash people for fire conditions. No fires are permitted when fire thousands of years. Grasslands, chaparral (drought risk is high. Please check at entrance station for resistant, fire-adapted shrubs), oak woodlands, and fire conditions. riparian woodlands (stream areas) provided abundant • Alcohol consumption is permitted in the camping resources. Early Spanish explorers found a Chumash and picnic areas only, and only by those 21 years of culture of settled villages, established class structures, age or older. and extensive trade systems. The Chumash were known for their extraordinary craftsmanship, oral traditions, • Minors, when camping or visiting alone, must have music, and rich religious life. Archaeologists have written permission from a parent or guardian, uncovered the site of a small village once known as including contact phone number, to enter the park. Talepop in the northeast section of the park. European • Park only in the campsite for which you have been immigration and exploration changed the lives of the registered. Limit of 2 vehicles per site. All vehicles Chumash people forever. Their descendants still carry must remain on the pavement. on many of their traditions today. • Please do not occupy any campsite until you have registered and paid for it. The Sepulveda Adobe, at the corner of Las Virgenes and Mulholland, housed a homesteading family in • Accessibility is continually improving; please visit the 1860s. http://access.parks.ca.gov for specific information.

CAMPING RESERVATIONS: You may make camping reservations by calling (800) 444-7275 (TTY 800-274-7275). To make online reservations, visit our website at www.parks.ca.gov. ALTERNATE FORMAT: If you need this publication in an alternate format, contact [email protected]. Sepulveda M Adobe ulho lland Malibu Creek State Park Hwy Malibu Creek Campground

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