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Malibu Creek State Park 1925 Las Virgenes Road Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 880-0367 Our Mission The mission of California State Parks is amed as a movie to provide for the health, inspiration and F Malibu Creek education of the people of California by helping to preserve the state’s extraordinary biological and TV filming site, State Park diversity, protecting its most valued natural and cultural resources, and creating opportunities exclusive club retreat, and for high-quality outdoor recreation. home to Chumash and Tongva peoples, this scenic haven California State Parks supports equal access. has been called the Prior to arrival, visitors with disabilities who need assistance should contact the park at “Yosemite of Los Angeles.” (818) 880-0367. If you need this publication in an alternate format, contact [email protected]. CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS P.O. Box 942896 Sacramento, CA 94296-0001 For information call: (800) 777-0369 (916) 653-6995, outside the U.S. 711, TTY relay service www.parks.ca.gov Malibu Creek State Park 1925 Las Virgenes Road Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 880-0367 © 2018 California State Parks M alibu Creek State Park extends across PLEASE REMEMBER near the corner of Las Virgenes Road and the crest of the Santa Monica Mountains, • All park natural and cultural features Mulholland Highway. This historic structure is encompassing thousands of scenic acres filled are protected by law and must not be open to the public on select days. with craggy canyons, gorges, and meadows. disturbed or removed. As metropolitan Los Angeles continued to Divided by a section of 14-mile-long Malibu • Except for service animals, dogs are not grow, Crags Country Club was established in Creek, the park has been a popular recreation allowed on any trails. Pets are allowed 1910 on former homestead lands for wealthy and relaxation venue for visitors since it only in registered campsites and must be businessmen as a place to recreate with their opened in 1976. kept in a tent or vehicle at night. families. Hollywood soon discovered the beautiful scenery, and with club membership • Watch carefully for poison oak, ticks, PARK HISTORY declining, 20th Century Fox Studios and rattlesnakes. Native People purchased the property in 1946. The rocks • Diving and jumping from rocks is Archaeological evidence indicates that and trees at what became known as “Century prohibited. Swimming in Rock Pool is humans have lived in these mountains for Ranch” formed a dramatic backdrop for at least 7,000 years. Malibu Canyon acted unhealthy due to high bacteria levels. many Westerns and other film and television as both a natural and cultural boundary • Pack out your trash and litter. shows including Planet of the Apes, Roots, for people speaking the eastern Chumash • Observe the fire regulations posted at and M*A*S*H. (Ventureño) and the western Tongva the park entrance. California State Parks bought Century (Fernandeño) languages. People were Ranch in the early 1970s, adding acreage that identified by their home village, and From Spanish Settlers to Movie Stars included the historic White Oak Farm and villages maintained political and personal In 1863, settler Pedro Sepulveda built an Ronald Reagan’s Yearling Row ranch. The park relationships through trade. adobe home from local mud bricks. The was classified and opened in 1976. Interior Santa Monica Mountains villages, Sepulveda Adobe, and its surrounding ranch such as the community of Ta’lopop (Talepop) landscape features, still stands found within what is now today’s park, were today on its original site often nestled at the junction of streams and springs surrounded by grasslands and oak woodlands. Surrounding the main village were temporary hunting and gathering camps as well as places for ceremony. After Gaspar de Portolá’s 1769 expedition and the subsequent establishment of missions at San Fernando and San Buenaventura, Spanish settlers began taking over native lands. The Chumash and Tongva were forced to relocate and work at the missions and later, ranches; however, some native communities, such as Talepop, The iconic cast of M*A*S*H persisted into the “American era.” NATURAL HISTORY Kaslow Natural Preserve provides 1,900 Climbing and bouldering at Geology acres of habitat for golden eagles and the “Apes Wall” near rock The park’s terrain of meadows, woodlands, other raptors, mountain lions, and the rare pool is allowed. Use crags, buttes, and canyons testifies to the Santa Susana tarplant — among other caution and please varying geological processes occurring here species — near the center of the park. Ka do not place pitons or over millions of years. slo’w means “place of the eagle” in the anchors in the rocks. Uplifted beds of sandstone and siltstone Chumash language. from the middle Miocene era form this Liberty Canyon Natural Preserve protects 730 acres of valley oak woodland/savannah in portion of the Santa Monica Mountains. Observe designated trail uses; yield the right of the park’s northeast section. Between 13 and 15 million years ago, molten way to horses and hikers. Udell Gorge Natural Preserve is named for volcanic lava, along with mudflows and ash Fishing — Anglers aged 16 and older must the steep, narrow valley carved by Udell (the Conejo Volcanics Formation) flowed over carry a valid license. No fishing is permitted in Creek during the Conejo Volcanics era. This the sedimentary rock of the Topanga Canyon lower Malibu Creek or Malibu Lagoon. For full 300-acre preserve north of Goat Buttes Formation. As the volcanic activity slowed, regulations, see www.wildlife.ca.gov. hosts such plants as the rare Santa Monica marine sediments were laid down again, Find thorough information about the park with Mountains dudleya and Lyon’s pentachaeta. creating the Calabasas Formation. a schedule of volunteer-led hikes and events at The Malibu Creek watershed and Other Plants and Wildlife www.malibucreekstatepark.org. subwatershed drain to the ocean through The parklands have several types of plant Malibu Lagoon; the year-round streams communities: oak woodland and valley oak ACCESSIBLE FEATURES are Malibu Creek and Las Virgenes Creek. savannah; riparian woodland; chaparral The Hunt House Visitor Center, the Century Lake and the Rock Pool on Malibu and coastal sage scrub; grasslands, and administrative building, restrooms, four Creek have poor water quality due to urban freshwater marsh. campsites, the campfire center, picnic areas, runoff from surrounding communities. Wildlife includes a number of sensitive and the Ann Skager Trail with Braille signage Natural Preserves mammal, reptile, bird, and fish species, are all accessible. Accessibility is continually improving. For Three subunits within the park—nearly including the southwestern pond turtle and updates, visit http://access.parks.ca.gov. 3,000 of the park’s 8,000+ acres, have been southern steelhead. Bird watching is popular. classified as natural preserves. These areas RECREATION NEARBY STATE PARKS safeguard significant plant and animal species Camping — More than 55 RV and tent sites • Malibu Lagoon State Beach and natural processes. and one 60-person group tent site may 23200 Pacific Coast Highway be reserved in advance. Visit www.parks. Malibu 90265 (310) 457-8432 ca.gov/malibucreek or call (800) 444-7275. • Topanga State Park, 20828 Entrada Road Picnics — Shaded picnic ramadas with Topanga 90290 (310) 455-4197 barbecues are available near the main park entrance. 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