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74-570: Pacific Palisades is a neighborhood in the Westside region of Los Angeles, California, situated about 20 miles (32 km) west of Downtown Los Angeles . Pacific Palisades was formally founded in 1921 by a Methodist organization , and in the years that followed became a refuge for Jewish artists and intellectuals fleeing the Holocaust . The Palisades would later be sought after by celebrities and other high-profile individuals seeking privacy. It

148-433: A Mediterranean climate ( Köppen Csb ), and receives just enough annual precipitation to avoid semi-arid climate ( BSh) ,. Daytime temperatures are generally temperate all year round. In winter, they average around 68 °F (20 °C) giving it a tropical feel although it is a few degrees too cool to be a true tropical climate on average due to cool night temperatures. Pacific Palisades has plenty of sunshine throughout

222-570: A city park), and "cabins" developed as second homes and weekend retreats. This area is also known as Uplifter's Ranch. The Riviera is a Palisades neighborhood located approximately two miles east of The Palisades Village and features The Riviera Country Club , a high-end country club, and streets named after various locations in the French and Italian Riviera. The neighborhood is divided into north and south sections by Sunset Boulevard . It borders Santa Monica and Brentwood. The Riviera Country Club hosts

296-704: A clearing on a ridge with a bench that looks down on the Palisades, Santa Monica city and bay, and the surrounding area. The top of this hiking trail joins East Topanga Fire Road, which leads to the Paseo Miramar Trail which leads you deeper into the Santa Monica Mountains . Continuing on the trail you will reach "Parker Mesa Overlook" , which is known for offering some of the best views of the coast of any hiking trail in Los Angeles.

370-480: A population of 25,507 residents in the 22.84 sq mi (59.2 km) neighborhood, giving a population density of 1,048/sq mi (405/km), among the lowest for the city and the county. The Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks operates several recreational facilities in Pacific Palisades. Hiking is common in the Palisades, and the community is home to a number of hiking trails including

444-541: A proper thoroughfare to it. In late 1912, several properties along the route were condemned so that the boulevard could be changed in both its width and its alignment. With these changes completed, Sunset Boulevard now reached North Main Street and continued as Marchessault along the northern end of the Plaza. This section, variously marked and signed as Marchessault Street or East Sunset Boulevard, remained open to traffic until

518-532: A quarter mile west of The Village, across Temescal Canyon – just past Palisades Charter High School . The El Medio Mesa extends for a long distance from Temescal Canyon all the way to where Sunset Boulevard meets the Pacific Coast Highway . Marquez Knolls is a large area of homes located north of Sunset Boulevard beginning about a quarter mile west of The Village across Temescal Canyon on the mountain upslope known for spectacular ocean views. There

592-449: A studio head (Ince), producers, directors, production managers, production staff, and writers all working together under one organization and under the supervision of a General Manager, Fred J. Balshofer . On January 16, 1916, a fire broke out at Inceville, the first of many that eventually destroyed all of the buildings. Ince later gave up on the studio and sold it to William S. Hart , who renamed it "Hartville." Three years later, Hart sold

666-660: A wide range of disciplines. With an approximate enrollment of 28,000 undergraduate and 12,000 graduate students, UCLA is the university with the largest enrollment in the state of California and the most popular university in the United States by number of applicants. Other post-secondary schools in the Westside are as follows: Other regions of Los Angeles County 34°02′30″N 118°25′31″W  /  34.04153°N 118.425392°W  / 34.04153; -118.425392 Sunset Blvd. Sunset Boulevard

740-538: Is 2.8 mile-long trail with 1,007 ft of elevation gain located in the Santa Monica Mountains overlooked the Palisades. High Point Trail is a paved trail that begins on private property, and hikers hiking this trail frequently trespass knowingly or unknowingly in order to complete the hike. This trail is noted for its wildlife, and although the trail is paved some parts are overgrown with bushes and other vegetation. The trail leads to "Goat Peak" which

814-704: Is a boulevard in the central and western part of Los Angeles, California , United States, that stretches from the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades east to Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles . It is a major thoroughfare in the cities of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood (including a portion known as the Sunset Strip ), as well as several districts in Los Angeles . Approximately 23.6 miles (38 km) in length,

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888-479: Is a small shopping center on Marquez Avenue and Sunset Boulevard. The Via Bluffs and The Huntington are the neighborhoods that border the "village" proper to the south of Sunset Boulevard , overlooking the ocean. The Via Mesa is located between Temescal Canyon on the west and Potrero Canyon on the east; the Huntington Palisades is located between Potrero Canyon on the west and Chautauqua Boulevard on

962-557: Is an uncleared trail with overgrown vegetation. Eagle Springs Fire Road Loop Trail is a 5.5 mile-long loop trail with 1,095 ft in elevation gain, located near the Palisades Highlands neighborhood. The trail is paved and well-maintained as it doubles as a fire road, and offers a number of activity options. It is most popular from September until May. This is one of the few trails in Los Angeles County which

1036-414: Is characterized by its high density of smaller single family homes on lively narrow streets. The streets, named after Methodist bishops of the late 19th and early 20th century, are consecutively named beginning with A, B, C, D, etc. – hence the name Alphabet Streets. This neighborhood is a destination for trick-or-treaters on Halloween. The El Medio Mesa is located south of Sunset Boulevard beginning about

1110-570: Is commemorated in Billy Wilder 's film Sunset Boulevard (1950), the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical of the same name , and the 1950s television series 77 Sunset Strip . Jan and Dean 's 1960s hit song " Dead Man's Curve " refers to a section of the road near Bel Air estates just north of UCLA 's Drake Stadium where Jan Berry almost died in an automobile accident in 1966. The Buffalo Springfield song " For What It's Worth "

1184-486: Is known for its seclusion, being a close-knit community with a small-town feel, Mediterranean climate , hilly topography , natural environment, abundance of parkland and hiking trails, a 3-mile (4.8 km) strip of coastline, and for being home to several architecturally significant homes. As of 2022, the community's population was 23,121. Pacific Palisades is a largely residential community and does not attract many tourists other than day visitors to Gladstones Malibu ,

1258-548: Is of the highest points in the Palisades and offers sweeping views of the surrounding area. Inspiration Point Trail is a 2.1 mile-long hiking trail with 324 ft in elevation gain located within Will Rogers State Historic Park near the Riviera neighborhood. This is one of the oldest hiking trails in Los Angeles and was created by Will Rogers in the early 20th century. Inspiration Point is one of

1332-409: Is open to those on horseback . This trail offers parking in the nearby lot for $ 10 a day, and is easily accessible from both the Palisades as well as neighboring Topanga. The Eagle Springs Fire Road Loop Trail leads to Eagle Rock, a rock formation which is a common spot for photography as its peak offers sweeping views of the surrounding area and is home to a variety of native lizards. High Point Trail

1406-486: Is the Palisades Village , a shopping center which was opened in 2018 and replaced a number of buildings in the downtown area. This business district is centered around the historic Business Block building located between Antioch and Sunset. The Village consists of a weekly farmers' market, restaurants, and a coffee shop in addition to shops, and offices. The Alphabet Streets, also known as "The North Village,"

1480-564: Is the home of the Getty Villa and the narrow, winding streets in this neighborhood have Italian names and ocean breezes. Rustic Canyon is the neighborhood east of Chautauqua Boulevard that dips into Santa Monica Canyon and includes the Will Rogers State Historic Park . The neighborhood features post-war homes located on the former polo field of The Uplifters, the original site of The Uplifters clubhouse (now

1554-489: Is the neighborhood that borders the 'village' proper to the north of Sunset Boulevard . This was the first neighborhood to be built in Pacific Palisades, beginning in 1921 by members of the Methodist movement. This neighborhood has the smallest lot sizes of all the neighborhoods in the Palisades, with lots ranging from 5,200 to 7,500 sq ft in size. The Alphabet Streets are within walking distance to The Village, and this area

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1628-523: Is today Hollywood and Vine . In 1890, Belgian diplomat Victor Ponet bought 240 acres (97 ha) of the former Rancho La Brea land grant. His son-in-law, Francis S. Montgomery , inherited this property and created Sunset Plaza . According to a 1901 article in the Los Angeles Herald , Sunset only extended from Hollywood in the west to Marion Avenue in the Echo Park district in

1702-557: Is usually higher in the neighborhoods located in the hills and coastal slopes of the Santa Monica Mountains , such as the Highlands and Castellammare; due to orographic uplift. Summer days are typically rainless. Rarely, an incursion of moist air from the south or east can bring brief thunderstorms in late summer, especially to the mountains. The coast gets slightly less rainfall, while the inland and mountain areas get considerably more. Years of average rainfall are rare. The usual pattern

1776-494: Is year to year variability, with a short string of dry years of 5–10 in (130–250 mm) rainfall, followed by one or two wet years with more than 20 in (510 mm). Wet years are usually associated with warm water El Niño conditions in the Pacific, dry years with cooler water La Niña episodes. A series of rainy days can bring floods to the lowlands and mudslides to the hills, especially after wildfires have denuded

1850-409: The 2028 Summer Olympics . The Palisades Highlands is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California's Pacific Palisades northern region, located in the upper Santa Ynez Canyon. The Highlands has access to several Topanga State Park trailheads. The Highlands themself have a number of gated communities, housing developments and distinct neighborhoods including the following: Santa Monica Canyon, named for

1924-802: The Genesis Open on the PGA Tour in February (the tournament has been previously known as the Northern Trust Open and Nissan Open and was originally the "Los Angeles Open"). Riviera has hosted three major championships : the U.S. Open in 1948 and the PGA Championship in 1983 and 1995 . Ben Hogan won three times in less than 18 months at the course (1947 and 1948 L.A. Open, 1948 U.S. Open), and it became known as "Hogan's Alley." The country club will also host golf during

1998-521: The Holocaust , many of whom associated with the Exilliteratur settled in Pacific Palisades, including Thomas Mann , Lion Feuchtwanger , Theodor W. Adorno , Vicki Baum , Herbert Zipper , and Emil Ludwig . Some of these Jewish refugees had previously sought refuge in the south of France (and had to flee due to the fall of France to the Vichy regime), and were surprised by the similarities with

2072-548: The Los Angeles Police Department began renting temporary office space in the now-historic Business Block building for the price of $ 10 a month. The following year, a motorcycle officer was assigned to make nightly patrols in the area. The Palisades finally acquired its own fire station in 1929, located on Sunset, adjacent to where the local Chase Bank branch now stands in the Village neighborhood. By

2146-591: The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area lie along the ridges above the community, along with local parks that include Will Rogers State Historic Park . The Palisades is bounded by Brentwood to the east, Malibu to the west, Santa Monica to the southeast, the Santa Monica Bay to the southwest, Topanga and the Santa Monica Mountains to the north. The name "Pacific Palisades" comes from

2220-483: The UCLA campus. The Santa Monica Mountain range runs through the northern and eastern sections of Pacific Palisades, accessible through a series of trailheads . The Pacific Palisades covers a total area of 24.31 square miles (63 km), comprising 22.84 square miles (59.2 km) of land and 1.47 square miles (3.8 km) of water. The Palisades coast is about three miles (4.8 km) in length. Pacific Palisades has

2294-476: The UCLA Library . A memorial plaque sits in a boulder on Pampas Ricas Blvd commemorating the adobe house, dedicated in the 1950s. Ysidro Reyes died in 1863. Reyes left his portion of Rancho Boca de Santa Monica to his widow, Maria Antonia Villa, who sold it to developer and railroad magnate Robert Symington Baker in 1875. In 1911, film director Thomas Ince constructed his film studio, " Inceville ", which

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2368-677: The boulevard roughly traces the arc of mountains that form part of the northern boundary of the Los Angeles Basin , following the path of a 1780s cattle trail from the Pueblo de Los Angeles to the ocean. From Downtown Los Angeles, the boulevard heads northwest, to Hollywood , through which it travels due west for several miles before it bends southwest towards the ocean. It passes through or near Echo Park , Silver Lake , Los Feliz , Hollywood, West Hollywood , Beverly Hills , and Holmby Hills . In Bel-Air , Sunset Boulevard runs along

2442-531: The 405 freeway (the most common answer). The Times analyzed the results and no one definition approached a majority. Ultimately, the Los Angeles Times Mapping Project settled on a definition comprising 101.28 square miles (262 km ), encompassing not only districts in the city of Los Angeles but also two unincorporated neighborhoods, plus the cities of Beverly Hills , Culver City , and Santa Monica , but excluding all of

2516-584: The Castellammare, Huntington and Paseo Miramar neighborhoods. On August 18 of that year, the cornerstone was laid for the foundation of the Methodist Episcopal Church on Via de la Paz, which at that time was the community's only church. Directly across the street, planning was underway for the town's first permanent school building which would later become known as "Palisades Elementary", which was dedicated on June 12, 1931. In 1928,

2590-600: The Mediterranean climate and topography. Villa Aurora on Paseo Miramar, the Spanish colonial home of Feuchtwanger and his wife, Marta, became the focal point of the expatriate community, which was nicknamed " Weimar by the Sea". Some non-Jewish exiles who were married to people with Jewish ancestry chose to settle in the Palisades as well, such as Thomas Mann and his wife Katia Mann who resided at 1550 San Remo Drive in

2664-585: The Riviera neighborhood. For many decades there was a virtual ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages in the district, and a Chinese restaurant , House of Lee, held the only liquor license. The Methodist Church created a Chautauqua Conference Grounds in Temescal Canyon. The Presbyterian Synod purchased the property in 1943 and used it as a private retreat center until the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy purchased

2738-528: The State of California creating Will Rogers State Historic Park . c.  1931 , Sunset was a paved road from Horn Avenue to Havenhurst Avenue. The Sunset Strip portion of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood has been famous for its active nightlife since at least the 1950s. In contrast to other American cities where it referred to a concentration of radio retailers, in Los Angeles, Radio Row

2812-693: The area consists of a flat plateau area with sweeping views of the coastline. Westside Los Angeles According to the LA Weekly , there are different perspectives on where the Westside ends and the Eastside begins. Generally, the Westside is the area south of the Santa Monica Mountains and Sepulveda Pass , and west of either: Los Angeles Times readers submitted more than 300 maps, with borders ranging from Lincoln to La Brea and beyond. The most common east/west dividing lines were: Downtown, La Cienega Boulevard (the most common street cited), and

2886-527: The area was a big selling point. Temperatures are much cooler than inland Los Angeles during summer, but usually sunnier and less foggy than areas south along the coast (e.g. Santa Monica ). Pacific Palisades enjoyed steady growth throughout the Roaring 20s , but it was still a small, isolated community out on the edge of Los Angeles. It began to become less isolated with the paving of Sunset Boulevard ± in 1925, which brought an increased flow of traffic through

2960-479: The area. Los Leones is one of the most-popular hiking trails in the entire Westside , and the trail weaves through a lush canyon with abundant green vegetation located in the southern end of Topanga State Park , just a 1/3 mile away from the Pacific Ocean. The ivy and chaparral-lined trail offers some of the best of Santa Monica Bay. After 1.3 miles and 550 feet of elevation gain, Los Liones Trail arrives at

3034-524: The city of West Hollywood – even areas west of La Cienega Boulevard. According to the Mapping L.A. survey of the Los Angeles Times the Westside includes all of the below neighborhoods that are part of the city of Los Angeles: In the 2000 census , the Westside (as defined by the Los Angeles Times Mapping Project ) had a population of 529,427. In 2000, non-Hispanic whites made up 63% of

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3108-406: The community and offered more convenient accessibility to nearby Westwood and Beverly Hills . 1929 would prove to be a pivotal year in the history of the Palisades, and by that time the town consisted of only about 365 homes and about 1,000 residents who mostly resided in the so-called "Alphabet Streets" neighborhood, although residential construction was now expanding into what would later become

3182-481: The east. The Board of Public Works proposed to extend Sunset east to Main Street in the Plaza by routing the road over the existing section of Bellevue Avenue, but the plan was delayed until approximately 1904, due to active opposition by affected land owners. According to the 1910 Baist Real Estate Survey Atlas, Sunset Boulevard reached the Plaza by that time, but it did so by two short and narrow segments which were not aligned with each other and thus did not provide

3256-494: The east. Both of these neighborhoods are within walking distance to The Village and sit upon high bluffs that look out over the Pacific Ocean. The El Medio Bluffs, as with The Via Bluffs and The Huntington Palisades, are located on a high ridge overlooking the Pacific Ocean and much of the neighborhood is afforded ocean views and ocean air. Castellammare is located along Pacific Coast Highway on small bluffs much closer to sea-level, north of where Sunset Boulevard meets PCH. This

3330-608: The end of the decade, nearly all remaining open areas of Pacific Palisades were being developed, reflecting the areas booming growth and the Palisades' coastal allure. Golfers were enjoying the already acclaimed Riviera Country Club , opened in 1927. Later in the decade construction started on the Bel-Air Bay Club , opened in March 1930. The Palisades was a refuge for many German-Jewish and Austrian-Jewish intellectuals and artists fleeing from pre-war Germany and, later, from

3404-474: The few hiking trails in the Palisades which is open to dogs. Inspiration Point Trail is one of the main attractions of Will Rogers State Park, and attracts hikers from across the Palisades and around the area as it is an easy hike with unique vistas of the Los Angeles Basin and Santa Monica Bay. On a clear day one can see views of areas such as Catalina Island , Chino Hills , and Saddleback Peak at

3478-631: The following trails: The Backbone Trail is a long distance trail extending 67.79 miles (109.10 km) across the length of the Santa Monica Mountains . The Backbone Trail runs through both Malibu and Pacific Palisades, with its western terminus in Point Mugu State Park in Malibu and its eastern terminus in Will Rogers State Historic Park in Pacific Palisades. The trail is open to hikers throughout its length; dogs, mountain bicyclists and horseback riders are allowed on portions of

3552-473: The historic Rancho Boca de Santa Monica , is within the city of Los Angeles and is considered part of the Los Angeles community of Pacific Palisades. Canyon Charter School serves the local area. The neighborhood is bordered by Chautauqua Boulevard to the north and Adelaide Drive to the south. In 2009 the Los Angeles Times 's "Mapping L.A." project supplied these Pacific Palisades statistics:

3626-486: The historic section of Downtown. The portion of Sunset Boulevard east of Figueroa Street was renamed Cesar Chavez Avenue in 1994, along with Macy Street and Brooklyn Avenue, in honor of the late Mexican-American union leader and civil rights activist . In 1877, Harvey Henderson Wilcox , one of the earlier real estate owners from "back East", decided to subdivide more than 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land (mostly orchards and vineyards) along Sunset Boulevard, including what

3700-460: The land; in 1922, Scott founded Pacific Palisades, envisioning an elaborate religious-intellectual commune. Believers snapped up choice lots and lived in tents during construction. By 1925, the Palisades had 100 homes. In one subdivision, streets were named in alphabetical order for Methodist missionaries (the "Alphabet Streets"). The tents eventually were replaced by cabins, then by bungalows, and ultimately by multimillion-dollar homes. The climate of

3774-491: The late 1960s or early 1970s. At that time, Sunset was realigned one block north and Marchessault was closed to motor traffic. In 1921 a westward expansion of Sunset began, extending the road from the then-current terminus at Sullivan Canyon toward the coast. This land, a portion of the original 1838 holdings of Francisco Marquez, stretched across a mesa and became known as the "Riviera section". Will Rogers , who had bought much of this land as an investment, later donated it to

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3848-646: The local beaches, the Getty Villa or the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine . Nicknamed The Palisades and Pali by surfers and locals, the Palisades coast spans from after Sorrento Beach in Santa Monica to the south, and ends at Sunset Point Beach and Malibu to the north. Beaches along the Pacific Palisades coast include: Will Rogers State Beach , Sunset Point Beach, and one of the few unofficially gay beaches in Los Angeles, Ginger Rogers Beach . The many parks within

3922-565: The lot to Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation , which continued filming there until 1922. La Hue writes that "the place was virtually a ghost town when the last remnants of "Inceville" were burned on July 4, 1922, leaving only a "weatherworn old church, which stood sentinel over the charred ruins." A decade later, the Rev. Charles H. Scott and the Southern California Methodist Episcopal Church bought

3996-594: The main actors came from Los Angeles and other communities as needed, often taking the red trolley cars to the Long Wharf in what is now the Temescal Canyon neighborhood, where buckboards conveyed them to the set. Ince lived in a house overlooking the vast studio in what is now the Marquez Knolls neighborhood. Indeed, "Inceville" became a prototype for Hollywood film studios of the future, with

4070-523: The majority of prostitutes on the Boulevard. Part of Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood is also sometimes called "Guitar Row" due to the large number of guitar stores and music industry-related businesses, including the recording studios Sunset Sound Studios and United Western Recorders . The portion of Sunset Boulevard that passes through Beverly Hills was once named Beverly Boulevard. The boulevard

4144-623: The median income of the neighborhood was about $ 96,300. The Westside is home to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a public research university in the Westwood neighborhood. It is the second-oldest of the ten campuses of the University of California system. UCLA is considered a flagship campus of the University of California system, along with UC Berkeley . It offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in

4218-664: The northern boundary of UCLA 's Westwood campus. The boulevard continues through Brentwood to Pacific Palisades , where it terminates at the Pacific Coast Highway intersection. The boulevard has curvaceous winding stretches, and can be treacherous for unalert drivers in some sections. Sunset Boulevard is at least four lanes wide along its entire route. Sunset is frequently congested with traffic loads beyond its design capacity. Sunset Boulevard historically extended farther east than it does now, starting at Alameda Street near Union Station and beside Olvera Street in

4292-586: The official downtown station, the highest recorded temperature is 113 °F (45 °C) on September 27, 2010, while the lowest is 28 °F (−2 °C), on January 4, 1949. During autumn and winter, Santa Ana winds sometimes bring much warmer and drier conditions to Pacific Palisades, and raise wildfire risk. The Village is the Pacific Palisades' walkable, vibrant downtown area and small central business district with its center at Sunset Boulevard and Via de la Paz. Pacific Palisades has been known for having an abundance of Italian restaurants. The Village's anchor

4366-623: The population. The areas within the city of Los Angeles that Los Angeles Almanac recognized as part of the Westside had a population of 413,351. Fifty-three percent of West Los Angeles residents aged 25 and older had earned a 4-year degree (or higher) by 2000, according to Census Bureau figures quoted by the Los Angeles Times. They included 89,620 people with master's degrees or higher and 117,695 with bachelor's degrees . In addition, 95,187 people in that age range had some college experience. There were 46,823 with high school diplomas but 40,451 who had dropped out before graduating. As of 2019,

4440-434: The property in 1994 to become Temescal Gateway Park. Though the Palisades had a notable Jewish population since at least the 1930s, it was still largely Methodist until the 1970s. This is when the Palisades began to see an explosion of affluent Jewish migration, accompanied by the opening of a local landmark Mort's Deli , in 1972. The beloved landmark closed in 2007. Pacific Palisades is about 7 miles (11 kilometers) west of

4514-456: The rest of the southern California coast, is subject to a late spring/early summer weather phenomenon called " June Gloom ". This involves overcast or foggy skies in the morning that yield to sun by early afternoon. Pacific Palisades averages 14.93 in (379 mm) of precipitation annually, mainly occurring between November and March, generally in the form of moderate rain showers, but sometimes as heavy rainfall during winter storms. Rainfall

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4588-412: The sides of the ship, while on the shore performing cowboys galloped about, twirling their lassos in pursuit of errant cattle ... The main herds were kept in the hills, where Ince also raised feed and garden produce. Supplies of every sort were needed to house and feed a veritable army of actors, directors and subordinates. While the cowboys, Native Americans and assorted workers lived at "Inceville,"

4662-497: The slopes. Both freezing temperatures and snowfall are extremely rare in the hills and canyon ridges and along the coast, with the last occurrence of a 32 °F (0 °C) reading being on. While the most recent snowfall occurred in January 2021, it has also occurred several other times in recorded history, the second-most recent being in February 2019, with snow falling in some areas of the Palisades as recently as January 2021. At

4736-520: The style and architecture of different countries. Extensive outdoor western sets were built and used on the site for several years. According to Katherine La Hue in her book, Pacific Palisades: Where the Mountains Meet the Sea : Ince invested $ 35,000 in building, stages and sets ... a bit of Switzerland, a Puritan settlement, a Japanese village ... beyond the breakers, an ancient brigantine weighed anchor, cutlassed men swarming over

4810-399: The summit of this trail. Inspiration Point Trail also connects to the nearby Backbone Trail. Los Leones Trail, also known as Los Liones, is a moderately-challenging hiking trail located in the Castellammare neighborhood. Los Leones Trail is 7.3 miles in length, with over 1,300 ft in elevation gain. . Often spelled "Los Liones," the area is named after the mountain lions that are common in

4884-459: The term " palisades ," a geological formation consisting of a series of cliff-like bluffs situated by a body of water, in this case the Pacific Ocean, and also for the area's purported resemblance to The Palisades on the west side of the lower Hudson River . Archeological evidence shows Native American Indians living in the Santa Monica Mountains and the surrounding area including Pacific Palisades for over 10,000 years. Prior to European contact,

4958-458: The trail as posted. The Backbone Trail follows a well-maintained, single-track path with some dirt roads along the route. There is no permit required for hiking the BBT. Bushwacker's Delight is a 0.8 mile lightly trafficked point-to-point trail with 528 ft in elevation gain, located within Will Rogers State Historic Park . This trail is frequented by more-experienced hikers as Bushwacker's Delight

5032-660: The western sections of the Santa Monica mountains were inhabited by the Tongva people. The closest Tongva settlement to Pacific Palisades with a written record is the village of Topa'nga . The village of Topa'nga sits on the western-most edge of Tongva territory, neighboring the territory of the Chumash people to the north. Due to this close proximity to the Chumash, the culture in western Tongva territory contained elements of Chumash influence. The land that became Pacific Palisades

5106-898: The year, with an average of only 35 days with measurable precipitation annually. Temperatures in the Palisades exceed 90 °F (32 °C) on a dozen or so days in the year, from one day a month in April, May, June and November to three days a month in July, August, October and to five days in September. The average annual temperature of the sea is 63 °F (17 °C), from 58 °F (14 °C) in January to 68 °F (20 °C) in August. Hours of sunshine total more than 3,000 per year, from an average of 7 hours of sunshine per day in December to an average of 12 in July. Pacific Palisades, like much of

5180-564: Was on a 460-acre (1.9 km) tract of land he leased called Bison Ranch at Sunset Blvd. and Pacific Coast Highway in the Santa Monica Mountains . Today this is where the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine is located. By the following year, Ince had earned enough money to purchase the ranch and was able to lease an additional 18,000 acres (73 km) lot in what is now in the Palisades Highlands neighborhood. stretching 7.5 miles (12.1 km) up Santa Ynez Canyon. This

5254-532: Was originally within the boundaries of Rancho Boca de Santa Monica , granted by the governor of California during the Mexican period to Francisco Marquez and Ysidro Reyes in 1839. The Ysidro Reyes Adobe was the first adobe home ever built in Santa Monica Canyon, erected in the year 1838 on land now known as Pampas Ricas Blvd in Pacific Palisades. Sketches of adobe dwelling exist in the collection of

5328-459: Was the first major development built in the Palisades since the Mexican rancho era. This was the first studio in the area which featured silent stages, production offices, printing labs, a commissary large enough to serve lunch to hundreds of workers, dressing rooms, props houses, elaborate sets, all in one central location. When Inceville was completed, the streets were lined with many types of structures, from humble cottages to mansions, mimicking

5402-456: Was understood in the 1940s–1950s as the area around the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood , where the broadcasting facilities of all four major radio networks were located. In the 1970s, the area between Gardner Street and Western Avenue was a center for street prostitution . Shortly after a much publicized incident in late June 1995, police raids drove out

5476-400: Was written about a riot at Pandora's Box , a Sunset Strip club, in 1966. Metro Local lines 2, 4 and 602 operate on Sunset Boulevard, with Line 2 running through most of Sunset Boulevard between Echo Park and UCLA, Line 4 between Sunset Junction and Downtown LA, and Line 602 from UCLA west. The Metro B Line operates a subway station at Vermont Avenue . At 4334 W. Sunset Boulevard lies

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