Franklin Canyon Park
Franklin Canyon Park | |
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Beverly Hills, and the city of Los Angeles, California | |
Coordinates | 34°06′11″N 118°24′44″W / 34.1031°N 118.4122°W |
Area | 605 acres (245 ha) |
Elevation | 630 |
Created | 1981 |
Operated by | Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, for the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy |
Open | All year |
Franklin Canyon Park is a public municipal
The park features a 3-acre (1.2 ha) lake, a duck pond and over five miles (8 km) of hiking trails. The lake and pond are visited by birds in the Pacific Flyway.
The park is managed by the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA), a partnership between the state-based
The park has been used as a filming location for numerous television and film productions, including the hitchhiking scene in the 1934 film It Happened One Night and for the opening credits of The Andy Griffith Show.
History
The park traces its beginnings to 1914 when William Mulholland and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power built a reservoir in upper Franklin Canyon. The canyon was used by the family of oil baron Edward L. Doheny as a summer retreat. The 1930s began the frequent use of the canyon for filming. Claudette Colbert's famous hitchhiking scene from It Happened One Night was filmed in 1935. Today about 25 films are shot here annually. During the 1970s the canyon was spared from development through the efforts of conservationist Sooky Goldman and Congressman Howard Berman, which resulted in the creation of the park.[4]
Neighborhood
The Franklin Canyon neighborhood lies south of
Flora and fauna
Franklin Canyon is rich in plant life. Chaparral, shady grassland meadows and oak woodlands are found in the park.[4] Also within the park's boundaries are sycamore, redwood and walnut trees, along with non-native pine and cedar. A vast array of wildflowers grow here.[9]
The park is home to a variety of indigenous wildlife such as frogs, rabbits, squirrels, rats, mice, snakes,
Activities
Popular activities are
Located directly adjacent to Franklin Park is the headquarters of the conservation organization TreePeople. TreePeople also offers organized hikes, as well as tree care workshops and themed festivals.[10]
Stop sign cameras
In July, 2007, the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority installed three
Gallery
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Hastain Trail sign in Franklin Canyon Park
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Hastain Trail in Franklin Canyon Park
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Heavenly Pond in Franklin Canyon Park
In the media
This is a partial list of media which have used Franklin Canyon Park:
Film
- Private Lives (1931)
- It Happened One Night (1934) - Claudette Colbert's famous hitch-hiking scene, rural roads were filmed here[9]
- These Three (1936)
- The Lady Escapes (1937)
- I Met My Love Again (1938)
- Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
- A Ducking They Did Go (1939)
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) - the lagoon is Franklin Lake.[9]
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- The Man (1972)
- Bittersweet Love (1976)
- On Golden Pond (1981) - the eponymous pond[9]
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)[10]
- Purple Rain (1984)
- Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
- Platoon (1986)
- The Great Outdoors (1988)[20]
- Kindergarten Cop (1990)[20]
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)[20]
- Camp Nowhere (1992)[20]
- Sleepwalkers (1992)
- Drowning Mona (2000)
- Big Momma's House (2000)[12]
- Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)[10]
- Minority Report (2002)
- Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
- When a Stranger Calls (2006)
- Georgia Rule (2007)
- All About Steve (2007)
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
- I Love You, Beth Cooper (2008)
Television
- According To Jim
- American Horror Story: 1984
- The Andy Griffith Show - opening credits fishing hole, Myers Lake, is Franklin Lake[9][20]
- B. J. and the Bear
- Bonanza[9][11]
- The Brady Bunch[21]
- Camp Runamuck
- Combat![9][20]
- Criminal Minds
- CSI: NY
- Doogie Howser, M.D.
- Dynasty
- ER
- Falcon Crest
- Green Acres - S3E15 "No Trespassing"
- How I Met Your Mother
- JAG
- How the West Was Won[1]
- Hunter[20]
- Lassie[9][11]
- Mannix - S3E2 "Color Her Missing"
- Matlock[10]
- Murder She Wrote
- NCIS
- Quantum Leap[10]
- Salem's Lot
- Salute Your Shorts
- Santa Barbara
- Sons Of Anarchy
- Star Trek[9] - some alien landscapes, including "The Paradise Syndrome"
- That Girl
- True Blood
- Twin Peaks
- The Fugitive - S1E14 "The Girl from Little Egypt"
- The Waltons - S4E25 "The Collision"
- Will And Grace
- The Young and the Restless
Music
The park was used by photographer
- Sounds of Silence, Simon & Garfunkel[9]
- Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass), The Rolling Stones
See also
References
- ^ a b De Turenne, Veronique (2003-11-27). "L.A.'s balancing point". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ "MRCA | About – FAQs". Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "MRCA | Parks". Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ a b c "Franklin Canyon Park". Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. Archived from the original on 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ Diane Wedner (June 1, 2008). "Hiking into Hollywood's backyard". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2011/11-0187-S3_cis_3-5-12.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Beverly Canyon – Plan to improve canyon
- ^ N Beverly Drive Franklin Canyon Maps
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Lethal, Donna (2008-04-09). "Workout Wednesday: Franklin Canyon". LAist.com. Gothamist LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ ISBN 0-89732-707-1.
- ^ a b c Wedner, Diane (2008-06-01). "Hiking into Hollywood's backyard". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ a b Schenden, Laurie (2000-09-07). "The Hills Are Alive With Plenty to Do". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ Kahlenberg, Richard (1998-11-13). "Looking and Listening". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ "Nature and Discovery Centers". Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ Stop Sign Cameras Issue 1,485 Citations Over Three Months(archived), The Beverly Hills Courier, Nov 5, 2010, p. 4
- ^ Taves, Max (4 January 2024). "Stop-Sign Camera Illegal? Residents Weigh In". Palisadian Post.
- ^ Sue Pascoe. "Lawsuit Filed over Stop-Sign Cameras". Palisadian Post. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18.
- ^ Pascoe, Sue (4 January 2024). "Judge's Ruling Aids Case Against MRCA's Stop-Sign Cameras". Palisadian Post.
- ^ Lazarus, David (May 26, 2015). "An odd-looking traffic citation, but it shouldn't be ignored". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ a b c d e f g Nelson, Valerie J (2002-04-04). "It's Seen a Lot of Action". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ "Ask Barry » The Greg Brady Project (37)". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
External links
- Franklin Canyon Park at LAMountains.com, official site
- Franklin Canyon at IMDb
- TreePeople, official site
- "Franklin Canyon in Beverly Hills", by Pineapple.LA, video about the park (unofficial)
- Blog post with numerous photographs, parts I and II (obviously unofficial).