🌳 RUSTIC CANYON (4-5 MILE HIKE) / MURPHY RANCH 🐄

🌳⛰️RUSTIC CANYON / Murphy Ranch 🐄 hike is a lovely setting with a "😱 shady" past that adds a little EXTRA adventure and local lore. It has also been subject to fires over the years, especially the last devastating burn. The famous graffiti house and stable foundations were left unscathed but the hillsides and some homes were torched so we will find the landscape altered.
HISTORY: LINK for more details. We'll descend 200 feet down concrete steps to the Murphy Ranch located between Sullivan Ridge and Will Rogers State Park. The WWII-Era Enigma was intended for notorious Nazi supporters awaiting America's fall, but was raided by U.S. Authorities and closed in 1941. The abandoned buildings became an artist's colony🎨 🖼️ in the 60s and 70s ☮️❤️✌️ but were deserted after the Mandeville Canyon Fire 🔥 in 1978. We'll explore before looping back to the fire road.

START TIME: We usually wait 15 minutes grace, but please try to arrive early to find parking.
DISTANCE: ~4-5 miles
ELEVATION: 700 ft
PARKING: Parking on the surrounding streets, on the side of the street in residential that doesn’t say no parking. no fee.
Murphy Ranch trail - 1550 Casale Rd · Pacific Palisades, CA
Street parking at the intersection of Capri Drive and Casale Road (also try the streets that run parallel to Casale). *Read STREET SIGNS!

MEETING LOCATION: Meet near the intersection of the Capri Drive and Casale Road.
STARTING LOCATION: We begin walking up Sullivan Ridge Fire Road.

RESTROOMS: No Toilets to count on, just the "🌳FACILITREES🌳" which are abundant. Stop by some place before arriving.

DOGS: 🐶 DOGS ON LEASH OKAY!

WHAT TO BRING: BRING 3 LITERS OF WATER, A HAT, SUNSCREEN, COMFORTABLE SHOES, SNACKS, WARM CLOTHES, MITTENS OR GLOVES, LIGHT JACKET !

ALLTRAILS: LINK

LEGAL STUFF: by going on this hike, you agree to assume all risks of this hike, and that no one at Meetup including the organizer is responsible for your safety. See the Meetup terms of service especially paragraph 6.2: https://www.meetup.com/terms/