Built in the 1920s to take Angelinos from the city to the ocean, Mulholland Road offers parkway vista points with panoramas of the city, mountains, and beaches, as well as trails into pockets of wilderness hidden in the canyons. The Mulholland Scenic Corridor runs approximately 50 miles from Griffith Park to Leo Carrillo State Beach and links city, county, state, and federal parks within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. People have used this valley for more than 6,000 years: Las Virgenes Valley people lived here, Indians hunted here, Spanish and Mexican rancheros raised cattle and horses, and major studios once owned ranches used as movie sets. One of those ranches, the 20th Century Fox Movie Ranch, is now part of Malibu Creek State Park. Today the landscape offers places to picnic, fish, hike, and ride.
