Charles Fleming 
Secret Walks 
A Walking Guide to the Hidden Trails of Los Angeles (Revised September 2020)

Revised and Updated in September 2020!





Secret Walks: A Walking Guide to the Hidden Trails of Los Angeles is a sequel to the popular
Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles, and features another collection of exciting urban walks through parks, canyons, and neighborhoods unknown and unseen by most Angelinos. Each walk is rated for duration, distance, and difficulty, and is accompanied by a map.



The walks, like those in Secret Stairs, are filled with fascinating factoids about historical landmarks—the original Bat Cave from
Batman, the lake where Opie learned to fish on
The Andy Griffith Show, or the storage barn for one of L.A.’s oldest wineries. The book also highlights the people who made the landmarks famous: the infamous water engineer William Mulholland; the convicted murderer and philanthropist Colonel Griffith J. Griffith; Charles Lummis, who walked from Cincinnati to Los Angeles to take a job on the L.A. Times; and tobacco millionaire Abbot Kinney, who dug canals to drain the marshes south of Santa Monica and create his American “Venice.”



Written in the entertainingly informed style that has made
Secret Stairs a
Los Angeles Times best-seller,
Secret Walks is the perfect book for the walker eager to explore but tired of the crowds at Runyon Canyon or Temescal Park.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS






Downtown Los Angeles



Downtown LA, Los Angeles



River Walk North, Los Angeles



River Walk South, Los Angeles








Griffith Park



Griffith Park, Ferndell, Los Angeles



Griffith Park, Amir’s Garden, Los Angeles



Griffith Park, Hollywood Sign, Los Angeles



Griffith Park, Lake Hollywood, Los Angeles



Griffith Park, The Zoo



Griffith Park, Equestrian Trail








Hollywood Hills



Bronson Canyon and the Bat Cave, Los Angeles



Fryman Canyon, Studio City



Franklin Canyon, Hollywood








Echo Park/Silver Lake



Echo Park Lake, Echo Park



Silver Lake Meadow, Silver Lake



Elysian Park and Portola Trail, Los Angeles



Elysian Park and Radio Hill, Los Angeles



Elysian Park Police Academy Loop, Los Angeles








East Los Angeles



Hollenbeck Park, Boyle Heights



Peanut Lake and Debs Park, Hermon



Elephant Hill, El Sereno



Legg Lake and Whittier Narrows, Pico Rivera








Pasadena and Environs



Arroyo Seco River Walk, Pasadena



Old Town Pasadena, Pasadena



Deukmejian Wilderness Park, Glendale



Southwest Museum, Highland Park



Little Santa Anita Canyon, Sierra Madre



Eaton Canyon, Sierra Madre



Eaton Canyon, Altadena



Chantry Flat, Altadena



Beaudry Motorway, La Crescenta



Cherry Canyon, La Canada-Flintridge



Hahamonga Watershed Park, La Canada








West Los Angeles and Beaches



Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, Baldwin Hills



Ballona Creek, Culver City



Beach and Bluffs Walk, Santa Monica



Will Rogers State Park, Pacific Palisades



Castellammare, Pacific Palisades



The Venice Canals, Venice



Marina Del Rey Canals, Marina Del Rey

Sandstone Peak, Malibu










San Fernando Valley and Environs



Woodley Park, Lake Balboa



Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Preserve, Lake Balboa



Hansen Dam, Lake View Terrace



La Tuna Canyon, Verdugo Hills



Paradise Falls, Thousand Oaks



King Gillette Ranch, Calabasas



Rim of the Valley and LA Aqueduct, Sylmar








South Bay



The Naples Canals, Long Beach



Del Cerro Park, Palos Verdes



Pelican Cove and Terranea, Palos Verdes



Huntington Beach (TK)



Redondo Beach (TK)

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Charles Fleming is the author of the
Los Angeles Times bestseller
Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles,
Secret Stairs East Bay: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Berkeley and Oakland, the national bestseller
High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess, and co-author of the
New York Times bestsellers
My Lobotomy,
Three Weeks in October: The Manhunt for the Serial Sniper, and
A Goomba’s Guide to Life. A former staff writer for
Newsweek,
Variety, and the
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, and a frequent contributor to
Vanity Fair, the
New York Times,
Los Angeles, and
LA Weekly, he is currently a staff writer for the
Los Angeles Times. Fleming lives in Los Angeles.