🌻🌸🌼 MALIBU CREEK STATE PARK - 4 1/2 mile hike - great for beginners!! 🌸🌼🌻

🌸🌼🌻🌺 YAAAYYYYY!!!!!!! 🌼🌻 🌼🌻

4 1/2 mile HIKE

THIS is where they filmed MASH, "Planet of the Apes" and a gazillion other movies...

GOOGLE MAPS TO MALIBU CREEK PARKING AREA - CLICK HERE
https://goo.gl/maps/SZVdsQem2eK2

MEETING LOCATION: Malibu Creek State Park Trailhead LINK

CLICK HERE FOR M\A\SH VIDEO

If it's too hot, we'll hike change the hike and go to the shady part of Malibu Creek. TBD.

🌼🌻 MALIBU CREEK STATE PARK 🌼🌻

START TIME: We usually wait 15 -20 minutes grace, but please try to arrive on time.

RESTROOMS: Flush toilets🚽 in the parking lot with.

WHERE TO FIND US: Look for the large group of people by the bathroom.

\DOGS:\🐕‍🦺

Only official licensed Service animals are allowed on trails. 🐕‍🦺 Park Rangers will check your license and issue tickets if not.
However the official rule is: “Malibu Creek State Park is a pet-friendly recreation area that preserves the Malibu Creek Canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains. Dogs on a leash are allowed in the park's day-use areas and campgrounds but NOT on the trails or dirt tracks.”
Bring a bag and Pick up after 🦮💩

PARKING 🅿️

Regular parking fee at the park is $12/day. (It never hurts to support our parks).
If you have a Los Angeles Public Library card, you can pick up a California State Library Park Pass. This pass offers FREE Day Use Parking at Malibu Creek State Park. (This tip comes from our wonderful Stacy :) )
Alternately, you can arrive 15 minutes earlier and park at the corner of Mulholland and Las Virgenes/Malibu Canyon for FREE and then walk in.

AFTER HIKE ACTIVITIES
4:30 pm to 6 pm - shower, relax, get ready for potluck
6:00 pm Potluck at the group camp ground
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Halloween Dance Party

( 40 minute drive from Santa Monica )

We'll be hiking 4 1/2 miles ROUND-TRIP to the MASH filming site. Slight elevation gain. GREAT FOR BEGINNERS!!!

WHAT TO BRING: BRING 2 LITERS OF WATER 💦💧, A HAT 🤠, SUNSCREEN 🧴, COMFORTABLE SHOES 🥾, SNACKS 🍓, Comfortable CLOTHES, etc.

CELL SERVICE: very spotty 📵📞
SUNSET: 6:30 pm 🌞
MOONRISE: 10:00 pm 🌙

FROM Santa Monica travel NORTH on PCH approx 12 miles. Make a RIGHT on Malibu Canyon Road. (just before Pepperdine University) Approx 6 miles up the road, make a LEFT turn into Malibu Creek State Park. Fee is approx $12. We're at the back of the SECOND parking lot on the left, approx 4/10 mile from the entrance

\\This is a John Classic! Link

LEGAL STUFF ⚖️
By joining this hike, you acknowledge that you assume all risks associated with participation. Meetup and the organizers are not responsible for your safety. Please review Meetup’s Terms of Service, particularly section 6.