Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park is a park in the

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, with its trailhead at the southern terminus of

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Tarzana, Los Angeles, California Tarzana is a suburban neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Tarzana is on the site of a former ranch owned by author Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is named after Burroughs' fictional jungle hero, Tarzan. History ...

. The park was named for former Los Angeles City Councilman

Marvin Braude Marvin Braude (11 August 1920 – 7 December 2005) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council for 32 years, between 1965 and 1997—the third-longest-serving council member in the history of the city. He was “a champion of bike paths,” advoc ...

, who for more than 30 years led the effort to preserve the Santa Monica Mountains. Owned by the

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, the park is within the

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area containing many individual parks and open space preserves, located primarily in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California. The SMMNRA is in t ...

. Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park is in the

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and the

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Trails

Braude Park connects with

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and the "Big Wild" to create a large expanse of undeveloped wild land offering hiking,

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and equestrian trails. On the ridgetop is the unpaved section of

Mulholland Drive Mulholland Drive is a street and road in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California. It is named after pioneering Los Angeles civil engineer William Mulholland. The western rural portion in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties is nam ...

, closed to cars, for hiking and vistas north over the Valley and south over the

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to the

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. The park trails also connects with the

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that runs along the length of the range. Braude Park is also the unofficial trail head for the Lemming Trail, a one-way hike over the mountains from the valley to the sea. Lemming Trail offers a grand tour of the Santa Monica Mountains, from Tarzana to Topanga to Temescal to the Pacific.

Access

The entrance to the park is located south of the

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on Reseda Boulevard up in the mountains.

References

External links

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LA Mountains.com: Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park
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Mulholland Parks in the San Fernando Valley Parks in Los Angeles Parks in Los Angeles County, California Regional parks in California Tarzana, Los Angeles {{LosAngeles-geo-stub

Trails

Access

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