Trail - Rustic Canyon via Murphy Ranch
2012-04-29
14:14 pm
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Los Angeles |
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100.75 m ( 325 ft )
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| Distance |
6.12 km ( 3.80 miles ) |
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Moderate |
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| Special instructions By special request. |
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Directions Please carpool. Parking is limited.
See the map: http://g.co/maps/c94zc
From Sunset Boulevard, 3 miles west of the 405, turn north at the light onto Capri Drive. After 1/3 mile continue through the traffic circle, remaining on Capri Drive for another 1/3 mile until it comes to and end at Casale Road. Sullivan Ridge Fire road begins to the left. Find street parking to the right or on an adjacent road. |
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The Bad No bathroom facilities
Limited parking |
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Notes "In the 1930s Nazi sympathizers built a refuge in the Pacific Palisades. Herr Schmidt, Winona and Norman Stephens, and their followers occupied a self-contained stronghold in what is now Rustic Canyon between Sullivan Ridge and Will Rodgers State Park. Murphy Ranch was designed to serve as a hold out for fans of the Third Reich waiting for America to fall to the Nazis. Instead, the ranch was raided by U.S. authorities and closed in 1941. The abandoned buildings were transformed into an artists� colony in the 60s and 70s, but were abandoned after the Mandeville Canyon Fire in 1978. Today the grounds of Murphy Ranch are uninhabited, dilapidated, covered in graffiti, and open to hikers."
Taken from www.hikespeak.com/trails/rustic-canyon-murphy-ranch-nazi-ruins/ |
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