Los Angeles - Griffith Park

This park, situated in the eastern part of the Santa Monica Mountains, and covering an area of 4,000 acres/1,620 hectares, is the biggest state park in California. In the park is the Los Angeles Zoo, the Griffith Observatory and a planetarium, a Greek theater with 4,000 seats, a riding center created for the 1984 Olympic Games, golf courses and tennis courts and lots more. Walks lasting several hours or drives into the mountains provide splendid views. The park bears the name of its founder Griffith J. Griffith who donated the greater part of the parkland to the city in 1896.