Griffith observatory view
Proceed another hundred yards up the trail to a junction with Upper West Observatory Trail. This route won’t save you much time, but can be used to add more exercise to the ascent. In another quarter mile, a steep and rocky path off the right side of the trail goes straight up the mountainside to the next piece of the trail. Griffith Observatory above Lower West Observatory Trail The observatory is rarely out of view as you continue up the trail. The large structure is both imposing and elegant, built in an art deco style with influences of moderne, modified Greek, and beaux-arts. Rise up from the canyon floor over the next tenth of a mile to a bend to the right that provides excellent views of Griffith Observatory. Less than a hundred yards up, pass a bridge on the left that crosses a creek bed to connect to Upper West Observatory Trail. On weekends, you’ll find a steady stream of hikers making their way up the trail. Walk up the canyon from Ferndell Trail and take the first wide dirt trail on the right to get onto Lower West Observatory Trail. The lower trail provides excellent head-on views of Griffith Observatory while the upper trail has better views of the Hollywood Sign and is 0.2 miles longer. These direction will take Lower West Observatory Trail up and come down Upper West Observatory Trail. Lower West Observatory Trail is a tenth of a mile above Ferndell Trail and just past that is Upper West Observatory Trail, located across from a playground. Two branches of West Observatory Trail leave from the east side of the canyon. You can add Ferndell Trail to your hike to bring the distance up to 2.6 miles with 615 feet of elevation change. You will pass Ferndell Trail to the south, a charming quarter-mile long trail through a fenced-in parcel along Fern Dell Drive. Walk east across the bottom of the canyon through picnic areas and gardens to find Western Canyon Trail, a wide dirt trail that runs up the canyon (this trail is on your right as your drive up into the park from Los Feliz Boulevard). The easiest place to begin is 0.4 miles up from Los Feliz Boulevard, just past an intersection with Red Oak Drive. Parking is available along Fern Dell Drive and Western Canyon Road, which is one continuous road. Young Research Library, UCLA.Set out from Western Canyon, which is just below Griffith Observatory to the west. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. of Special Collections (repository)Įxterior views, news photographs, StillImage, cellulose nitrate filmĮdu.:6421, uclamss_1429_6074 $q (John Corneby Wilson), $d 1870-1963 (architect), Griffith Observatory (subject), Ashley, Frederick M., $d 1887-1963 (architect), University of California, Los Angeles. Porter., Handwritten on negative: Griffith Pk. Ashley based on preliminary sketches by Russell W. The original concrete surface is visible consistent with other similar architecture of the day, the Observatory's concrete walls were left unpainted in the 1930s and 1940s., The Griffith Observatory was created using a design developed by architects John C. Wooden scaffolding is visible along the tops of the central dome buttresses. Three workers are on the central dome and two workers are at the base of the drum next to wooden supports for concrete molds for the pilaster finials. Parks, Griffith - observatory, View of the south faces of the west and central domes of the Griffith Observatory during construction with the skeleton of steel girders of the domes visible. Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the west and central domes during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935Īstronomical observatories $z California $z Los Angeles, Planetaria $z California $z Los Angeles, Landmarks, Education, ScienceĪccess to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Text from negative sleeve: L.A.