Every week, we’ll take you along on the soft-dirt trails around L.A. as well as the cement-topped spots where nature incredibly thrives. We’ll help you find the best places to hike, bike and run, as well as the perfect silent spots for meditation and yoga. And you’ll find plenty of tips on how to get started on your new outdoors life and what gear you’ll need.
Recent Newsletters
Although Los Angeles County doesn’t experience a Hallmark-esque winter wonderland, you can still find the holiday spirit in natural places in and around our mountains and desert. Here’s how.
This weekend, Southern California’s beaches will experience king tides, a seasonal phenomenon when the tide is both very high — and very low. These low tide periods are one of the best times of year to visit L.A.’s tide pools.
Under the right conditions, the northern lights are visible near Los Angeles. Here’s how to find out the next time the aurora is visible in Los Angeles County.
Elephant Hill has potential, advocates say, to be another Debs Park-style of open space. Will the public agencies save it before it’s too late?
Want to find fall foliage in and around Los Angeles? Below you’ll find tips on what to look for and how to find the best hikes for autumnal colors.
Have you filled out your ballot yet? If not, consider hitting one of these hiking trails near a ballot drop box, pairing an enjoyable hobby with an, at times, stressful civic duty.
Still today, too many Angelenos think the Los Angeles River is a concrete flood channel. The L.A. River has been a source of life for thousands of years. Here’s why you should explore its natural areas.
We talk often in the outdoors community about the risks that wild animals, like bears, mountain lions and rattlesnakes, pose. But our lack of planning poses a much more likely danger than an animal on the trail.
These lesser-traveled hikes in and around L.A. will provide you with great views and a full array of native plants to appreciate.
I recently traversed a trail with children on a Hiking Adventures With Kids (HAWKs) trip. The L.A.-based adventure club takes kiddos out on hikes around the city. Here’s what I learned from my time in the woods with tweens!
The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur is a time of deep reflection and atonement. These natural spaces around L.A. offer followers and nonfollowers opportunities to slow down and meditate about the past year and what they’d like to leave behind.
Throop Peak is one of the highest peaks in the San Gabriel Mountains. Unlike its high-elevation counterparts, its summit is reachable via a four-mile round trip over moderate terrain.
