Wilacre Park, Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority

Bethann'e Roche-Aimn'Dreemon

I love this park, because it means I’ve either just started, or just finished, one of my favorite hikes in the valley. Wilacre Park has it all; bathrooms, water fountains, and the most amazing sculpture sitting area. Kudos to the artist. The whole area has a peaceful feel to it. It smells delightful; pepper tree & oak, sage & mustard plants (I’m not sure if mustard plant has much of a scent, but it’s prolific along the trail). I read that it first belonged to a French sheep rancher, before getting sold to Gerneral W. P. Story (who built the 610 S. Broadway “Story building” of DTLA; a prime example of Zigzag Moderne Art Deco style of the 1930’s - pub quiz facts for any art history enthusiasts), and was the center of contention between developers and conservationists before getting passed to the national park service, thanks to the efforts of many, including Betty Dearing, and that’s who the trail leading up and arnd the park is named after.

Sasha Fedorova

We go hiking here once a week on Saturdays and it’s always incredible experience. Very clean, well maintained path, easy for anyone to do, takes about an hour to complete. Parking is packed, my advice is to save yourself time and stress and park on side streets and walk up to the trail head. Hey, you’re hiking anyway :)

Cesar Vazquez

Nice place for a hike. Lots of people and lots of dogs!

Bwanders96

This hiking trail is always tidy, always has at least a few groups of people walking about. And provides a good amount of shade for some time and big clear trailes to follow. It is a nice place to go hiking and it meets with many other trails along the way so be sure to remember your trails name. Either way, signal is spotty but it is there so you can always ever to your own map on a phone if you really need it!