You can drive close and walk up the trails but you can't get close enough to touch it..You will need a permit to get that close.
There is a really close entrance on Mulholland Drive, I think it's called the "Hollywood Bowl Overlook". I drove there a few days ago. I was disappointed that I could not hike because it was so close to where people take pictures of the sign!
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