All Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Parkland in the Santa Monica Mountains Closed

LOS ANGELES, CA (January 13, 2025) - The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy announced today that all of its parks and trails in the Santa Monica Mountains are closed to the public until the fire emergency is over. All parks and trails owned or managed by the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) in the Santa Monica Mountains are also closed. In addition, many parks throughout the MRCA's 80,000-acre jurisdiction in other areas are also closed. See list below.

"We appreciate the public's help in our efforts to keep the community safe," said MRCA Chief Ranger Fernando Gomez.

Park closures include:

Temescal Gateway Park

King Gillette Ranch

All Topanga Canyon Parks including Tuna Canyon Park, Mill Creek, Redrock Canyon Park, Ed Edelman Park

All MRCA Parks and Beach Accessways in the City of Malibu including Escondido Canyon Park, Sara Wan Trailhead, Cameron Nature Preserve at Puerco Canyon

Dirt Mulholland Drive

San Vicente Mountain Park

All Mulholland Overlooks

Fryman Canyon Park and the Betty Dearing Trail

Wilacre Park

Franklin Canyon Park

Upper Las Virgenes Open Space Preserve

Wilson Canyon Park

Mentryville

Ed Davis Park at Towsley Canyon

Whitney Canyon Park

La Tuna Canyon Park

Lopez Canyon Park

Michael D. Antonovich Park at Joughin Ranch

Hidden Creeks Park

Rocky Peak Park

The MRCA maintains its own fire division to protect resources on MRCA-managed properties, and works together with local fire departments, State and federal agencies, and the public to prevent wildfires, and-if necessary-to defend against them. In the current Palisades Fire incident, MRCA Fire Division defended Temescal Gateway Park in the Palisades Fire area. MRCA also successfully defended structures in Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve in the Kenneth Fire. The MRCA is on 24 hour patrol now and throughout all red flag incidents. Air quality in the region is unhealthy.

THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY is a State Agency that was established by the California Legislature in 1980. Its mission is to strategically buy back, preserve, protect, restore, and enhance treasured pieces of Southern California to form an interlinking system of urban, rural, and river parks, open space, trails and wildlife habitat that is easily accessible to the public.

THE MOUNTAINS RECREATION AND CONSERVATION AUTHORITY (MRCA) is a local public parks agency exercising joint powers of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, the Conejo Recreation and Park District, and the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District. The MRCA operates and manages all parkland that it owns and that is owned by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.

Together, the MRCA and Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy have helped to preserve over 80,000 acres of urban and wilderness parkland.

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