Tuna Canyon Park
This hike provides glorious views extending from Palos Verdes to Malibu. Immediately below is Las Tunas Beach, named after tunas (cactus pear, with intensely sweet fuschia-colored flesh.) Anecdotally, rancheros would plant tunas outside their daughters’ bedrooms because of plant’s large spines to ward off any unwelcome visitors. Tuna Canyon overlooks lands and waters sacred to the Chumash, Tataviam, and Tongva peoples.
2807 Tuna Canyon Road, Topanga, CA 90290 - 2.14 mi RT
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Driver needs to be confident on steep and narrow mountain roads
Take 101 Freeway to Calabasas
Exit 31 at Las Virgenes Canyon, drive 1.5 miles
Turn left on Mulholland, drive 1.6 miles
Turn right on Stunt Road, drive 4.0 miles
Left on Schueren Road, 4.0 miles
Right on Saddle Peak road, 2.3 miles
Right on Tuna Canyon, 1.0 Mile
STOP when you are near the address and park, if you go too far, Tuna Canyon becomes a one-way street and you must drive all the way to PCH
Suggestion: Return the same way; drivers can also keep head down Tuna Canyon to Pacific Coast Highway after the hike, but road is steep, narrow, goes only one way and is subject to closures
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Limited street parking before and after park entrance on both sides of the street, please get as far off the street as possible for safety of yourself and other drivers
Do not overshoot the trailhead, or you will wind up on one way street down to Pacific Coast Highway
Intermittent cell and WiFi access
No bathroom and no water
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Broad well maintained trail; moderately ascents
About a quarter of the way you will come to a fork in the trail
Veer right
You will see the trail on a ridge in about 0.75 miles to bench
Out and back
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Skill level 2-3; easy to moderate
Nice broad fire trails
Bring water, a hat, sunscreen, extra jacket, closed toe shoes and printed map
No shade, with limited cell phone access and no WiFi access
Tuna Canyon Park Trailhead