LAist: Workout Wednesday: Franklin Canyon

shoakie

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:34:58 -0800

We went up there on sunday, and the two ponds are completely loaded with bass and bluegill. Kind of a shame you can't wet a line in there, but that's probably for the best.

Donna Lethal

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:56:11 -0800

Did you do your handprints on the wall? I love those!

b3rti3

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:18:45 -0800

OMG my elementary school would take my classmates and me on trips to the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom. As a kid it felt like it was super far (my school was in Hollywood). I'll definitely have to check out this place.

Donna Lethal

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:26:08 -0800

LA turned me from a biker chick into a hiker chick!

Jessica Pauline

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:10:16 -0800

yay for free workouts - anything to avoid going to the gym. thanks donna :)

Donna Lethal

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:57:47 -0800

I found a picture, but the poster doesn't say where in the park it is! http://lavoice.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2522

Donna Lethal

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:52:34 -0800

Y'know, I looked for the waterfall on the last few hikes I did there. On the trail map it's not marked. I'll stop and ask in the Nature Center next time. Hmmm: Author Matthew Jaffe and photographer Tom Gamache examine the paradox of this geological marvel in "The Santa Monica Mountains: Range on the Edge" The book begins at the geometric center of Los Angeles, the fabled "point of balance" determined by the late Allan Edwards, an iconoclast docent at Franklin Canyon Park in Beverly Hills. (Edwards balanced a map of Los Angeles on the head of a pin, then placed a homemade plaque in the exact spot in the earth above Franklin Canyon that formed the fulcrum.)

Zach Behrens

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:10:14 -0800

There is also allegedly a plaque that marks the exact center of Los Angeles. Has anyone found this?

Royps

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:52:08 -0800

I've heard it rumored that there's a waterfall of some variety in the Franklin Canyon park. Is this true? Could of the more avide outdoorsy types help me out on this?