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Vista Hermosa Natural Park

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Located at the western gateway to Downtown, 10.5-acre Vista Hermosa Park is the latest project of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) that boldly returns the serenity and diversity of nature to the Los Angeles urban core. Developed in collaboration with the Los Angeles Unified School District and the City of Los Angeles, Vista Hermosa is the first public park built in this densely populated area in more than a hundred years.

The park features walking trails, streams, meadows, oak savannahs, picnic grounds, and a nature-themed playground amidst native Mediterranean vegetation. A FIFA-regulation soccer field is jointly used by the adjacent Edward R. Roybal Learning Center and the L.A. Department of Recreation and Parks. An outdoor amphitheater in a grotto provides an ideal setting for environmental and natural history education, and other public events.

Interpretive programs for community and youth are led by MRCA naturalists including the free “Transit to Trails” bus program to the Santa Monica Mountains.

Address: 100 N. Toluca Street

Park Features:

Special Note:
The park is on First Street west of the 110 (Harbor Freeway) between Beaudry and Glendale Blvd. The soccer field is operated by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks (888)LAPARKS.

May 18 - 8am, Migration Morning Birds, Ed Davis Park in Towsley Canyon
May 18 - 10am, Walk into the Chumash World, King Gillette Ranch
May 18 - 1pm, Art in the Digital Age, King Gillette Ranch
May 18 - 4pm, Hummingbirds at Home, Vista Hermosa Natural Park
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