Hollywood Sign
August 6th, 2006
Decided on Saturday to go on a little adventure exploring the Hollywood Hills. Our first stop was the scenic outlook spot on Mulholland Drive, just off the 101 FWY. Reading signs posted, we learned that the sign originally read “Hollywood Land” and was installed simply as massive billboard for land spectulation in the area. At some point, a land slide took out the last four letters, which is how the sign reads today.
After digging up the start of the Hollyridge Trail, I decided we’d explore the mountain route from Mulholland to the top of Beachwood Dr. Doing so brought us to Hollywood Lake. This was another first for me. There are a lot of resouvoirs up here, but unlike the one by my house, this one is totally fenced off. Absolutely no access to the shore. Just past the lake is another scenic lookout spot for the sign. We’d kept on thinking we found the best spot to view the sign, only to keep driving and get closer and closer.
Ultimately, we’d decided we had enough and headed over to the Hollyridge trail. From there we hiked about 2 miles up to the very top of Mt. Lee where the big antenna stands behind the sign. There is another trail apparently that takes you right up below the sign, but we couldn’t find it from below. Camera’s surround the sign with warnings everywhere. Nonetheless, there’s a rope conveniently placed, which will take you down directly to the sign itself. We opted to go each Sushi instead of getting arrested.
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