Fodor's Expert Review Topanga State Park

Boasting more than 14,000 acres of open space and 36 miles of celebrity-studded trails, Topanga State Park is many Malibu residents' extended backyard. The Trippet Ranch entrance gives you several trail options including a ½-mile nature loop, a 7-mile round-trip excursion to the Parker Mesa Overlook—breathtaking on a clear day—or a 10-mile trek to the Will Rogers park. (Exit U.S. 101 onto Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Woodland Hills and head south until you can turn left onto Entrada; if going north on PCH, turn onto Topanga Canyon Boulevard—a bit past Sunset Boulevard—and go north until you can turn right onto Entrada.)