COMMUNITY BRIEFS
By Daily Press staff
REI Santa Monica, the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy have coordinated a family volunteer day at Franklin Canyon Park.
The day will start off with weeding, watering, painting, trash clean-up and trail work, all which are kid-friendly. There will be an optional hike/tour of Franklin Canyon given by the Conservancy. The leisure hike will take place around the three-acre lake and continue around the duck pond, oak woodlands and end by the family picnic area for lunch.
Participants are asked to come prepared with gloves, water, a sack lunch, comfortable clothes and sun protection. To sign-up, , or call (310) 458-4370, ext. 207. The Saturday, July 22 clean-up will be held from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., and from 11 a.m. to noon is an optional hike around Franklin Canyon. The picnic will follow the hike.
Directions to Franklin Canyon Park at 2600 Franklin Canyon Dr. in Beverly Hills: From the 101 Freeway take Coldwater Canyon Boulevard south to the intersection of Coldwater Canyon and Mulholland Drive. Turn right into Franklin Canyon Drive. There is no street sign “Franklin Canyon.” Road signs read, “Road Closed 800 Feet” and “Sunrise to Sunset;” That is the park entrance. Stay on paved surface to reach Sooky Goldman Nature Center and continue south of the lake for 1.5 miles to reach the Franklin Canyon Ranch site.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 12, 2006. Read the original PDF.