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# Making America’s Largest Urban National Park
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/making-americas-largest-urban-national-park/
- Published: 2018-08-27T12:00:34.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-04T14:06:05.000Z
- Author: news
- Tags: Community, briefs, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 12:50

Are you interested in exploring some of the 500 miles of trails in your own backyard? Climbing  
a mountain or soaking your feet in the Pacific? Witnessing movie history at the still-operating  
film set at Paramount Ranch? Discovering what Southern California looked like before urban  
sprawl?  
You are cordially invited to a program created for the Pacific Palisades Historical Society by long  
time ranger, Mike Malone, who will discuss SMMNRA’s history and recreational opportunities  
that comprise the 154 thousand acres of the nation’s largest urban national park.

This informative and entertaining event is free, as are parking and refreshments following the  
program. No RSVP required.  
Pacific Palisades Historical Society  
Making America’s Largest Urban National Park  
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area  
October 2, 2018: 7 pm  
Lelah T. Pierson Theatre  
941 Temescal Canyon Road  
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272  
Submitted by, Leilani Duke Historical Society Board Member