"Parked on Franklin and walked up Fern Dell Dr to The Trails Cafe for a bite before starting the loop to Griffith Observatory and Mt Hollywood, stopping at all the look out points along the way. Cool, cloudy day so not as busy on the park trails." — jodola • Apr 17, 2025

"I started hiking this trail with by grandpa at the Brush Canyon Trailhead and the trail headed through some forest and was boring up until the summit of the Baby Bell, which was decent and then I crossed around the summit of Mt Bell and then summited Mt Bell, which has nice views and a benchmark. Then I went up to Taco Peak, which had nice views. Then air went back down and then summited many Hollywood, which had some signs, benchmark, and nice views. Then I headed down a long switchback road and then headed on the base of the mountain and then hwadded up the summit of Mt Lee, which has some nice views and then I would then summited Mt Lee, which has some nice views of the Hollywood sign, and then I went the way you came back to the trailhead " — lc444 • Feb 24, 2025

"Did a medium sized loop through Griffith Park. I didn’t attempt the grand loop to capture every peak in the park. Also, Bee Rock is off-limits the first 6 months of the year. Aside from that, I’ll do the Cahuenga - Mt Lee peak cluster on a separate hike next time around, since it is more convenient that way." — MikeTeeples • Apr 6, 2024

"7.63mi in 5.5hrs. Beautiful weather. No one on Glendale Peak or Taco Peak, gorgeous views all around. Mount Hollywood was a bit crowded, and Beacon Hill had a lot of loose rocks on the way down." — zemthings • Feb 20, 2023

"We started out at 8 AM at a parking lot near the Merry-Go-Round. Then we went up of small use trail to Beacon Hill. The trail was very steep and rocky. The view from Beacon Hill is just okay. We saw a coyote on the summit. Then we went to Joe Klass Water stop. We saw a water tank and some great views of Los Angeles. Then we went around Glendale Peak on the Hogback Trail and then summited Glendale Peak via the Henry's Trail, the summit had great views and a benchmark. Then we went down the Riverside trail for a challenge and then climbed up a steep hill and a use trail that was loose and then went to the top of Hogback Peak (Bird Bath Peak), and it has great views fro it. Then went over to Mt Hollywood and then summited it. The summit was popular and had a summit plaque, and info signs and a benchmark. Then descended the summit to summit Taco Peak, Mt Baby Bell, and Mt Bell. Taco Peak had a concrete thing on top, Mt Bell has great views and benchmark, Mt Baby Bell was disappointing, and then we climbed up to Mt Chapel. The summit of Mt Chapel had great views and a benchmark. Then we climbed over to Mt Lee and then saw the Hollywood sign. Then we climbed down to summit Burbank and Ca..." — lc444 • Dec 19, 2022

"Having been to Mt Lee, Cahuenga and Burgank last year, we decided to make a big loop(ish) through the rest of Griffith Park to knock out the remaining 9 peaks of the 12 Peaklet Challenge. Ended up being a lot warmer than forecast, and with little shade, it was a sweaty day! A few of the segments off the main path to the peak are easily Class 2 scrambles, especially down from Bee Rock. We parked at the Carasel parking lot area, and started toward Beacon Hill for the peak #1 (going clockwise around the park. Then down the road to Glendale Peak. Then down Hogback Ridge Trail, to the "bump" that is Bird Bath Beak, and finally over to Mt Hollywood for some great views of Los Angeles, the Hollywood Bowl and the Hollywood sign. Off towards the Hollywood Sign area, first hitting Taco Peak, then a scramble up to Mt Bell, then little Baby Bell, and finally an "interesting" scramble up to Mt Chapel. Then down along the paved road on the north side of the park until Bee Rock. From there, another "interesting" scramble down 500' to the road that leads into the old zoo area and back to the parking lot. " — marc • Apr 7, 2019

"While neglecting to complete the final two peaklets on the LA Griffith Park Peaklets challenge for several years now, today seemed like the right time to finish it off. I parked at Mineral Springs Picnic Area and accessed the North Trail. The only two peaks that I was missing on my list was Taco Peak and Baby Bell. I made sure to include them both, while hitting the rest of the surrounding peaks nearby. In total I snagged 5 peaklets on the day and returned to the parking lot before 9:30 AM. Mount Hollywood was my third summit of the day. The morning was foggy which limited the views quite a bit, but the cool conditions made for great hiking weather. Stats also includes all 4 nearby peaklets (Mt Bell, Taco Peak, Baby Bell, and Mt Chapel)." — MikeTeeples • Jun 23, 2018

"What a wonderful day of Hiking up here in Griffith. I picked the best possible day for weather and Visibility. This was our 6th peak of the day: Mt. Lee> Cahuenga Peak> Burbank Peak> Mt. Chapel> Mt. Bell> Mt. Hollywood. This was peak #14 of my 100 in 2014 goal! My 1st time up here and the views were jaw dropping!" — 1-with-Nature • Feb 3, 2014