All MRCA Parks and Trails Closed in Santa Monica Mountains
January 13, 2025
LOS ANGELES, CA (January 13, 2025) — The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) announced today that all of its parks and trails in the Santa Monica Mountains are closed to the public until the fire emergency is over. In addition, many parks throughout the MRCA’s 75,000-acre jurisdiction in other areas are also closed. See list below.
“We appreciate the public’s help in our efforts to keep the community safe,” said Chief Ranger Fernando Gomez.
MRCA Park closures include:
Temescal Gateway Park
King Gillette Ranch
All Topanga Canyon Parks including Tuna Canyon Park, Mill Creek, Redrock Canyon Park, Ed Edelman Park
All MRCA Parks and Beach Accessways in the City of Malibu including Escondido Canyon Park, Sara Wan Trailhead, Cameron Nature Preserve at Puerco Canyon
Dirt Mulholland Drive
San Vicente Mountain Park
All Mulholland Overlooks
Fryman Canyon Park and the Betty Dearing Trail
Wilacre Park
Franklin Canyon Park
Upper Las Virgenes Open Space Preserve
Wilson Canyon Park
Mentryville
Ed Davis Park at Towsley Canyon
Whitney Canyon Park
La Tuna Canyon Park
Lopez Canyon Park
Michael D. Antonovich Park at Joughin Ranch
Hidden Creeks Park
Rocky Peak Park
The MRCA maintains its own fire division to protect resources on MRCA-managed properties, and works together with local fire departments, State and federal agencies, and the public to prevent wildfires, and—if necessary—to defend against them. In the current Palisades Fire incident, MRCA Fire Division defended Temescal Gateway Park in the Palisades Fire area. MRCA also successfully defended structures in Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve in the Kenneth Fire. The MRCA is on 24 hour patrol now and throughout all red flag incidents. Air quality in the region is unhealthy.
The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) is a local government public entity exercising joint powers of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, the Conejo Recreation and Park District and the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District. The MRCA is dedicated to the preservation and management of local open space and parkland, wildlife habitat, coastal access, watershed lands, and trails in both wilderness and urban settings, and to ensuring access to public parkland and coastal resources. The MRCA works in cooperation with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and other local government partners to acquire parkland, participate in vital planning processes, work towards wildfire resilience, and connect wildlife habitat. The MRCA manages more than 75,000 acres of parkland that it owns and that are owned by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. It is one of the lead agencies revitalizing the Los Angeles River.