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ORDER OF CLOSURE PARKS, TRAILS AND PUBLIC ACCESSWAYS WITHIN AND IMMEDATELY ADJACENT TO CITY OF MALIBU AND WITHIN THE TOPANGA WATERSHED SOUTH OF MULHOLLAND HIGHWAY APPLICABLE TO PROPERTY OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY AND THE MOUNTAINS RECREATION AND CONSERVATION AUTHORITY
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All MRCA Santa Monica Mountains Parks and Trails Closed Due to Fire Emergency. Northern MRCA Parks Open.

January 18, 2025

Parks also remain closed in the Evacuation Zone

LOS ANGELES, CA (January 18, 2025) — The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) announced that it would reopen most of its parks outside of the Santa Monica Mountains today. All MRCA-managed parks and trails, including those owned by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, in the Santa Monica Mountains, and in the fire evacuation zone, including Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, are closed to the public until the fire emergency is over. See list of closed parks below.

“Now that the  extreme wind event is over, we feel park users can return safely to our parks in the northern area,” said Chief Ranger Fernando Gomez. “We appreciate the public’s  help in our efforts to keep the community safe.”

MRCA Park closures include:

  • Temescal Gateway Park
  • King Gillette Ranch
  • All Topanga Canyon Parks including  Top of Topanga Overlook, Tuna Canyon Park, Mill Creek, Redrock Canyon Park, Ed Edelman Park
  • All MRCA Parks, Parking lots and Beach Accessways in and directly adjacent to 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 Canyon Open Space Preserve

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.

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 80,000 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.