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🏛 Hail To The Trail: Presidents’ Day Hike at the Old Reagan Ranch – 2022

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🏛 Hail To The Trail: Presidents’ Day Hike at the Old Reagan Ranch – 2022

Reagan Ranch

This hike is sponsored by Amazon – https://amzn.to/2GnCP0a

An HWD Classic!

During the 1950s, when Ronald Reagan hosted TV’s “Death Valley Days,” he wanted a more rural retreat than his home in Pacific Palisades. So he bought a 305-acre ranch in the hills of Malibu as a place to raise thoroughbred horses and dubbed it “Yearling Row.

Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan at Malibu Canyon Ranch Yearling Row. 1950s.

Reagan Ranch (1957-1967), now part of Malibu Creek State Park, is a delight for hikers, who can enjoy the ranch’s rolling meadow land and grand old oaks. Trails loop through the Reagan Ranch and connect with the main part of the state park. We’ll use a combination of trails–Yearling, Deer Leg, Lookout, Crags Road and Cage Canyon–to explore Reagan Country and the heart of the park.

We’ll also be visiting the exterior set for the long-running television show M*A*S*H. The medic tents have been removed, but the location is still recognizable, providing a rich experience for hikers.

Between the MASH set and the ranch we’ll enjoy a snack break at Century Lake. Part of the famous jump into the river by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Paul Newman & Robert Redford) was done by stuntmen at Century Lake (with plenty of Hollywood magic helping out) because the river in Colorado seen in the film wasn’t deep enough to support such a high jump.

Century Lake

On our return to the ranch we’ll take a side trip to a scenic vista point at the top of Lake View Trail will It will provide us a beautiful view of Malibou Lake and the surrounding mountains. Reagan was the honorary mayor of Malibou Lake in 1953.

Malibou Lake

Bring plenty of water, snacks an a camera

 

HIKE IS ABOUT 6 MILES WITH ABOUT 1,000 FT TOTAL ASCENT AND IS RATED MEDIUM. SEE THE HIKE RATING GUIDE

Post Hike lunch at Islands restaurant on the northwest corner of Kanan and Agoura Rds

DIRECTIONS

The Old Reagan Ranch parking lot is on the Southeast corner of Cornell Rd and Mullholland Hwy

Interactive Map with post-hike lunch: https://goo.gl/UEFVF3

Parking:

In addition to the parking lot there is parking on both sides of Lake Vista Dr. If you are parking in the lot, please park efficiently as show in this photo:

February 21 2022

Details

Date: February 21, 2022
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hiking Group:
RSVP: Visit Meetup Website

Venue

The Old Reagan Ranch

28830 Lake Vista Dr
Agoura Hills,CA91301US

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Phone:

818-297-7993

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