HWD Hikes

O’Melveny Park spreads over 672 acres, second on the list of largest parks within the City of Los Angeles, right after Griffith Park. Noted for its picture-perfect picnic grounds with […]

Check out the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area for the Walk with Nature art exhibit and sale featuring more than 30 paintings by local landscape painter Russell Hunziker. For […]

Our 5th Annual Super Bowl Pre-Game Hike is perfect. Short enough to get you home on time and prepare for parties and kickoff, yet big on beauty and adventure. Our […]

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 […]

With two waterfalls, scenic volcanic outcroppings, a variety of hiking trails, several pleasant picnic areas, and abundant open space, Wildwood park is a great place to escape the hustle and […]

This is not an HWD event and I will not be attending. It is posted in the public interest. For details see https://www.hikingwithdean.com/event/woolsey-fire-parks-recovery-concert-with-the-wardens-king-gillette-ranch/

Perched high above the Palisades and Malibu, the vista from the Parker Mesa Overlook is stunning. You can see all of the LA basin laid out before you, the San […]

On this one, Marty McFly will be taking us to China Flat, the 1885 location of the Seamus McFly farm. Seamus was/is/will-be Marty’s great-great-grandfather. DeLoreans are no longer allowed on […]

On this one, Marty McFly will be taking us to China Flat, the 1885 location of the Seamus McFly farm. Seamus was/is/will-be Marty’s great-great-grandfather. DeLoreans are no longer allowed on […]

On this one, Marty McFly will be taking us to China Flat, the 1885 location of the Seamus McFly farm. Seamus was/is/will-be Marty’s great-great-grandfather. DeLoreans are no longer allowed on […]