Cahuenga Peak
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Cahuenga Peak is the 12th-highest named peak in the Santa Monica Mountains and is located just west of the Hollywood Sign. It provides a spectacular 360-degree panorama of the Los Angeles Basin and the San Fernando Valley for those hikers willing to climb the roadless peak.
Cahuenga peak (left) and Burbank peak (right)
Burbank Peak, Cahuenga Peak, and Mount Lee viewed across the Hollywood Reservoir
Monument commemorating the addition of Cahuenga Peak to Griffith Park.
Trail sign in Griffith Park on the Aileen Getty Ridge Trail.
Hollywood Sign
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The Hollywood Sign is an American landmark and cultural icon overlooking Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Originally the Hollywoodland Sign, it is situated on Mount Lee, in the Beachwood Canyon area of the Santa Monica Mountains. Spelling out the word "Hollywood" in 50-foot-tall (15.2 m) white uppercase letters and 450 feet long, it was originally erected in 1923 as a temporary advertisement for a local real estate development, but due to increasing recognition the sign was left up, and replaced in 1978 with a more durable all-steel 45-foot-tall (13.7 m) structure.
The Hollywood Sign in 2015
The original sign, reading "Hollywoodland".
In the 1970s, the sign reached its most dilapidated state. This image was taken shortly before the sign's 1978 restoration.
Once all wood, the sign was rebuilt in metal letters supported by a structural steel framework