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Departures Field Guides

Travel as a tourist, get lost in your own hometown. Discover a neighborhood unfamiliar to you or explore a different side to the one you live in. Through Departures Field Guides we provide routes for self-guided walking tours, hiking and biking trails, where to go horse-riding and fishing, museums and historical sites to visit, and where to eat and shop.

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The entire Gabrieliño National Recreation Trail is a formidable challenge for the experienced hiker. Once dotted with several resorts that flourished in the canyon in the early 1900's, hikers can still see the remnants of their foundations after they w...
Tucked into the Southwestern slope of Mount Washington, Elyria Canyon Park is a 35-acre nature park with a two mile network of gently sloped trails traversing through beautiful native hillside flora. This nature preserve is also home to one of the last...
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The oldest family-run fine art glass company in the world, Judson Studios was established in 1897 as a local stained glass shop by William Lees Judson, USC's first fine arts professor, and his three sons.
Walk into the Avenue 50 studio in Highland Park and discover more than an art gallery. Operating for more than eight years and hosting more than 80 shows, this arts service organization, grounded in Latino culture, features artists and poets whose work...
The recently (2011) restored Highland Park Theatre sign.
Designed by prominent architect Lewis A. Smith, the Highland Park Theater opened in 1925 as one of the few historic institutions in the neighborhood still in use today. The theater was once part of a vibrant entertainment hub of the neighborhood, along...
Tacos on York can be found aplenty throughout and you'll need this tour guide to distinguish your taste buds' needs.
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Tacos on Figueroa features authentic food at reasonable prices. You can bring your vegetarian friends along this taco walk while you feast on a variety of carnitas.
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The Southwest Museum Goldline Station features works by artists Teddy Sandoval and Paul Polubinskas. From the platform, gaze up and take note of the three tile-covered winged statues that grace the top of the station columns.
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Highland Park Station has a neighborhood's Craftsman heritage with a Gazebo-type structure created with heavy wood beams and Arroyo stone as the backdrop to Jud Fine's Stone Tree Inverted Post.
The Heritage Square/Arroyo Goldline features art by Robert Delgado. Through reliefs and tile designs, the artist incorporates Mesoamerican and contemporary themes. Artwork includes a piece made of concrete assembled in the image of the Mesoamerican dei...
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This Bustling Community Center was built on a two acre parcel of land donated to the city in 1929 by Carlin G. Smith, a developer who contributed to the growth of Los Angeles in the 1920s. Enjoy an afternoon picnic at one of these recreational center's...
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Sycamore Grove was officially designated a park when the city of Los Angeles purchased the land in 1905. Cleansed of its illicit past, the park became a popular recreational spot featuring well kept grass, picnic tables, and a bandshell that showcased ...
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