

Looking into the park from the trailhead. The yellow color was amazing. The overhanging rock the trail points to in the distant center is Lizard Rock. Collaged from 2 photos. Looking into the park from the trailhead. The yellow color was amazing. The overhanging rock the trail points to in the distant center is Lizard Rock. Collaged from 2 photos.



Share the bigger trails with horses and cyclists. Looking back to trailhead. Share the bigger trails with horses and cyclists. Looking back to trailhead.



Lizard Rock, impressive from a far away, looks like concrete slag - all bumpity.

Looking back from Lizard Rock to where I took the first pic.





North toward Los Padres mountains. Note paraglider riding thermals.



Looking north towards the end of the Santa Monica mtns.

Lizard rock from the other side looking back to trailhead. I guess it looks like the head of a lizard?

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Stagecoach bluff above Paradise Falls

A slip off this cliff would end in a very prickly fate

A slip off this cliff would end in a very prickly fate

You arrive at Paradise Falls from above. Apparently, algae likes this stream and waterhole.

Not "Paradise" exactly, but a nice noisy waterfall. A surprising amount of water was coming through for June. Not "Paradise" exactly, but a nice noisy waterfall. A surprising amount of water was coming through for June.

The only way to get a frontal view of the falls is to ford the stream on slippery rocks





A clear Sunday afternoon, just a few miles out of LA, and everyone had gone. A clear Sunday afternoon, just a few miles out of LA, and everyone had gone.

From above the falls. Note contingent of ducks. From above the falls. Note contingent of ducks.



The stream that makes the falls is pretty choked up with algae.







Shady bower on the way to Eagles Point trailhead. Shady bower on the way to Eagles Point trailhead.

Stagecoach Bluff from Eagles Point trail



Approach to Indian Cave from below. The steps are handy for tourists, but detract from the natural setting, IMHO.

Approach to Indian Cave from below. The steps are handy for tourists, but detract from the natural setting, IMHO.

A very unique crawl-through cave, big enough to stand up inside.

I thought it to be the highlight of the park a real geologic wonder. A very unique crawl-through cave, big enough to stand up inside.I thought it to be the highlight of the park a real geologic wonder.

You could make a real nice shelter here, if no one knew about it... You could make a real nice shelter here, if no one knew about it...