70. Dante's View is Still an Eye Full

My last blog post was about the George Harrison Tree in Griffith Park, which may be seen at the farthest end of the parking lot from the Griffith Park Observatory building (2800 East Observatory Road).  

George Harrison's Tree is also a landmark for the Mt. Hollywood Hiking Trail also know as Charlie Turner (1906 - 1997)  Trailhead.

The first point of interest as you follow the trail is Berlin Forest, dedicated to the friendship between Berlin, Germany and Los Angeles, sister cities since 1967.

The Mt. Hollywood Hiking Trail is the road to the area of Griffith Park known as Dante's View.  Dante's View was named for a park lover, Dante Orgolini, who started a garden there in 1964.

Dante's View has picnic tables and benches making it a lovely area to take a brief respite from the hiking trail.

Dante's View suffered some devastation from the fire that went through the area in May, 2007.  Walk Dante's View today and it is almost hard to imagine this lush area was kissed by flames.

While Dante's View is a lovely garden area of Mt. Hollywood, in my opinion the view from Dante's View is the eye full which will take your breath away.

When you take the time to traverse the Mt. Hollywood Hiking Trail all the way to Dante's View, I suggest giving yourself time to walk the remainder of the trail.  The top of the trail allows for what may arguably be one of the best three-hundred sixty degree views of the Los Angeles area there is.

For your CaliforniVacation SoCal gal the view is tantamount to a religious experience.  As I look out onto the city of Angels I love so much, I think about what Colonel Griffith J. Griffith must have seen as he stood atop Mt. Hollywood at the end of the 1800's compared to what the Divine Creator and man have co-created together over these last hundred years or so.  I think of all the people who have stood where I stand over the years.  I think about while the top of Mt. Hollywood seems not to change much, with all the possibilities of what one may view, no two moments of view are ever exactly the same.

One thing seems to be certain (at least in my mind); surely, you can't see a view like the one from the top of Mt. Hollywood and not be effected.  What?  Don't call you Shirley.  I know that was a little lame.  However, the view from Dante's View and the top of Mt. Hollywood is not.  This is one L.A. sight I highly recommend.