The Secret Trail is a 1.59-mile critical segment of the 17-mile Calabasas/Cold Creek Trail that traverses the Santa Monica Mountain range. Preserving existing trails and natural areas in the Santa Monica Mountains has been a high priority on acquisition lists for the City of Calabasas, Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, Mountains Restoration Trust, the Third Supervisorial District of Los Angeles County, as well as the immediate communities surrounding the area.

“For the public, the Secret Trail acquisition is an outstanding benefit,” said Woody Smeck, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Superintendent. “The trail is a biologically rich area that passes through grassland, chaparral, oak woodland, willow riparian, scrub oak woodlands and geologic volcanic rock outcrops.

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