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Backpacker Magazine Los Angeles: Inspiration Point Loop 

Take the Metro to this 4.8-mile loop, then soak up sunny ocean views from the foothills of Will Rogers State Park.


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Author: Backpacker Magazine
Date: 31 Jul 2007 9:31:29 AM
Activity: Hiking
State: California (CA)
Distance: 3.9 mi  (Change units)
Survey Elevation: Total Gain: 1316 ft
Total Loss: 1020 ft
Net Change: 296 ft
Difficulty: 5 / 10
Tags: California, Los Angeles, Mass Transit, Will Rogers State Park
Rating: Unrated   Rate it

TO TRAILHEAD: From Civic Center Station, take Metro Bus 2 W past UCLA and get off at the intersection of W. Sunset Blvd. and Will Rogers State Park Rd. metro.net

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IPL01

Distance: 3.90 mi Points: 1036
Total Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Active Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Inspiration Point Loop

Points of Interest

IPL001

Location: 34.047443, -118.512863
From bus stop, head N on Will Rogers State Park Rd.

IPL002

Location: 34.053951, -118.513702
From entrance, scan sage-covered ridge for trail uphill past polo field?s W end: That?s your route. Climb stairs of the Will Rogers home past porch, then go L onto fire road

IPL003

Location: 34.055122, -118.513496
L @ 4-way onto Inspiration Loop Trail; steep uphill begins

IPL004

Location: 34.054596, -118.515770
Bench offers sit-down view over sprawling cowboy ranch nestled in the Pacific Palisades foothills; continue N

IPL005

Location: 34.060261, -118.513702
R @ 3-way up fire road to Inspiration Point; in foreground, see folds of 50-mi.-long Santa Monica Mtns.

IPL006

Location: 34.059669, -118.514000
Inspiration Point (751 ft.); picnic here and overlook E to L.A. and S to the Channel Islands in Pacific. To continue, head S

IPL007

Location: 34.059002, -118.513756
Turn L @ T onto the Betty Rogers Trail; skirt upper end of Mitt Canyon

IPL008

Location: 34.060619, -118.513603
R @ T back onto Inspiration Loop Trail

IPL009

Location: 34.061222, -118.512093
Straight @ 3-way, sticking with Inspiration Loop Trail along manzanita-covered ridgeline above Bone Canyon

IPL010

Location: 34.056171, -118.509804
At the Nature Center, turn R onto Bone Canyon Trail and head N

IPL011

Location: 34.058128, -118.511497
This Roping Arena is where Rogers practiced his rope tricks; continue N

IPL012

Location: 34.060726, -118.512169
Reach head of Bone Canyon; go SSW on service rd., passing Riding Arena

IPL013

Location: 34.056274, -118.513466
L onto Rogers Fire Rd.; head S to close loop @ WPT 3. Backtrack to bus

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