Land management agencies

There are currently over twenty individual state and municipal parks in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Interagency Visitor Center

The Anthony C. Beilenson Interagency Visitor Center ⁠— located on what was formerly King C. Gillette Ranch ⁠— is jointly operated by four agencies who, collectively, manage a significant majority of the land comprising the Santa Monica Mountains:

National Park Service
California State Parks
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority


Visit the links below for visitor information on specific parks and beaches, including trail maps and park use regulations.

National Park Service

Arroyo Sequit

Cheeseboro and Palo Camado Canyons

Circle X Ranch

Franklin Canyon Park

Paramount Ranch and Western Town

Peter Strauss Ranch

Rancho Sierra Vista / Satwiwa

Rocky Oaks

Solstice Canyon

Zuma and Trancas Canyons

California State Parks

Malibu Creek State Park

Leo Carrillo State Park

Point Dume State Reserve

Point Mugu State Park

R. H. Meyer Memorial State Beaches

Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook

Malibu Lagoon State Beach

Topanga State Park

Will Rogers State Historic Park

Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority

Corral Canyon Park

Franklin Canyon Park

LA River Center & Gardens

Malibu Bluffs Open Space

Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park

San Vicente Mountain Park

Temescal Gateway Park

Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve

Mountains Restorations Trust

Cold Creek Preserve

Managed by other agencies

Griffith Park

Runyon Canyon Park

Zuma Beach County Park