Southern California - Valley to Downtown--Avoiding Griffith Park?
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NRRider
05-09-07, 10:49 PM
I may have made a mistake. Took the bus home from work today since I ride in on Tuesdays and Thursdays. My ride takes me through Griffith Park, and I read on another thread that GP will be closed on Thursday because of the fires. Any other ideas on how to get downtown (3rd and Grand) from Northridge?
Typically I get on Forest Lawn to Zoo Drive to Crystal Springs, etc.
kitten_sandwich
05-10-07, 01:07 AM
what about the bike path that runs next to the 5? that probably isnt closed. it will bring you from burbank to silverlake.
http://www.labikepaths.com/LARiver.html
thomson
05-10-07, 02:45 AM
If you go early enough, how about Cahuenga over to Hollywood and then Beverly or something into downtown. Admittedly, the only time I do this is when they run the Marathon so it is early on a Sunday morning. Quiet a bit different traffic pattern.
mkadam68
05-10-07, 06:14 AM
what about the bike path that runs next to the 5? that probably isnt closed. it will bring you from burbank to silverlake.
http://www.labikepaths.com/LARiver.html
I rode this yesterday (Wednesday) from the park to Los Feliz. It was open farther than that. (I work near Silver Lake.)
NRRider
05-10-07, 08:12 AM
Thanks guys. When I've taken that path before I caught it right around the Autry museum, and I figured the road there would be closed. Before when I tried to get on there further north the entrance to the path was gated and locked. Where can I get on the path before the closure?
mkadam68
05-10-07, 08:28 AM
Victory, just before the north entrance to the park was open for me.
NRRider
05-10-07, 08:44 AM
Victory, just before the north entrance to the park was open for me.
Is that the entrance off of Zoo Dr. and Riverside (right after Victory becomes Riverside). I figured that would be closed.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j219/Pissler/BikePath.jpg
mkadam68
05-10-07, 08:51 AM
Yeah. That's it. Was open on Wed. AM
magicant
05-10-07, 09:08 AM
I ride it all the time, it's never been closed in my experience (there is a sign that it's closed from 10pm to 6am, I think).
NRRider
05-10-07, 09:09 AM
Thanks Mark. Do you happen to know if Zoo Dr. was open to there by any chance? Or did you access from Victory/Riverside?
mkadam68
05-10-07, 09:12 AM
Coming down Victory to the entrance to the park. Zoo was not/is not open today either. Sometimes they'll let riders through but not cars, but the lady said no dice.
NRRider
05-10-07, 09:22 AM
Coming down Victory to the entrance to the park. Zoo was not/is not open today either. Sometimes they'll let riders through but not cars, but the lady said no dice.
Great. Just a slight modification to the route--no big deal. Thanks again.