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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Trail Facts
- Distance: 6.3
Waypoints
IPL001
Location: 34.0474433898926, -118.51286315918
From bus stop, head N on Will Rogers State Park Rd.
IPL002
Location: 34.0539512634277, -118.513702392578
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: 34.0551223754883, -118.513496398926
L @ 4-way onto Inspiration Loop Trail; steep uphill begins
IPL004
Location: 34.0545959472656, -118.515769958496
Bench offers sit-down view over sprawling cowboy ranch nestled in the Pacific Palisades foothills; continue N
IPL005
Location: 34.0602607727051, -118.513702392578
R @ 3-way up fire road to Inspiration Point; in foreground, see folds of 50-mi.-long Santa Monica Mtns.
IPL006
Location: 34.0596694946289, -118.513999938965
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: 34.0590019226074, -118.51375579834
Turn L @ T onto the Betty Rogers Trail; skirt upper end of Mitt Canyon
IPL008
Location: 34.060619354248, -118.513603210449
R @ T back onto Inspiration Loop Trail
IPL009
Location: 34.061222076416, -118.512092590332
Straight @ 3-way, sticking with Inspiration Loop Trail along manzanita-covered ridgeline above Bone Canyon
IPL010
Location: 34.0561714172363, -118.509803771973
At the Nature Center, turn R onto Bone Canyon Trail and head N
IPL011
Location: 34.0581283569336, -118.511497497559
This Roping Arena is where Rogers practiced his rope tricks; continue N
IPL012
Location: 34.0607261657715, -118.512168884277
Reach head of Bone Canyon; go SSW on service rd., passing Riding Arena
IPL013
Location: 34.0562744140625, -118.513465881348
L onto Rogers Fire Rd.; head S to close loop @ WPT 3. Backtrack to bus