Los Angeles’ Griffith Park is a massive, mountainous, wild oasis in the middle of the city’s dense urban sprawl. Its real and cinematic history is pure joy to explore.

Opened in 1935, Griffith Observatory is one of the most visited public observatories in the world. Located on Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park ... including La La Land and Rebel Without a Cause.

Editor's note: The previous version of the story noted the official name of the observatory erroneously. The Griffith Observatory ... you every morning with NBC LA's News Headlines newsletter.

Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every morning with NBC LA's News Headlines newsletter. A milestone birthday is a major thing, and honoring Griffith Observatory at 90 ...

Where they saw a vast green space of hilly wilderness that would serve as a refuge for the public, LA officials ... destinations in Griffith Park, with views of the observatory, the Hollywood ...

Next year will mark the 90th anniversary of the Griffith Observatory, that stately Art Deco landmark poised atop the southern slope of Mount Hollywood in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, and the grand ...

LA’s Griffith Park, on horseback ... Just outside the hilltop observatory you get an eye-level view of the fabled Hollywood sign, restored and preserved primarily by late Playboy publisher ...

Other than the view, there’s not much to see ... You can continue a self-guided “La La Land”-in-the-park tour at the Griffith Observatory, which is immortalized in a long list of other ...