The Volunteers of the Angeles National Forest
invite you to visit
Grassy Hollow Visitor Center!
HOURS: Grounds and Visitor Center are open for day-use only. Can be closed due to snow!
Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Weekdays-
for school groups, youth organizations, etc.By Appointment FUN FACTS:
Grassy Hollow is 100 feet from the Pacific Crest Trail, which goes from Mexico to Canada, a distance of 2631 miles.
The area around Grassy Hollow burned in 1997, a total of 18,000 acres, but the immediate area of our tall trees did not.
The Volunteers have recently re-signed the Lightning Ridge Trail, a 3/4 mile self guided nature trail one mile east of Grassy Hollow on Highway 2. Brochures located at the trail head will guide you through this trail while teaching about the forest.
LOCATION:
Directions from the Los Angeles Basin: Take the 10 Freeway east to the 15 Freeway north. Go up into the pass to Highway 138 west. There is a sign for Wrightwood and Phelan. Enjoy the Joshua Trees and the Mormon Rocks as you go west through the desert scrub foothills to the Wrightwood turnoff --- Highway 2 (Angeles Crest Highway). Proceed through Wrightwood (Stop and buy picnic supplies if you wish.) The Visitor Center at Grassy Hollow, 6 miles above Wrightwood on Hyway 2 (over the ridge and snuggled on south/west face).
MAPS: Printable general hwy map courtesy Wrightwood Chamber of Commerce and more detailed Grassy Hollow Visitor Center map.
PERMITS REQUIRED: Note that the Forestry Service requires a National Forest Adventure Pass be displayed on vehicles parked for recreational purposes in most areas of the Angeles National Forest. You DO NOT need a pass to visit the Visitor Center but DO if you plan to picnic or hike, etc.
You may secure these Passes at Grassy Hollow Visitor Center or from another Forest Service location.
courtesy
Pomona Valley
Audubon Society
Southern California
