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Leo Carrillo State Park

State park in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, United States

Field	Value
name	Leo Carrillo State Park
photo	LeoCarrilloBeachCave-01.jpg
photo_caption	View from Leo Carrillo State Park's sea cave
map	USA California#USA
relief	1
location	Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, California, United States
nearest_city	Malibu, California
coordinates
area_acre	2513
established	1953
governing_body	California Department of Parks and Recreation

Leo Carrillo State Park is a state park in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Situated along the Malibu coast, the park is a component of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. With 1.5 mi of beach, the parkland stretches into the Santa Monica Mountains. The park has expanded into Ventura County and also includes management of County Line Beach. California State Route 1 runs through the park, where it intersects with the western terminus of the Mulholland Highway. The 2513 acre park was established in 1953. It is named for actor and conservationist Leo Carrillo (1880–1961), who served on the State Parks commission.

Campsite 108 at Leo Carillo State Park, in use by campers.

History

Main article: Woolsey Fire

The Woolsey Fire was a destructive wildfire that started inland many miles away and raced through canyons and mountains in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties to the coastline. The fire ignited on November 8, 2018 and burned 96,949 acres of land. The fire destroyed 1,643 structures, killed three people, and prompted the evacuation of more than 295,000 people. It was one of several fires in California that ignited on the same day.

The 2018 fire burned through almost the entire park. The equipment for the Junior Lifeguard program that was destroyed in the fire was replaced by a donation from a group of Australian surf lifeguard associations, led by the Maroochydore Surf Life Saving Club. The campgrounds reopened after work crews spent seven months removing debris and cleaning up.

Recreation

Leo Carrillo State Park offers swimming, surfing, windsurfing, surf fishing, and beachcombing. Beachgoers can explore tide pools, sea caves, and reefs. Inland there is a campground and backcountry hiking trails.

A view of Leo Carillo Beach and its visitors.

In popular culture

Actors such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lewis, Nancy Sinatra, Dick Clark and other celebrities have been featured in films shot here.

In the popular 1970s TV show The Rockford Files, starring James Garner, it was the first season's opening scene of episode 1 (The Kirkoff Case) airing September 13, 1974.

It was featured in an episode of Huell Howser's TV series California's Golden Parks.

During the final scenes of the Tom Petty's "Mary Jane's Last Dance" music video, Petty is seen carrying Kim Basinger through a cave before placing her in the water.

The group photo on the cover of The Turtles Turtle Soup album (released in October, 1969) was taken here.

In Better Call Saul, it was featured in the final season during the opening of the episode "Point and Shoot". This sequence is thus far the only scene from the "Breaking Bad" universe not to be shot in New Mexico.

In ‘’The Big Lebowski’’, it was mentioned by Walter Sobchak John Goodman during the eulogy of Theodore Donald Kerabatsos Steve Buscemi as one of the many places Donny surfed.

Other movies filmed here include:

Gidget (1959)
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
Grease (1978)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
50 First Dates (2004)
Psycho Beach Party (2000)
The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Monster From The Surf (1965)
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
Point Break (1991)
The Craft (1996).
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Cast Away (2000)
Orange County (2002)
She's All That (1999)
The Karate Kid (1984)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Slave Girl (1947)
Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954)
Viking Women and the Sea Serpent (1957)
Furious 7 (2015)
The Mentalist (2008–2015)

References

"Leo Carrillo SP". California State Parks.
"California State Park System Statistical Report: Fiscal Year 2009/10". California State Parks.
"Woolsey Fire Incident Update".
Carlson, Cheri. (24 August 2016). "State park project underway to help endangered steelhead trout". [[Ventura County Star]].
Cart, Julie. (March 1, 2019). "California blooms again after last year's fires—but it's not all good".
Jackson, McKenzie. (April 14, 2019). "Donated Lifeguard Equipment Coming from Australia to Malibu". Malibu Times.
Bermudez, Esmeralda. (June 8, 2019). "Malibu's Leo Carrillo State Park reopens after devastating Woolsey fire". [[Los Angeles Times]].
"California's Golden Parks with Huell Howser". California State Parks.
Medved, Harry and Bruce Akiyama. ''Hollywood Escapes: The Moviegoer's Guide to Exploring Southern California's Great Outdoors''. St. Martin’s Press. Pages 23–26. {{ISBN. 9781429907170.
Bible, Karie and Marc Wanamaker (2010). ''Location Filming in Los Angeles''. Arcadia Publishing. Page 74. {{ISBN. 9780738581323.
Mayer, Geoff (2017). ''Encyclopedia of American Film Serials''. McFarland. Page 279. {{ISBN. 9780786477623.
Verrier, Richard. (October 2, 2013). "Leo Carrillo State Park to celebrate historical ties to Hollywood". [[Los Angeles Times]].
(9 August 2015). "Go On Location: The Best Film & TV Beach Locations in L.A.".
(October 17, 2013). "Popular beach celebrates a sunny 60 years".

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