Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area · California

Yellow Hill Fire Road

2.9 mi of trail, end to end · about 1,600 ft of climbing · 20 ft–1,635 ft

20 ft 763 ft · 1.1 mi high 763 ft

Trailhead Leo Carrillo SP -- Yellow Hill Rd 29 ft Drive there

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.