{"id":4611,"date":"2016-07-05T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T07:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetrailmaster.com\/?p=4611"},"modified":"2022-11-14T10:06:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T18:06:21","slug":"santa-monica-mountains-topanga-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetrailmaster.com\/trails\/santa-monica-mountains-topanga-state-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Topanga State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
Topanga State Park is a quiet retreat, surrounded by L.A. sprawl but retaining its rural character. The state park is sometimes billed as \u201cthe largest state park within a city limit in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n
The name Topanga is from the Shoshonean Indian dialect. Until the 1880s, there was little permanent habitation in the canyon. Early settlers tended vineyards, orchards, and cattle ranches.<\/p>\n