Griffith Jenkins Griffith desired to make science more accessible to the public and he gifted $100,000 to the city of Los Angeles to build an Observatory on top of Mount Hollywood. The Griffith ...

Opened in 1935, Griffith Observatory is one of the most visited public observatories in the world. Located on Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park, it offers free public telescopes, interactive space ...

Griffith Observatory sits on the south face of Mount Hollywood and overlooks the Los Angeles basin. Its location gives visitors impressive views of the surrounding area, which many rave about.

The Griffith Observatory overlooking Los Angeles is temporarily closed in the aftermath of a nearby brush fire that forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 tourists. LOS ANGELES - The landmark ...

Roughly seven million people have looked through the main telescope at Griffith Observatory. By Soumya Karlamangla LOS ANGELES — Atop a hill that offers views of glittering freeways and golden ...

Ride DASH Observatory/Los Feliz! Griffith Observatory is an icon of Los Angeles, a national leader in public astronomy, a beloved civic gathering place, and one of southern California’s most ...

Parking around the observatory costs $10 an hour, but there’s also a DASH bus that you can catch from Los Feliz for only 50 cents. Sign up to our newsletter to enjoy Los Angeles without spending ...