| Leo Carrillo State Park | |
| Map: | USA California#USA |
| Relief: | 1 |
| Location: | Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, California, United States |
| Nearest City: | Malibu, California |
| Coordinates: | 34.0444°N -118.9339°W |
| 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 1.5miles 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.[1] California State Route 1 runs through the park, where it intersects with the western terminus of the Mulholland Highway. The 2513acres park was established in 1953.[2] It is named for actor and conservationist Leo Carrillo (1880–1961), who served on the State Parks commission.
See 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 96949acres of land. The fire destroyed 1,643 structures,[3] 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.[4] [5]
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.[6] The campgrounds reopened after work crews spent seven months removing debris and cleaning up.[7]
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.
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.[8]
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.
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:[9]