Update — I went back and visited and found that the powerhouse is still there, but pretty much everything else is gone. You can see a video I made on my most recent visit here or read about my first visit and the history in the below post. Update June — Oddity Odysseys went and found the barn and powerhouse still there but boarded up.
You can see the video they made here. Update July — People in the comments of this post are talking about getting tickets and about different parts of the hike being boarded up, so make sure to read the signs when you visit and check out the comments for the latest information from readers. When I first heard about this place, it seemed almost too crazy to believe — an abandoned Nazi camp in the affluent area of the Pacific Palisades that you can hike to.
The history of this area is a little jumbled, but I will do my best to describe what I have heard. Thus, they set out to build a massive area they could use to keep them safe during the war. As we all know, the Germans lost. All in all, it is said that over 4 million dollars was invested into this ranch and there is a fantastic set of structures with that money. Among what they made was a power station, machine shed, fully irrigated hillside for growing food, raised gardens, a massive water tank and even a place to store diesel fuel.
They also built multiple cement stairs up the side of the neighboring hill to help with the farming and to patrol the area. They planned to make a four-story mansion here as well but it apparently never occurred. All that is left standing today is the power station, water tank, gardens, barn and the collapsed machine shed. It is hard to give an exact trailhead address for this hike, but the address I put in my phone was the corner of Capri Drive and Casale Road, Pacific Palisades, CA which will take you to the start of Sullivan Ridge Fire Road, the road that you will be walking.
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Just make sure you read the parking signs, but there was a lot of street parking here. After parking, proceed on Sullivan Ridge Road.
