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Paramount Ranch Hosts Park After Dark Program
Come explore the eerie side of Paramount Ranch in a new nighttime program from the National Park Service.
From National Park Service: Come explore the eerie side of Paramount Ranch in a new nighttime program from the National Park Service. What ghosts haunt the history of Paramount Ranch? Why did the racetrack shut down a year after it opened? Why were witches hiding in the nearby woods? Get the answers and learn more at 8 p.m. on Saturday, August 5!
“This is a special opportunity to explore Paramount Ranch after dark,” says Scott Sharaga, a park ranger with Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. “The landscape becomes mysterious, and Western Town looks more like a ghost town."
The free program will be held at Paramount Ranch, 2903 Cornell Rd, Agoura Hills, CA 91301. For questions, the public may contact the Santa Monica Mountains Interagency Visitor Center at 805-370-2301.
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Paramount Ranch, once owned by the namesake studio, has been the location for hundreds of movie and TV shoots. Movies include "The Last Outlaw" (1927) with Gary Cooper' "Bwana Devil" (1952), the first-ever 3D film; and "American Sniper" (2014), directed by Clint Eastwood. TV shows include "The Cisco Kid," "Dukes of Hazard," "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," and most recently, HBO's "Westworld."
The National Park Services currently owns and manages Paramount Ranch as both a working movie ranch and public park site that's open year round. In addition to the permanent Western Town set, there are over 10 miles of trails.
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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) is the largest urban national park in the country, encompassing more than 150,000 acres of mountains and coastline in Ventura and Los Angeles counties. A unit of the National Park Service, it comprises a seamless network of local, state and federal parks interwoven with private lands and communities. As one of only five Mediterranean ecosystems in the world, SMMNRA preserves the rich biological diversity of more than 450 animal species and 26 distinct plant communities. For more information, visit www.nps.gov/samo.
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