Bell Canyon Park

Bell Canyon Park is a large open-space regional park located in the Simi Hills at the western end of the San Fernando Valley in West Hills, Los Angeles and Bell Canyon, California.

[1] Bell Creek, a primary tributary to the Los Angeles River, flows through the park with riparian zone vegetation along its natural banks.

The trails are available for walking, hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, and equestrian riding.

Rattlesnakes live in the area, requiring observant footfalls and handholds.

[6] The area was inhabited for around 8,000 years by Native Americans of the Chumash-Ventureño and Tongva-Fernandeño tribes that lived and traded in the Simi Hills and close to tributaries of the Los Angeles River.

Southwestern San Fernando Valley, from 1880 map of Los Angeles topography, showing Rancho El Escorpión.