The Poor 20-Something's Guide To 9 Days Of Cheap Summer Fun In L.A.

Picnic at Paramount Ranch and enjoy the views of Pacific Palisades

Back in the ye ole days before Bieber and Battleship, Hollywood used to make Westerns, a lot of them. The studios developed large ranches on the outskirts of LA County to shoot the bad boys including the still preserved and open-to-the-public Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills. Start off with a little celebrity spotting in Calabasas, then spend the day with your mates running around, picnic'ing and staging photos on the 2,400 acre lot, then take PCH down to Pacific Palisades to snack on some of the local food you picked up and watch the sunset at Will Rogers State Park.

Paramount Ranch: 2903 Cornell Road, Agoura Hills, CA 91301

Will Rogers State Park: 1501 Will Rogers State Park Road, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

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