Paramount Ranch offers opportunities to learn about film history while spending time in the beautiful environment. Several miles of easy to moderate scenic hikes meander through chaparral, riparian, and valley oak savannah plant communities.
Equestrians and mountain bikers may access these multi-use trails. Wildlife sightings might include red-tailed hawks, acorn woodpeckers, coyotes, and deer. Be on the lookout for our two native oak species—coast live oak and valley oak.
Experience the rare valley oak savannah and be transported to far off destinations. When Paramount Pictures leased the ranch in , they began an era of film production that continues today. Read more about Paramount: Past, Present, and Future. Construction to replace some of what was lost at Paramount Ranch will begin in spring and wrap-up in fall The Ranch and its hiking trails will remain open during construction, but visitors will be diverted around the construction closure.
Take Ventura Freeway U. South on Kanan 0. Left on Cornell Way and veer to the right. South 2. Paramount Ranch. Dogs are allowed but must remain on a leash, not to exceed 6 feet, at all times. When Paramount Pictures leased the ranch in , they began a historic era of film production. You can experience the area where Claudette Colbert was sentenced as a witch in Massachusetts in "Maid of Salem" Bob Hope played the part of a vain movie star whose biggest fear is to be drafted into the U.
Army in "Caught in the Draft" A veritable "who's who" of Hollywood practiced their craft here for almost a century. From actors Gary Cooper, W. Fields, Marlene Dietrich, and many more! The diverse landscape, however, was the real star of the show. It offered filmmakers the freedom to create distant locales such as colonial Massachusetts to ancient China in "The Adventures of Marco Polo" , a South Seas island in "Ebb Tide" , and numerous western locations, including San Francisco in "Wells Fargo" The art of illusion was mastered on the landscape.
