Feed Ducks in L.A.? Try Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area

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When the librarian mentioned that there was a place to feed ducks in the middle of L.A., I didn’t realize how odd it was until I tried to remember the last time I fed ducks in L.A.  It was never.

I checked it out, and indeed you can feed ducks in L.A. 

Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area is along my favorite (secret) airport shortcut — La Cienega between the 10 and the 405.  If you are like me and know this route, you’ve seen the park on the hill mainly as a blur at 60 mph, and maybe devoted an idle moment to wondering what it was.  

Turns out, aside from duck feeding, the 300+ acre park in Baldwin Hills offers fishing, playgrounds, picnic areas, a lotus pond, a stream, sport courts and lots and lots of hiking. 

Me and my loaf of stale bread swung by one weekday, and it was a slice of rural summer, impossibly located just seconds from the madness of La Cienega.

Where:  4100 S. La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles 90056

When:  Sunrise to sunset

Price: $ (Free parking weekdays, $4 fee weekends) 

Call:  323.298.3660

www.lacountyparks.org/Parkinfo.asp?URL=cms1_033276.asp&Title=Kenneth%20Hahn%20Recreation

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