It's hard to find any true wilderness in the vast plain between LAX and the great Palos Verdes massif, which is what makes Hopkins Wilderness Park so much fun. Until 1977 this barren hilltop, perched on the border of Redondo Beach and Torrance, was home to a Minuteman site (the missile, not the militia), keeping our country safe from the Soviet menace. It was remade into a wooded pocket park: 11 acres of hills, paths, trees and a pond replete with great big turtles sunning themselves. There... More »
