L.A. Walks: Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood
A walk through Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood includes nature, the graves of such celebrities as Oliver Hardy and a memorial to pioneers of aviation. You could also traverse it playing “Pokémon Go,” as Dakota Rodriguez, 26, left, and Ryan Higginson, 25, did recently. “It is really nice to walk through here; there are really nice paths,” Rodriguez said.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Pioneers of aviation are memorialized at the Portal of the Folded Wings in Valhalla Memorial Park. The rotunda, built in 1924, originally was the cemetery’s front door.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)The roofline of the Portal of the Folded Wings at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)A grand fountain at Valhalla Memorial Park.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)A monument to servicemen and women at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)A carving commemorates King Arghisti I, a hero to Armenians whose families are buried at Valhalla Memorial Park.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Another view of a monument to military members.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)The Portal of the Folded Wings
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)The occasional roar of a jet will remind you that you are near Burbank Hollywood Airport.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)