# The Famous Hollywood Sign **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 5, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-famous-hollywood-sign/302524 "2005-05-05T12:33:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-famous-hollywood-sign/302524/1 "2005-05-05T12:33:27Z")
At what intersection (or address) in Hollywood, CA should I stand if I wanted the best view of the “Hollywood” sign? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-famous-hollywood-sign/302524/2 "2005-05-05T12:40:46Z")
There are several, according to this site: [http://www.hollywoodsign.org/see.html](http://www.hollywoodsign.org/see.html) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-famous-hollywood-sign/302524/3 "2005-05-05T13:34:02Z")
But watch out for falling Entwistles . . . ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-famous-hollywood-sign/302524/4 "2005-05-05T14:16:06Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > But watch out for falling Entwistles . . . Okay, I’ve been whooshed… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-famous-hollywood-sign/302524/5 "2005-05-05T14:20:42Z")
[Peg Entwistle](http://www.findadeath.com/Decesed/e/Peg%20Entwistle/peg_entwistle.htm). ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-famous-hollywood-sign/302524/6 "2005-05-05T15:59:12Z")
Wow, the second or third letter O is Groucho’s ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-famous-hollywood-sign/302524/7 "2005-05-05T18:00:53Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > [Peg Entwistle](http://www.findadeath.com/Decesed/e/Peg%20Entwistle/peg_entwistle.htm). Ah, Now I remember. (I was thinking John…) ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-famous-hollywood-sign/302524/8 "2005-05-05T18:20:18Z")
Franklin and Beachwood. Really anywhere on Beachwood gives a beautiful view. (It’s in my neighborhood.) ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-famous-hollywood-sign/302524/9 "2005-05-05T18:29:00Z")
I think the best spot is the observation platform reached from one of the little parks off Mulholland Drive, near the 101. (Mulholland Drive is worth doing if you’re into Hollywood, anyway…) This link has instructions on how to reach Mulholland. [PDF map to Mulholland Drive](http://www.couplescompany.com/Features/CT/SundayDrive/Mulholland/Mulholland.pdf) The park (really just a parking place and a platform) is the first of several and will show up on your left, about a mile up Mulholland. Park your car, take the stairs leading east from the parking lot, and you’ll reach the platform with what I think is the best view of the sign, bar none. The path around the Hollywood reservoir (presently closed due to erosion) would allow you to get somewhat closer, but you’d be looking up a steep hillside and the sign is all out of perspective - so no great loss.