California’s Rising Sun Trailhead offers spectacular views of Solstice Canyon, home to many weathered formations in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. The largest urban national park in the United States offers 500 miles of hiking trails. Colorful bands represent powerful creeks that have carved canyons among the famed peaks: Sugarloaf, Lady Face, and Saddle Peak. Bands of chaparral cover the mountains, and triangular shapes represent local and imported trees, alive with wild parrots.