Glendale Narrows Riverwalk

I was searching for access to the LA River Bike path. I don’t live close enough so I have to haul my bike on the car. The access there on Paula Ave next to the Griffith Park Apartments is pretty ghetto. The whole area was sketchy so I wouldn’t even chance parking my car there. I also drove to Fletcher & Crystal off the 2 freeway. There are access points from Crystal and Ripple but the area is even worse. Guess I’ll have to check out the LA Zoo parking next. I would hope that is better.

Totally hidden entrance, right before Bette Davis park, all the way at the end. It’s kind of an interesting/​weird place. As a single woman, I would never go there by myself because it’s just too deserted. However, if I had a friend or two, I’d perhaps go for a little stroll if I were in the area (especially with my dog). It’s kind of cool/​relaxing to look at the «river» and the interesting birds around there. There is virtually no shade, though, so note that. I’ve only gone a couple of minutes into it because I was a little freaked out (there was literally no one there except a lady leading a mini pony and a bloated goat), but I’ll go there again with friends, likely sometime in the future. I weird, but interesting hidden part of Glendale.
FYI, it’s basically like a walking path, comfortable to fit about 2 or 3 people walking at the same time. I’m not sure how far the concrete path goes, but at least part of it is concrete.

The official Glendale River Walk park is a short, ¼ mile (or so) paved walkway on the north/​east side of the the Los Angeles river. If you follow Unilocal’s map it will lead you to a very small parking lot, the trailhead so to speak, of this little walk way and bike path.
Although the Glendale river walk is short, just south of it is a much longer, less manicured version of the trail along the LA river. This part has no name or Unilocal designation, but it’s much more satisfying that the short Glendale narrows park. To get to the rest of the river walk, park your car to the south at the north Atwater park. All my photos were taken in this area.
I’m pretty certain that there are plans to unify the various parts of the trail to create one long walkway. In the meantime this is a nice short walk with a view of both the more natural part of the LA river and the old cemented portion. Bird watching is pretty spectacular.

This is a great place just to get outside for a walk. It’s flat and open so if it’s sunny wear sunscreen. You can roller skate outside the path but not on the walking trail. It’s a short treck and it’s good for walking your dog. There’s a water fountain along the way.

Bring water and use the bathroom fore u come. My dog just dranknriver water will he die?! Lol. I hope not! :(

Pretty awesome place, and friendly people that mind their own business but the path is too short! I bring my dog here once in a while for a walk in the morning when it’s not too hot since there isn’t much shade here.
Very clean and orderly too, with poop bags but they should add a bathroom or something, unless the poop bags are for humans too haha.

A hidden Gem! being 9 months preggers and with the doctors and doula telling me to walk an hour a day there could be no better place for me than the Glendale Narrows. Every time I go I’m astounded by the crazy amount of wildlife that can be spotted so close to the city. Big birds, small birds, coyotes, turtles, horses, goats, cats and of course dogs just to name a few.
Only downside is the fact that you can’t find a lick of shade in the entire place, so going midday is out of the question

This is a gorgeous brand spanking new riverwalk. The Glendale Narrows Riverwalk is located on the opposite side of the end of the LA River bike path from Los Feliz. To get here from the LA River bike path, you will need to exit the path, cross the bridge and then trek across the park to the entrance of the Glendale Narrows Riverwalk. It is located in a residential area so don’t worry, you will see the metal gate within a short walking distant.
It is perfect for walking and the view of the LA River is nice. Too bad, the path is extremely short. Again, a nice stretch for walking but definitely not for biking the river. If you want to bike the LA River, go to the other side of the river and the path will take you all the way down to Los Feliz, passing Elysian Valley and beyond. I can definitely see the vision of this wonderful riverwalk and am looking forward to it’s continue expansion for us bikers.

Beautiful project, can’t wait for Phase II and the bridge. This is not easy to find at first, unless you are familiar with the bike path. I’ll visit again during the rainy season.

I go walking here every day during my lunchbreak on my way up to Western. I want to bring my bike sometime so I can cross the bridge and go down past the dog park.

What a strange place. I’m not even sure why it exists.
I came looking for a nice place to sit down and have lunch while in the area and drove past the park that is just across from the freeway and I still don’t know if it has its own name or we just have decided it is a remote, tiny branch of a bisected Griffith.
In any case, I noticed that park, full of trees and squirrels and shade and grass lacked benches and then I saw I a gate at the end of the increasingly curiously named Garden St.
The park nets you a plot of grass about as big as a front yard for the neighborhood, some parking spaces, some more concrete, a single bench that faces a pen for horses (but remember, no grazing) and some signs. There is a rather creative water fountain, this might be the highlight.
It’s rather noticeably lacking and shade or trees. There are, a couple little seedlings, but they have a while. The whole thing is a little strange and more than a little stark compared to the several other parks around, especially the one that is next door.
The riverwalk itself is a two lane asphalt bike path next to the concrete embankment of the LA river and the most shade you get is from the 134.
It feels like it could be a nice feature, but as is I’m curious why they even spent money on the ‘park’ part of it – they could have just left it as a bike path.