Driving Roads / Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive

This 21-mile ridgeline road follows the crest of the Santa Monica Mountains and Hollywood Hills, lined with overlooks of the Los Angeles basin and the San Fernando Valley. About 8 miles west of the 405 are dirt and closed to cars. It runs about 21 miles along Mulholland Drive in California. Drive time: about 35 minutes (paved Hollywood section).

Length
21 mi (about 8 mi unpaved)
Drive time
about 35 min

Best time to go: Year round; storm damage and mudslides can close sections, so check road status before you go.

Map of Mulholland Drive from Cahuenga Pass (US-101, Hollywood) to Encino Hills Drive, where the pavement ends (Dirt Mulholland)
Route: Cahuenga Pass (US-101, Hollywood) to Encino Hills Drive, where the pavement ends (Dirt Mulholland), about 12.6 mi. Map © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Improve this map

Sources: Length · Best time. Drive time is the route time for the mapped route without stops, from Mapbox.

What to track on Mulholland Drive

A cruise-and-view road: record your run between overlooks and the ridgeline joins your map of every road you have driven.

It is a residential, heavily used road with blind curves; keep speeds modest, watch for pedestrians at overlooks, and never street race.

Record your run on Mulholland Drive

Open Road keeps every drive: the route on a map, the time and the distance. On iPhone and Android.

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Questions, answered

How long is Mulholland Drive?
Mulholland Drive runs about 21 miles along Mulholland Drive. Drive time: about 35 minutes (paved Hollywood section).
Where is Mulholland Drive?
Mulholland Drive is in California, following Mulholland Drive.
When is the best time to drive Mulholland Drive?
Year round; storm damage and mudslides can close sections, so check road status before you go.
What's the best app to track a drive on Mulholland Drive?
Open Road records the whole run and saves it to your drive log with the route, distance and drive time, and the road joins your map of every road you have driven. It is on iPhone and Android.