Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Point Dume State Park

Point Dume is a point on the coast of Malibu, California.

Point Dume forms the northern end of the Santa Monica Bay, and Point Dume Headlands Park affords a vista of stretching to the Palos Verdes Peninsula and Santa Catalina Island.

Important scenes in the Planet of the Apes series were filmed at Point Dume. For an entire summer during the filming, the scale replica of the Statue of Liberty from the famous closing scene lay buried at the Southern end of Pirate's Cove.

Hiking Point Dume State Beach

By John McKinney
Zuma Beach is one of Los Angeles County's largest sand beaches and one of the finest white sand strands in California. Zuma lies on the open coast beyond Santa Monica Bay and thus receives heavy breakers crashing in from the north. From sunrise to sunset, board and body surfers try to catch a big one. Every month the color of the ocean and the cliffs seem to take on different shades of green depending on the season and sunlight, providing the Zuma Beach hiker with yet another attraction. Point Dume hiking from The Trailmaster >>

External links

• Point Dume State Beach
• Maps and aerial photos for 34°00′03″N 118°48′25″W / 34.000874, -118.806839Coordinates: 34°00′03″N 118°48′25″W / 34.000874, -118.806839

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• Topographic maps from TopoZone or TerraServer-USA

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