Hike to Nazi Mountain Hideout in LA

Update December 8, 2013: Did some more research on the abandoned nazi compound in Los Angeles and took another trip there.

Hiked to the old nazi hideout in the mountains of LA with some friends. In Rustic Canyon, it has also been known as Murphy Ranch, named for a possibly fictitious widow who first bought it.

In the 1930s a couple built the mountain compound from which they planned to emerge after Europe fell to the nazis and seize control of the US (which they imagined would have fallen into chaos). After Pearl Harbor the FBI is said to have hauled away the nazi sympathizers, and after later briefly being an artists colony, it has been abandoned.

The $4 million spent to build it in the 1930s may be equal to more than $60 million in 2011 money. Good setting for a movie and there's more exploration to do. Some pictures are below.

view of the Pacific from the trail (click to enlarge):

panorama of stable on the first floor of the barn (click to enlarge):

panorama of loft on the second floor of the barn (click to enlarge):

panorama outside of generator building (click to enlarge):

panorama of inside of generator building, dark (click to enlarge):

panorama of inside of generator building, light (click to enlarge):

panorama on the roof of the generator building (click to enlarge):

the gate of the compound (click to enlarge):

view toward the Pacific from near the gate (click to enlarge):

view of the ocean again from the trail (click to enlarge):