Los Angeles’ Griffith Park is a massive, mountainous, wild oasis in the middle of the city’s dense urban sprawl. Its real and cinematic history is pure joy to explore.

Hop a flight, channel your inner Emma Stone trying to make it in Hollywood, and twirl into a cinematic La La Land moment.

You can continue a self-guided “La La Land”-in-the-park tour at the Griffith Observatory, which is immortalized in a long list of other films including “The Terminator,” “Bowfinger ...