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Lunch With a View: Check Out These Top Picnic Spots in LA

Grab your blanket and basket -- these are the best places for a picnic this summer.

By Kayla Galloway • Published June 9, 2022 • Updated on June 14, 2022 at 5:18 pm

Photo split three ways showing scenery at Griffith Observatory, West Hollywood Park and Topanga State Park — Getty Images

What’s summer without an old-fashioned picnic?

If you’re looking for a cool spot to hangout as the weather warms up — grab your blanket and picnic basket and head outdoors.

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With summer just days away, here’s a look at the top 20 spots for a picnic in the Los Angeles area, according to a list compiled by mydatingadviser.com.

The ranking was compiled using data from TripAdvisor and Google.

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Griffith Park (Los Angeles)

(Original Caption) The rather unusual blue colored photo is a night photo, as you can see from the lights on cars and in the streets. It is done in such a way that it almost looks like a daytime photograph. Quite remarkable. This was taken from Griffith Park, probably from the water tower right behind the observatory, which you see in the foreground. Therefore, that would be a portion of Hollywood directly below, and the string of taller buildings going from left to right through the center of the photograph would be Wilshire Boulevard. The main downtown section is out of the photograph to the left. This is a view looking directly toward the ocean. Just to orient you further, the very dim lights in the very upper left hand corner of the city could be Long Beach. Burbank would be out to the right of the photograph.

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens (Arcadia)

Lake Hollywood Park (Los Angeles)

From Lake Hollywood park take a photo to Los Angeles

The La Brea Tar Pits Museum Lawn (Los Angeles)

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Point Vicente Interpretive Center (Rancho Palos Verdes)

General views of Point Vicente Lighthouse against the backdrop of Santa Catalina Island on March 11, 2021 in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

Hilltop Park (Signal Hill)

SIGNAL HILL , CA - OCTOBER 04: At least a dozen people flocked to Hilltop Park to catch a glimpse of the lightning as intermittent rain fell over the city"nin Signal Hill on Monday, October 4, 2021. (Photo by Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images)

Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles)

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Topanga State Park (Topanga)

TOPANGA, CA - FEBRUARY 17: The suns sets behind the Santa Monica Mountains in a view from Eagle Rock along the Backbone Trail in Topanga State Park on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 in Topanga, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Greystone Mansion & Gardens (Beverly Hills)

Vea las afueras de la mansión Greystone

Beverly Gardens Park (Beverly Hills)

A shot of Beverly Hills sign

Exposition Park (Los Angeles)

Rose Garden, Exposition Park. (Photo by: Education Images/Citizens of the Planet/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Abalone Cove Shoreline Park (Rancho Palos Verdes)

Crystal Cove State Park Vista Point, Newport Beach, California

Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area (Los Angeles)

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South Coast Botanic Garden (Palos Verdes Estates)

PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CA - APRIL 17: California Coastal Poppies (yellow) and Arroyo Lupines (purple) sprout from a Wildflowering L.A. plot in the parking lot of the South Coast Botanic Garden in Palos Verdes Peninsula on Thursday.

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(Photo by Jeff Gritchen/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Palisades Park (Santa Monica)

A beautiful sunset in Palisades Park in Santa Monica, California.

Grand Park (Los Angeles)

Fountain in Grand Park, and Los Angeles City Hall, in Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA

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