About Malibu
Malibu is an incorporated city located in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 12,575.
The city of Malibu is a 21-mile (33.5 km) strip of Pacific coastline; a beachfront community famous for its warm, sandy beaches, and for being the home of countless movie stars and others associated with the Southern California entertainment industries. Most Malibu residents live within a few hundred yards of Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1), which traverses the city, with some residents living up to a mile away from the beach up narrow canyons; the city is also bounded (more or less) by Topanga Canyon to the east, the Santa Monica Mountains to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the south, and Ventura County to the west. Its beaches include Surfrider Beach, Zuma Beach, Malibu State Beach and Topanga State Beach; its local parks include Malibu Bluffs Park (formerly Malibu Bluffs State Park) and the planned Legacy Park, with neighboring parks Malibu Creek State Park, Leo Carillo State Beach and Park[8], Point Mugu State Park, and the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, and neighboring state beach Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach, that was once part of Old Malibu (before Malibu became a city), and better known as pristine beaches, El Pescador, La Piedra and El Matador.
A popular Malibu license plate frames reads, "Malibu: A Way of Life". Signs around the city proclaim "27 miles of scenic beauty". The "27 miles" refers to old Malibu's length (27 miles) before becoming citified (21 miles).
Malibu Tourist Attractions
A few chartered buses filled with tourists pass through Malibu infrequently, their number is low. Unlike Beverly Hills or Hollywood, Malibu's celebrity homes are often in remote locations, inaccessible by bus.
Adamson's House, the unused homesite of the 19th century original owners of Malibu, the Rindge Family, draws a trickle of visitors, though not large in number.
Malibu's famously pristine beaches are the main attraction, with Zuma Beach drawing over 800,000 visitors on Labor Day, 2007. Surfrider Beach, adjacent to the Adamson's House and Malibu Lagoon, with its long waves draws a steady beach and surfer crowd.
California State Parks Trails provide a multitude of horseback, hiking and mountain biking options in Malibu with breathtaking ocean, mountain, and canyon views. The surrounding countryside abounds with California chapparal, native oaks, sycamores, and beech trees.
Neptune's Net, an eatery in the unincorporated "Old Malibu" continues to attract huge numbers of motorcycle crowds and tourists on weekends, though the locals and celebrities rarely visit.
Pacific Coast Highway is a favorite of countless road cycling enthusiasts for its miles of road with beautiful vistas.
The Malibu Fishing Pier is always worth a stop and visit.
You can see all the way down the California coast with a birds eye view.
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