Just what any city dweller needs: nature that you don’t have to travel far to get to. Griffith Park boasts the Los Angeles Zoo, the Autry National Center, the Griffith Observatory, a carousel, a golf course as well as acres of grass, trees and places to picnic or ride on one of two mini train tracks. Had enough? Hop on the freeway and you’re just a few minutes from the more urban pleasures – shopping, restaurants, concert venues, IMAX theater – of Universal City Walk.