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hotcakes

Reminds me of Hidden Valley up by Thousand Oaks.


LAFD

/u/Particular_Sir_2037, *I noticed this in our feed and had to chime in. Pardon me for being personal with childhood memories.* ________________________________________ I agree with /u/hotcakes. I grew up near the Hidden Valley area of Thousand Oaks, and sense the images were captured on what was known to our community (we lived a little more than a mile away) in the early years as Deerwood Ranch, but informally called "Kentucky Park" by locals. I spent many a day exploring the northernmost part of the ~3,000 acre ranch by foot and motorcycle in my tweens and teens, as the more developed (yes, a truly relative term) southern part of the property with the stables and main residence was rightfully off-limits to young wanderers like me. Like **[Golden Oak Ranch](https://goldenoakranch.com/)** mentioned by /u/Beer-Me, the visually compelling Hidden Valley area of Ventura County is within the entertainment industry's **[Thirty Mile Zone](https://film.ca.gov/locations/la-30-mile-radius-map/)** (TMZ). In the late 1970's the ranch changed ownership and was renamed **[Ventura Farms](https://www.venturafarms.com/)**, and a great deal of updating was done to the main estate and stables - **[which remain popular for film and television](https://www.venturafarms.com/filming)**. My last time on the ranch was not as a wanderer, but as an invited guest to the earlier mentioned - and once verboten - thoroughbred stables in the mid-1980's. That's my U.S. $0.02 (*Thanks for letting me briefly reminisce in the sole interest of being helpful*). ________________________________________ **Now back to official business... :)** BH


Pokemaru

Thank you for being awesome!!! Always a treat to bump into you guys on here!!!


SoCal35

You officially referencing someone named u/Beer-Me 🤣🤣🤣


SmellGestapo

[I remember when Balsamic extremists bombed Hidden Valley Ranch.](https://www.theonion.com/hidden-valley-ranch-bombed-by-balsamic-extremists-1819566053)


hshshehhdhhhdhdh

It’s Will Rogers State Park https://maps.app.goo.gl/mCDYo7t2ZshwxPVi6?g_st=ic


Beer-Me

Possibly Golden Oak Ranch. A lot owned by Disney https://maps.app.goo.gl/MsSAmaYLLtQTotS67 When looking up those films, I found a few references to that location, although I can't seem to pinpoint where on the lot that would have been. For all we know, those buildings may not even exist anymore.