FRANKLIN CANYON LAKE - 5 minutes from the Sherman Oaks Bungalow

The lake where Andy Griffith and Ron Howard fished in The Andy Griffith Show.

This location was heavily used by the television industry with such shows as "The Andy Griffith Show", "Combat", "Star Trek", and "How the West Was Won", but was also utilized by film companies. It is said that one scene from "On Golden Pond" was shot at a small pond next to the reservoir.

Franklin Canyon is connected to ...

FRYMAN PARK

Several miles of trails on the crest of the Hollywood Hills overlooking Universal Studios on one side and Beverly Hills on the other. Many-a-Hollywood deal has been made on cel phones by joggers in these hills.

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