Central Malibu Apartments for Rent

Malibu, famed for its stars of the entertainment world, quintessentially California beaches, and semi-wild canyons, lies in a thin strip along the coast. Central Malibu consists of the middle third of the city, starting just west of where the land juts out in a point into the ocean and extending east to Pepperdine University.

Pepperdine University has campuses around the world, but the 830-acre Malibu campus is its main one. The University’s Center for the Arts has a busy schedule of performances which are open to the community. Performances include music, dance, and theater. Recent performers included such stars as seven-time Grammy winner Al Jarreau and multiple Oscar-, Grammy-, Emmy-, Tony-, and Golden-Globe-winning Broadway composer Marvin Hamlisch.

Coral Canyon Park contains 1,000 acres of undeveloped land. It’s a peaceful place to hike through a landscape of grasses and oak, alder, sycamore, and willow trees, and to see beautiful views of the ocean. Solstice Canyon Park is a National Recreation Area that offers more hiking trails in a similar landscape. Escondido has a trail which leads to two waterfalls, the second 150 feet high, the tallest waterfall in the Santa Monica mountains.

Some may recognize Point Dume State Beach as the site where the Statue of Liberty was buried in the sand in the ending of the movie Planet of the Apes. Cliffs in the area have also been used for scenes in The Big Lebowski and Iron Man. Popular activities at Point Dume include swimming, scuba diving, fishing, surfing and, in the winter, whale watching. On a clear day, Catalina Island can be seen.