Cloudy or bright, this hike around and above the Will Rogers Ranch off Sunset Boulevard delivers the prettiest views and easy-going trails in the city. AllTrails offers a slightly different route to our Inspiration Point destination, adding a wider loop west than Charles Fleming's Secret Walks #35 version Barbara and I tackled back in 2019. Will Rogers, born in 1879 on the Dog Iron Ranch in Cherokee Indian Territory of Oklahoma, was a cowboy in the Texas Panhandle and expert lariat roper before his career as American entertainer and political humorist made him the highest paid movie actor before his untimely death in 1935. He and his wife Betty bought the 186-acre ranch in 1922. Their goal: a simple weekend cottage. The end result: a 31-room ranch house now on the National Register of Historic Places with stables, corrals, riding ring, roping area, polo field, small golf course, and hiking and riding trails. Barbara and I started at the trailhead in the dirt parking lot to the left of the entrance kiosk, crossing a small bridge to the Rivas Canyon trail for easy climb along switchbacks to the Inspiration Point Trail. The trail loops south then north to a well-groomed dirt fire road. Wooden benches with inspirational quotes mark lookouts for pictures or breathers or a glance back at the polo field below. At 0.8 miles we turned onto the short side trail to Inspiration Point for snacks and pix—and though the overcast day draped the ocean, we still got a sweeping view of the basin east toward Century City. But the real show was at our side and the birdsong in the air. Yucca bloomed in white spikes around us, and wildflowers in yellow, white, red, and lavender lined the trail. We headed back to Inspiration Point Trail to continue clockwise, hiking north past the trailhead for the 68-mile Backbone Trail and west then south until at about the 1.5 mile mark we entered a beautiful eucalyptus grove that led us back toward the stables and the ranch. We stopped to look-loo the stables and ranch, made a quick tour of the small "museum" (do it, lots of Rogers quotes that will make you chuckle) and then back to the car. Now that the rains and mud are done, this hike does no wrong. Get there early to score parking—the trails are loaded with hikers and happy dogs on leash.